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[01/14/21 - 11:40 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, January 14
Updates include: Dawnn Lewis, Jude Elizabeth Mayer cast in FOX's "Blood Relative"; Holland Taylor boards Netflix's "The Chair"; and HBO parts ways with "High Maintenance."

[01/16/20 - 02:44 PM]
AMC Networks and AMC Studios Announce Projects in Development
Scott Z. Burns, Katie Couric, Owen and Stephen King, Megan Mostyn Brown, Armadu Garba, Eliza Clark, Mark Johnson, Zack Whedon, Scott Gold, Ilana Glazer, and T Bone Burnett are among the auspices.

[10/17/14 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Friday, October 17
Updates include: FOX to revive "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"; NBC eyes "Marley & Me" adaptation; and AMC's annual "bake off" features seven potential drama projects.

[05/13/14 - 11:03 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 13
Updates include: CBS's "The Odd Couple" to recast two roles; AMC selects quintet for annual series "bake-off"; and Ilene Chaiken tapped as showrunner of FOX's "Empire."

[03/26/14 - 01:35 PM]
AMC Reinforces Commitment to Scripted Drama Programming with Robust Development Slate
The network also announced the renewal of the unscripted series "Comic Book Men" which, in its third season, is averaging one million viewers.







SPARROW, THE (FX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/26/14 - 1/14/21
STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from AMC Networks' press release, January 2020) In the near future, humans on Earth receive their first evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life when a radio telescope picks up a strange signal, sounding like exquisite music, from a distant planet that will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible expedition, the Jesuit leadership quietly organizes an eight-person scientific mission of its own, comprised of a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. What they find is a world so far beyond comprehension that it will lead them to challenge the very notions of humanity and faith itself.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Johan Renck as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Mark Johnson as EP
· Mary Doria Russell as BOOK
· Michael Perry as CRTR/EP (2014)
· Scott Frank as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· AMC Studios
· FX Productions