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[08/27/10 - 07:02 PM] Development Update: Friday, August 27 By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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NO ORDINARY FAMILY (ABC) - Jackson Rathbone ("Eclipse") has booked a potentially recurring role on the newcomer, about a family that develops superpowers. He'll play Trent Stafford, a high school classmate of Kay Panabaker's character who "was recently the victim of a home invasion robbery." Said hour launches Tuesday, September 28 at 8:00/7:00c.
UNTITLED CRAIGSLIST KILLER PROJECT (Lifetime, New!) - The cable channel is reportedly close to greenlighting a new docudrama about Philip Markoff, who allegedly killed a woman he met through Craigslist. Markoff, a Boston University med student and engaged to be married, committed suicide earlier this month in a Boston jail cell while awaiting trial for the murder of Julissa Brisman. Stephen Kay is attached to direct the Sony Pictures Television-based project from a script by Donald Martin and Stephen Tolkin. Judith Verno is the executive producer. In addition to Brisman's murder, Markoff was accused of robbing a Las Vegas woman and attacking a stripper.
UNTITLED WILL FETTERS PROJECT (ABC, New!) - Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are developing a new drama at the Alphabet about "a group of twentysomething roommates who juggle their personal and professional lives in Washington, D.C." Feature writer Will Fetters ("Remember Me") is penning the Warner Bros. Television-based hour, which has a put pilot commitment. He'll also executive produce alongside Fake Empire's Schwartz, Savage and Leonard Goldstein. New York Times writer Ashley Parker is also attached as a consultant.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters
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[08/04/25 - 01:58 PM] Video: "Shipwreck Hunters Australia" - Season 2 - Official Trailer - Streaming August 27 on Disney+ The team is diving into six epic new missions along Western Australia's ruggedly beautiful "Treasure Coast."
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[08/04/25 - 12:52 PM] "King & Conqueror" Commands Key Licensing Deals in Global Markets The epic historical drama starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been licensed to Prime Video in the United States.
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[08/04/25 - 11:35 AM] FOX Nation Greenlights Two New Seasons of "God. Family. Football." Season three will premiere on Thursday, August 7, with eight new episodes airing weekly and season four will follow come fall 2026.
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[08/04/25 - 11:00 AM] Video: Trailer Debut - Hulu's New Unscripted Series "Are You My First?" All 10 episodes drop Monday, August 18 with the premiere also broadcast on ABC that night following an all-new episode of
"Bachelor in Paradise."
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[08/04/25 - 09:01 AM] NBC Renews Hit Show "American Ninja Warrior" for Season 18 Season 17 has reached more than 23 million total viewers across NBC and Peacock so far this summer.
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[08/04/25 - 08:06 AM] Video: MGM+ Unveils "Let the Devil In" Official Trailer The project is a haunting and mysterious four-episode documentary series about a decades-old tragedy that destroyed one family and ignited the darkest fears of a small New Jersey town.
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[08/04/25 - 08:01 AM] Sope Dirisu Will Star in "All the Sinners Bleed" - A New Series from Joe Robert Cole and Based on the Novel by S.A. Cosby. Haunted by his mother's death, the first Black sheriff in a Bible Belt county hunts for a serial killer preying on the Black community in the name of God.
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[08/04/25 - 08:01 AM] Video: "Love Is Blind: UK" Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix A new batch of singles in the UK search for love sight unseen. Who will make it from the pods, to living together, to all the way up the aisle?
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[08/04/25 - 07:01 AM] Video: "Highest 2 Lowest" - Official Trailer - Apple TV+ The fifth collaboration between Spike Lee and Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest, is in theaters August 15 and streaming September 5 on Apple TV+.
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[08/04/25 - 06:05 AM] NBC Sports Announces Courtside Reporters and NBA Insider for Upcoming NBA Coverage Jordan Cornette, Ashley ShahAhmadi, and Zora Stephenson are joining its NBA coverage as courtside reporters with Grant Liffmann as an NBA Insider focusing on front office news.
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[08/04/25 - 06:01 AM] Video: "Magic City: An American Fantasy" - Official Trailer - Starz This star-studded documentary explores the rise of Atlanta's iconic strip club, Magic City, and its massive influence on hip-hop culture.
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