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[06/27/12 - 11:11 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, June 27
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!
THE LEAGUE OF PAN (New!) - 20th Century Fox Television-based Imagine Television is developing a fairytale-themed drama series described as a re-imagining of the Peter Pan mythology. Newcomer Brian McCauley Johnson is behind the present-day hour, which "centers around the Lost Boys and takes place 10 years after they've left Neverland." Executive producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are currently looking for a showrunner to co-write the script and supervise the project prior to taking it out to the networks. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Erinn Hayes will take over for Sara Rue on NBC's "Guys With Kids" as Sheila, the ex-wife of Jesse Bradford's Chris (Deadline.com); Marin Hinkle, who plays the wife of Tate Donovan's Edward Bowers, has been upped to series regular on NBC's "Infamous" (Deadline.com); Sony Pictures Television has picked up the options of all nine series regulars on "Community," including Chevy Chase, who previously indicated he may not return (Deadline.com); Hayden and Rove Christensen's lawsuit against Forest Park Pictures over an "implied promise to pay" over the creation of "Royal Pains" has found new life thanks to a ruling from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York (Deadline.com); Scottish actress Laura Fraser will recur on "Breaking Bad" as a "former associate of Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) who's integral to the proceedings" of the new season (EW.com); B.J. Novak won't return as a series regular on "The Office" but could return on occasion in front of or behind the camera (TVGuide.com); and Rob Morrow will guest in the opening two episodes of "CSI: NY" this season as "a previously convicted arsonist who has recently been released from prison" (TVLine.com).
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[07/30/14 - 10:51 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 10:30 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 09:59 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 09:43 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 08:51 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 08:41 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 08:24 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 08:17 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 08:16 AM]
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ABC spins the numbers for Tuesday, July 29.
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[07/30/14 - 07:58 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 07:37 AM]
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Sunday night's telecast will also feature live interviews with members of the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of 2014.
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[07/30/14 - 07:05 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 06:30 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 06:18 AM]
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[07/30/14 - 06:16 AM]
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