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[12/04/14 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, December 4
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!
BLUNT TALK (Starz/MRC; W: Jonathan Ames; D: TBA) - Timm Sharp ("Enlightened") is the latest cast in the upcoming comedy, about Walter Blunt (Patrick Stewart), a British import intent on conquering the world of American cable news. He'll play Jim, "the head writer for Blunt's show; wildly smart, combustible and deeply insecure; single but always on the make; has strange hobbies, passions and is a hoarder and isn't afraid to stand up to Walter but is prone to crumbling quickly." Dolly Wells, Jacki Weaver and Adrian Scarborough also star. (THR.com)
UNTITLED ANDREW HINDERAKER PROJECT (The CW, New!) - Playwright Andrew Hinderaker is set to pen a potential drama at the netlet billed as "a peek behind the curtain of Hollywood's hip-hop dance scene, centering on a top-flight back-up dancer who dreams of becoming a choreographer." John Wells and Andrew Stearn are executive producing the hour via their Warner Bros. Television John Wells Productions with Hinderaker as a co-executive producer and Kenny Wormald, upon whom the series is based, serving as consultant. (Deadline.com)
THE WALKING DEAD: COBALT (AMC/AMC Studios; W: Dave Erickson & Robert Kirkman; D: Adam Davidson) - Cliff Curtis ("Gang Related") has been tapped as the male lead of the proposed spin-off, about a male divorced teacher and a female guidance counselor trying to survive the same zombie apocalypse depicted on "The Walking Dead" but in a different location. He'll play the aforementioned teacher, "a good man who tries to do right by everyone in his life." Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey also star as the latter's children. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Kurt Kuenne's documentary "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father" is being developed as a mini-series by Universal Cable Productions (Deadline.com); Melina Kanakaredes will visit "Hawaii Five-0" later this season in an unspecified role (@HawaiiFive0CBS); and C.S. Lee is bound for "True Detective" as Richard Geldof, "a state attorney general with grand political ambitions" (THR.com).
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[03/02/21 - 12:34 PM]
discovery+ and Science Channel Explore All Things Weird and Unexplained in All-New Seasons of "Strange Evidence" and "What on Earth?"
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[03/02/21 - 11:32 AM]
Season One of "Prodigal Son" Now Available for Streaming on HBO Max
The first season of the show is available to stream today, Tuesday, March 2, on HBO Max.
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[03/02/21 - 11:05 AM]
Video: All-New Trailer for "Prodigal Son," Featuring Catherine Zeta-Zones and Alan Cumming
Following tonight's winter finale, look for new episodes beginning Tuesday, April 13.
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[03/02/21 - 11:01 AM]
The CW Network Renews "Superman & Lois" for Season Two
The super-sized 90-minute series premiere lifted The CW to its best night of primetime in over two years.
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[03/02/21 - 10:16 AM]
Peacock Orders Epic Science Series "The End Is Nye" with Emmy Award-Winning Host Bill Nye
The series sends Bill Nye into the most epic global disasters imaginable - both natural and unnatural - and then demystifies them using science to show how we can survive, mitigate, and even prevent them.
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[03/02/21 - 10:02 AM]
FOX Bet Super 6 Teams with Television's #1 Entertainment Series, "The Masked Singer," for Season Five, Premiering Wednesday, March 10, on FOX
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[03/02/21 - 10:01 AM]
Animation Expands to Mondays This Summer on FOX
Look for newcomer "Housebroken" and season two of "Duncanville" back-to-back beginning May 31.
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[03/02/21 - 09:59 AM]
HBO Sports Presents an Imagine Documentaries and Fuqua Films Documentary Feature "The Day Sports Stood Still," Debuting March 24
Emmy(R)-winning director Antoine Fuqua will chronicle the abrupt stoppage, athletes' prominent role in the cultural reckoning on racial injustices that escalated during the pandemic and the complex return to competition in the summer and fall.
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[03/02/21 - 09:30 AM]
"Zack Snyder's Justice League" Key Art Now Available
In addition, HBO Max announced a partnership with Footaction as well as The Heroes Among Us fan sweepstakes.
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[03/02/21 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "Bad Trip" Starring Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery & Tiffany Haddish - Official Trailer - Netflix
In this hidden-camera prank comedy, two best friends bond on a wild road trip to New York as they pull real people into their raunchy, raucous antics.
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[03/02/21 - 09:01 AM]
Kevin Bacon, Angela Bassett, Phoebe Dynevor, Morgan Freeman, Gal Gadot, Justin Hartley, Chris Hemsworth, Javicia Leslie, Chrissy Metz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Yara Shahidi, and More to Present at the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards
The winners will be revealed live on The CW this Sunday, March 7, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time.
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[03/02/21 - 09:00 AM]
CBS Presents the "73rd Emmy(R) Awards" to Be Broadcast Live, Sunday, Sept. 19 on CBS
Host(s), producers and venue will be announced at a later date.
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[03/02/21 - 08:32 AM]
Global Fashion Competition Series "Making the Cut" to Premiere This Summer on Amazon Prime Video
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn will be joined by judges Winnie Harlow, world-famous supermodel, and fashion pop icon and Moschino Creative Director Jeremy Scott.
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[03/02/21 - 08:01 AM]
Nickelodeon's Brand-New Preschool Series "Baby Shark's Big Show!" Makes a Splash with Spring Premieres Beginning Friday, March 26, at 12:30 PM (ET/PT)
In "Baby Tooth/Slobber Slug," Baby Shark gets his first loose tooth and enlists William's help to lose it so he can trade it in for a sand dollar.
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[03/02/21 - 07:04 AM]
Critically Acclaimed Israeli Drama Series "The Attache" Debuts on Acorn TV on Monday, March 22
All 10 episodes, in Hebrew and French with English subtitles, will be available to binge.
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