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[09/24/15 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, September 24
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!
305 (FOX, New!) - Writer Sascha Penn ("Power"), director Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies) and rapper Armando "Pitbull" Perez are set to team for a new drama at the network about a teen "pulled from his rundown high school and sent to live with his uncle, a celebrity chef, and attend the wealthiest private school in Miami, where he attempts to acclimate himself to his new surroundings while dealing with relationships, family drama, work and all the problems that more money brings." Said effort, which has a penalty attached, comes from Endemol Shine Studios and Perez's Honey I'm Home banner. David Ortiz will co-executive produce. (Deadline.com)
BONITA & MECHELLE (NBC, New!) - Kriss Turner Towner ("The Soul Man") has sold a new multi-camera comedy to the Peacock about "two women - one Hispanic and one African American - who find themselves living together while conquering the ups and downs of single life and parenting." Universal Television is behind the half-hour with UnbeliEVAble Entertainment's Eva Longoria and Ben Spector executive producing alongside Will Packer Productions' Will Packer with Korin D. Huggins co-executive producing. (Deadline.com)
DEUCE, THE (HBO; W: David Simon & George Pelecanos; D: Michelle MacLaren) - Maggie Gyllenhaal ("The Honourable Woman") has signed onto the drama pilot, which chronicles the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York's Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. Gyllenhaal will play Eileen Merrell, street name Candy, "a Times Square hooker and veteran with an entrepreneurial bent who is drawn into the fledgling industry." She'll also receive a producing credit on the project, which also stars James Franco. (Deadline.com)
MOSAIC (HBO, New!) - Steven Soderbergh ("Behind the Candelabra") is back in business with the pay channel for "an experimental film which has a tie-in with an app that would help viewers determine its ending." The top secret project, set to begin filming next month in Utha, reportedly stars Sharon Stone and Garrett Hedlund. Soderbergh told the publication: "I believe the good people at HBO are genuinely enthusiastic about Mosaic for two reasons: first, it represents a fresh way of experiencing a story and sharing that experience with others; second, it will require a new Emmy category, and we will be the only eligible nominee." (Deadline.com)
POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK (USA/Legendary/UCP; W: Jim Danger Gray & Miguel Sapochnik; D: Neil Marshall) - Sam Jaeger and Harold Perrineau are the latest to be cast in the drama pilot, which revolves around a cadre of heroes who emerge as the new "Founding Fathers," after America is pushed to the brink of collapse. Perrineau is set as Matt Monroe, "the FBI Agent in charge after a terrorist attack on Philadelphia"; with Jaeger as Darwin Fischer, "a former CIA field agent-turned-analyst. Monroe's search for the attack's inside-man puts him on a crash course with Darwin and his schizophrenic sister (Jordan Hayes) embroiling them in a conspiracy that will shake the country to its core." (Deadline.com)
SAY UNCLES (NBC, New!) - Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin ("The Exes") and comedian Elon Gold are set to team for a new multi-camera comedy at the Peacock "based on Gold's real life, where he is caught in the middle of his interfering brothers and his impressionable children." Universal Television-based Aggregate Films is behind the half-hour with Willie Mercer and the company's Jason Bateman presumably executive producing alongside the aforementioned trio. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - TNT has pulled the plug on its Jennifer Beals-led drama "Proof" after one season (@jenniferbeals); 20th Century Fox Television is developing a small screen revival of "The A-Team" with Chris Morgan, Tawnia McKiernan and Albert Kim among the featured auspices (Deadline.com); Eric Roberts will drop by "The Player" as "imprisoned ex-crime boss Pauly Agostino" (Deadline.com); "Utopia" alum Conrad Green has signed a one-year overall deal with FOX (Deadline.com); and Peter Francis James has been tapped to play Dr. Aldus Boardman, "a professor at St. Roch University," on The CW's "Arrow" and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" (ComicBook.com).
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[02/25/26 - 03:35 PM]
"20/20: The Au Pair, The Affair and Murder" About a Twisted Love Triangle Delivers Best Adult 25-54 Performance in 10 Months and Strongest Delivery in Adults 18-49 in 11 Months
Hitting new season highs for the second straight week, "20/20" improved on the previous week in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.
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[02/25/26 - 02:59 PM]
Netflix's "Untamed" Season Two Casts New Roles
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[02/25/26 - 02:46 PM]
ABC News Is No. 1 Broadcast Network for Coverage of the State of the Union, Beating NBC by 1.4 Million and CBS by 1.7 Million
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[02/25/26 - 10:30 AM]
Medical Mysteries Take Over Wednesdays on TLC Starting Wednesday, March 4 at 8PM ET/PT
Highlights include the return of "Untold Stories of the ER" on August 19 at 9:00/8:00c.
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[02/25/26 - 10:12 AM]
The CW Network Sets Season 4 Premiere of Hit Series "Sullivan's Crossing"
The series will return for its highly-anticipated 10-episode fourth season on Monday, April 20 (8:00-9:00pm ET/PT).
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[02/25/26 - 10:01 AM]
Martin Clunes to Guest Star on "Best Medicine"
Clunes, the BAFTA award winning original star of the UK's "Doc Martin," guest stars as Martin's father, Robert Best on Tuesday, March 3 on FOX.
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[02/25/26 - 09:07 AM]
FOX Sports, AV8 Productions, Allez! Sports, and Hello Sunshine Announce New Documentary Special "You See L.A." Premiering March 1 on FS1
The one-hour documentary special explores the human stories, emotional stakes, and deep community surrounding UCLA's Women's Basketball team during one of the most pivotal seasons in its program's history.
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[02/25/26 - 08:31 AM]
Video: "Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere" - Official Trailer - Netflix
With rare access and no holds barred, the acclaimed documentarian investigates a growing ultra-masculine network and its controversial influencers.
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[02/25/26 - 08:01 AM]
Peacock Launches the Official "House of Villains" Podcast Hosted by "Survivor" Fan-Favorite and "House of Villains" Season Three Competitor Tyson Apostol
Each week, Tyson invites a fellow Season Three villain to unpack their strategic betrayals, shifting alliances, and iconic meltdowns - diving into the psychology of villainy and savoring the act of making excellent reality TV.
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[02/25/26 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Homicide: New York" - Season 2 Official Trailer - Netflix
Detectives and prosecutors revisit their most challenging murder cases in this chilling true-crime documentary series from the creator of "Law & Order."
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[02/25/26 - 08:01 AM]
Matt Dillon to Star in MGM+'s Drama Series "The Magnificent Seven"
Dillon, who also serves as an executive producer, will reprise the iconic role of Chris Adams, originally played by Yul Brynner, who becomes the leader of seven gunslingers who sign onto the task of protecting a group of innocent villagers from a mercenary land baron hellbent on stealing their land.
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[02/25/26 - 08:00 AM]
HBO Renews "Industry" for a Fifth and Final Season
"We're privileged to have joined the small, esteemed club of dramas that have run for five seasons on HBO," said creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay.
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[02/25/26 - 07:01 AM]
HBO Max to Premiere "Song of the Samurai" - New Live Action Series from Hit Japanese Studio The Seven
The new series is the latest Japanese title to launch exclusively on HBO Max through WBD's partnership with U-NEXT and is set to premiere internationally on May 9.
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[02/25/26 - 07:01 AM]
CNN Films Boards "Homecoming: The Tokyo Series" as Streaming Partner
The film will begin streaming on Friday, March 27 exclusively for CNN's streaming subscribers.
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[02/25/26 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "Pretty Lethal" - Official Trailer - Prime Video
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