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[01/13/16 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 13
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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!


AND IN OTHER NEWS... - NBC has passed on a follow up to its event series "Heroes Reborn," which wraps later this month (Deadline.com); "Chicago Fire," "Chicago PD" and "Chicago Med" boss Dick Wolf has teased a potential fourth installment of the franchise that "probably would be in the legal system" (Deadline.com); Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will once again spearhead the latest edition of NBC's latest live musical franchise, the film-turned-play-turned-film "Hairspray" (Deadline.com); Drew Goddard has signed on to helm the opening episode of NBC's upcoming comedy "Good Place" (Deadline.com);

Steven Graym and Mercedes Morris have both signed onto the new season of Netflix's "Between" (Deadline.com); Mouzam Makkar will recur on "The Vampire Diaries" as "a beautiful, charming and cocky researcher at the head of a mysterious organization" (TVLine.com); Gilles Marini and Lachlan Buchanan are both bound for "Teen Wolf" (TVLine.com); and Alysia Reiner will guest on "The Mysteries of Laura" as "the media consultant to a Cuban presidential candidate" (Variety.com).






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· BETWEEN (CANADA) (NETFLIX)
· CHICAGO FIRE (NBC)
· CHICAGO JUSTICE (NBC)
· CHICAGO MED (NBC)
· CHICAGO PD (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· GOOD PLACE, THE (NBC)
· HAIRSPRAY LIVE! (NBC)
· HEROES (NBC)
· MYSTERIES OF LAURA, THE (NBC)
· TEEN WOLF (MTV)
· VAMPIRE DIARIES, THE (CW)





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