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[07/28/16 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 28
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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BEACHES (Lifetime, New!) - Idina Menzel is set to topline a remake of the Bette Midler/Barbara Hershey-led 1988 feature, which "follows the serendipitous meeting of two youngsters, CC and Hillary, on the Venice Boardwalk, who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on unexpected and lifelong friendship. Menzel's CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles until she is discovered by a director who gives CC her first big shot. Hillary is the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer who struggles to find her own destiny. Their friendship-even with its ups and downs-sustains them for decades." Allison Anders will direct from a script by Bart Baker and Nikole Beckwith with Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan executive producing for A+E Studios. Production begins next month. (Deadline.com)
DISJOINTED (Netflix) - Young Australian actor Dougie Baldwin has joined the cast of the Kathy Bates-led comedy. He'll play Pete, "a budtender at Ruth's dispensary whose passion is growing and developing pot strains. He admires Ruth and looks to her for inspiration." (Deadline.com)
FRESH OFF THE BOAT (ABC) - Creator Nahnatchka Khan has inked a three-year overall deal with producer 20th Century Fox Television. The pact will cover her duties on the series as well as call for her to develop new projects via her Fierce Baby Productions banner. (Deadline.com)
IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, THE (HBO) - Rocky Carroll ("NCIS") is the latest addition to the original movie as Sonny Lacks, "Henrietta's (Renee Elise Goldsberry) third child." (Deadline.com)
LOSING IT (ABC, New!) - D.J. Nash ("Truth Be Told") has sold a single-camera family comedy to the Alphabet about "three misfit adult siblings and their parents who - between divorce, new parenthood, early-onset dementia and let's just say life - are all losing it in different ways. And family is the only way they're going to find it." The project, which has a penalty attached, comes from ABC Studios with Kapital Entertainment's Aaron Kaplan also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
MACGYVER (CBS) - Amy Acker ("Person of Interest") will guest on the show's second episode as "a CIA operative who was working undercover in Caracas, gathering intel on an international arms dealer, when his organization kidnapped her." (TVLine.com)
MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, THE (Amazon) - Tate Donovan will recur on the new season as George Dixon, "a mysterious figure from Juliana's (Alexa Davalos) past." (Deadline.com)
NEW GIRL (FOX) - Megan Fox's Reagan is set to return for as many as eight episodes during the show's upcoming sixth season. (TVLine.com)
ORIGINALS, THE (The CW) - Summer Fontana has been cast as Klaus's daughter Hope on the series when it picks up from its five-year time jump between its third and fourth seasons. (TVLine.com)
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (Freeform) - Shane Coffey's Holden Strauss, a former love interest to Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), is due to return for the back half of the show's seventh season. (THR.com)
QUANTICO (ABC) - Henry Czerny's Matthew Keyes - "a CIA operative who in last season's final episode, approaches and tries to entice Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra) to leave the FBI and join the CIA" - is slated to return when the series kicks off its second season. (Deadline.com)
SCREAM QUEENS (FOX) - Jerry O'Connell and Laura Bell Bundy are the latest actors tapped for mystery roles on the new season. (EW.com)
SNOWFALL (FX) - Carter Hudson, Angela Lewis, Juan Javier Cardenas, and Filipe Valle Costa are the latest to board the revamped drama pilot. Hudson will play Teddy McDonald, "a CIA operative banished to the Los Angeles office after a tragic misstep in the past"; with Lewis as Louise Saint, "Franklin's (Damson Idris) party girl aunt"; Cardenas as Alejandro Usteves, "a calculating rebel from the Nicaraguan Contras movement who is determined to keep his revolution alive by any means necessary"; and Costa as Pedro, "the cocky heir apparent of a Mexican crime family that sells marijuana throughout Los Angeles." (Deadline.com)
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[04/17/24 - 01:03 PM]
Sunday Night's "Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden" Wins Its Time Period and Hits a High Note Scoring 5.73 Million Viewers
It originally aired Sunday, April 14 and due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of fans, will have a special encore airing this Friday, April 19 and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
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[04/17/24 - 12:16 PM]
Season Three of Musical Game Show "Don't Forget the Lyrics" Hosted by Emmy Award-Winner Niecy Nash Premieres Thursday, May 23 at 9/8c on FOX and the Next Day on Hulu
Additionally, the season finale of "Farmer Wants a Wife," previously announced as airing on Thursday, May 9, is now scheduled to air on Thursday, May 16 following the return of "I Can See Your Voice."
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[04/17/24 - 12:10 PM]
Great American Family Announces Production Wrap on "A Christmas Less Traveled," Starring Candace Cameron Bure and Eric Johnson, Part of Great American Christmas 2024
In the film, "The Dine and Dash" diner has a stack of mounting unpaid bills, forcing its owner, Desi (Bure) to sell her beloved, mint condition, cherry red 1964 Ford F-100, a gift from her deceased father.
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[04/17/24 - 11:00 AM]
National Geographic Honors WW2 Soldiers of Color with Two New Specials
Continuing National Geographic's 136-year record of giving viewers access to pivotal historical moments with new breadth and insight, the network will honor the contributions and sacrifices of overlooked Allied soldiers of color with two new specials on Monday, June 3.
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[04/17/24 - 10:02 AM]
Paramount+ Announces New Episodes of "Behind the Music" to Premiere May 1
The new episodes profile Bell Biv DeVoe, Trace Adkins and Wolfgang Van Halen and remastered episodes feature 50 Cent, Bobby Brown, Ice-T, Milli Vanilli, The Notorious B.I.G. and Sinead O'Connor.
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[04/17/24 - 10:00 AM]
National Geographic Unravels the Culture-Defining Stanford Prison Experiment and Its Controversial Legacy in "The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth" (w.t.)
From director Juliette Eisner, executive producer Alex Braverman and Muck Media, the three-part series unravels the layers of intrigue and controversy surrounding one of psychology's most debated studies from the past 50 years.
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[04/17/24 - 09:59 AM]
Iliza Shlesinger Heads to Prime Video for Next Stand-Up Comedy Special
The taping will take place at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on November 2, and the premiere date for the one-hour special will be announced at a later date.
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[04/17/24 - 09:49 AM]
"Saving Sakic" Now Streaming on ESPN+
The documentary follows the high-stakes saga that ensued when Colorado Avalanche Chairman/CEO Charlie Lyons was blindsided by an attempt to sign away the captain of his team, Joe Sakic.
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[04/17/24 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "Sweet Tooth" - Final Season - Official Teaser Trailer - Netflix
Experience the final season June 6, only on Netflix.
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[04/17/24 - 09:01 AM]
Apple Renews Globally Acclaimed, Hit Space Drama "For All Mankind" for Season Five and Announces New Spinoff Series "Star City"
"Star City" is a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race - when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon.
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[04/17/24 - 08:07 AM]
First Look: Hulu Documentary Film "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge"
An unprecedented look at the non-stop life of a cultural luminary, the film launches June 25 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
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[04/17/24 - 08:03 AM]
All-New Season of "Ghost Adventures" Returns Wednesday, May 15 on Discovery Channel
This season documents some of the team's most haunting encounters yet, including sinister Skinwalkers and an unprecedented first-ever investigation of the iconic Los Angeles Hospital.
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[04/17/24 - 07:20 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Celebrates One-Year Anniversary, Continuing Its Reign as Television's Number One Entertainment Talk Show
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[04/17/24 - 07:07 AM]
Global Music Icon Barbra Streisand to Release New Single for Upcoming Peacock and Sky Original Series "The Tattooist of Auschwitz"
This will be Streisand's first ever recording for a TV series and will be released globally by Columbia Records on April 25, ahead of the series global launch on May 2.
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[04/17/24 - 07:04 AM]
Video: Apple TV+ Debuts Trailer for Season Three of Global Hit Comedy Series "Acapulco," Starring and Executive Produced by Award-Winning Actor Eugenio Derbez
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