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[06/16/17 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 16
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!
GIFTED, THE (FOX) - Rashad Raisani has joined the newcomer as a co-executive producer as part of a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. (Deadline.com)
GOSPEL OF KEVIN, THE (ABC) - Kimberly Hébert Gregory ("Vice Principals") has joined the cast of the new drama as an unlikely celestial being named Yvette. She'll succeed Cristela Alonzo from the original pilot. (Deadline.com)
POWERLESS (NBC) - DC Entertainment has posted "Win, Luthor, Draw," an unaired episode of the series featuring an appearance by the late Adam West, to its YouTube page. (YouTube.com)
SEA OAK (Amazon) - Glenn Close is set to topline the comedy pilot, about Aunt Bernie, "a meek working-class woman who dies tragically in a home invasion in her Rust Belt subsidized housing complex called Sea Oak. Compelled by sheer force of dissatisfaction, she comes back from the dead full of rage, determined to get the life she never had." (Deadline.com)
SUPERGIRL (The CW) - Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner have been named co-showrunners of the series where they'll serve alongside co-creator Andrew Kreisberg. They'll fill the void left by Ali Adler, who has signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios, but will remain with the series as an executive consultant. As part of said pact, Adler will consult on the studio's newcomer "Dynasty." (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED NICOLE EASTMAN PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Nicole Eastman (The Ugly Truth) has sold a potential comedy to the network about "four children who, after their mother's death, inherit millions they never knew they had, causing chaos amongst the family." 20th Century Fox Television is producing. (Deadline.com)
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