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[04/26/18 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 26
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!
3 BELOW/TROLLHUNTERS (Netflix) - Tatiana Maslany, Diego Luna and Emile Hirsch will lend their voices to the show's upcoming third and final season of "Trollhunters." Maslany and Luna will voice Aja and Krel, "two mysterious new students who unknowingly come to the aid of the Trollhunters team in the fight against Morgana." They'll likewise serve as leads on the "Tales of Arcadia" spin-off series "3 Below." Hirsch then will voice Jim Lake, Jr., taking over for the late Anton Yelchin. (Deadline.com)
FLACK (Pop) - Bradley Whitford has signed onto the Anna Paquin-led drama as Calvin Cooper, "an American movie star living in England working in theatre." (Deadline.com)
GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC) - Lindsay Wagner has been cast as Alex Karev's (Justin Chambers) mom, making her first appearance in next week's episode. (Deadline.com)
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (HBO) - Jurnee Smollett-Bell has been tapped to star in the upcoming drama, which "follows Atticus Black as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father." Smollett-Bell's Letitia "Leti" Dandridge "hustled her way across the country as an artist protesting for civil rights and now finds herself back home looking to plant some roots." (Deadline.com)
MUSCLE SHOALS (ABC, New!) - Bettina Gilois is spearheading a drama at the Alphabet based on the life of Rick Hall, founder of the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Muscle Shoals is billed as "the epicenter for recording some of the most iconic songs in history with artists such as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, and Arthur Alexander." Global Road Entertainment is behind the project, which is being developed under a straight-to-series model. Infinitum Nihil's Johnny Depp, Christie Dembrowski and Bobby DeLeon; Virgin Produced's Richard Branson, Jason Felts, Justin Berfield and Rene Rigal; City Entertainment's Joshua D. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin; and Greg "Freddy" Camalie, director of the documentary of the same name, also serve as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
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[04/23/25 - 12:16 PM]
ESPN Signs "College GameDay" Host and Play-by-Play Voice Rece Davis to Multi-Year Contract Extension
One of the industry's most distinguished and respected voices, Davis will continue to anchor College Football Playoff studio coverage, ABC's annual NFL Draft presentation and ESPN shows at the NCAA Div. I Men's Final Four.
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[04/23/25 - 11:30 AM]
Netflix Returns to Annecy Festival with a Wide Variety of First Looks Including "Stranger Things: Tales From '85," Family Tentpole "In Your Dreams," and Adult Comedy "Fixed"
Upcoming premieres include "Astérix & Obélix: The Big Fight" (April 30), "7 Bears" (July 10) and "Splinter Cell: Deathwatch" (Fall 2025).
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[04/23/25 - 11:30 AM]
Prime Video Releases Premiere Date and First-Look Images for Raucous Second Season of "The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy"
All eight episodes will debut exclusively on Prime Video on Tuesday, May 27, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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[04/23/25 - 11:27 AM]
Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Return to Annecy International Animation Film Festival
"Get Jiro" and "Bat-Fam" were among Warner Bros. Animation's featured projects.
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[04/23/25 - 11:16 AM]
World Book Day: Netflix Announces New TV Adaptations and Impact on Book Sales as "Sweet Magnolias" Is Renewed for Season 5
Newly announced projects include "The Age of Innocence" and "Unaccustomed Earth."
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[04/23/25 - 10:00 AM]
New HBO Original Comedy Special from Jerrod Carmichael "Don't Be Gay" Debuts May 24
Emmy-winning comedian Jerrod Carmichael returns to the stage for his fourth HBO stand-up special.
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[04/23/25 - 09:10 AM]
MGM+ Orders "American Hostage" (wt), Thrilling Anthology Series from Sony Pictures Television, Starring Emmy and Golden Globe Winning Actor Jon Hamm
The psychological thriller is set in the 1970s and tells the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman (Hamm), a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.
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[04/23/25 - 09:01 AM]
Paramount+ Announces Cast for Milestone Tenth Season of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars"
In this new season, there will be 18 All Stars, the largest in the franchise's herstory, returning to compete in the ultimate competition for the crown.
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[04/23/25 - 09:00 AM]
Jesse Collins Entertainment Returns as the Production Team for the "77th Emmy Awards," Broadcasting Live Coast to Coast, Sunday, Sept. 14 on CBS
This marks their third consecutive year as executive producers of television's biggest night.
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[04/23/25 - 08:16 AM]
Video: "Grantchester" Season 10 Trailer
Get ready for the thrilling, moving, and mysterious new season, premiering June 15 only on "Masterpiece Mystery!" on PBS.
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[04/23/25 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Six singles check into a motel looking for love, but there's a twist: Their situationships are invited too. Can these hookups turn into real romance?
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[04/23/25 - 08:01 AM]
Prime Video Reveals Premiere Date and Debuts New Tease Art for Season Three of "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
The series will return on Wednesday, July 16, and will have an 11-episode third season.
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[04/23/25 - 08:00 AM]
HBO Original Two-Part Documentary "Pee-Wee as Himself" Debuts May 23
Driven by a soul-baring interview with Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, "Pee-Wee as Himself" is the definitive portrait of the comedic performer, and a window into his never before discussed personal life.
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[04/23/25 - 07:09 AM]
Shudder Announces Multi-Project Deal with Queens of Horror The Boulet Brothers
"The Boulet Brothers' Dragula" has been renewed for a seventh season, and the show's all-star spinoff format "The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans" has been renewed for season two.
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[04/23/25 - 07:06 AM]
Vice Sports Teams with Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, in Association with NFL Films, to Produce "The NFL Playback" (wt)
The new series will offer a fresh take on some of the NFL's most remarkable games of recent memory, with commentary from stars who played in them and devoted celebrity fans who watched the games live.
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