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[05/08/18 - 02:15 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 8 - FOX Begins Series Orders with Drama "The Passage"
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!

Here are the latest projects being picked up to series by the aforementioned network for the 2018-19 season (via press release):

THE PASSAGE

· Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 6th & Idaho, Scott Free

· Format: One-hour drama

· W/EP: Elizabeth Heldens

· D: Jason Ensler Marcos Siega

· EP/NW: Matt Reeves, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Adam Kassan

· Logline: Based on author Justin Cronin's best-selling trilogy of the same name, THE PASSAGE is an epic, character-driven thriller about a secret government medical facility experimenting with a dangerous virus that could either cure all disease or cause the downfall of the human race. The series focuses on a 10-year-old girl named Amy Bellafonte, who is chosen to be a test subject for this experiment and Brad Wolgast, the Federal agent who becomes her surrogate father as he tries to protect her.

· Cast:

· Mark-Paul Gosselaar - "Brad Wolgast"

· Saniyya Sidney - "Amy Bellafonte"

· Vincent Piazza - "Clark Richards"

· Brianne Howey - "Shauna Babcock"

· Jamie McShane - "Dr. Tim Fanning"

· Caroline Chikezie - "Dr. Major Nichole Sykes"

· Emmanuelle Chriqui - "Dr. Lila Kyle"

Photo Credit: (C)2018 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Steve Dietl/FOX





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