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[06/07/18 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 7
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!
ALL AMERICAN/ARROW/BLACK LIGHTNING/BLINDSPOT/THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA/DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW/DOOM PATROL/THE FLASH/GOD FRIENDED ME/THE RED LINE/RIVERDALE/SUPERGIRL/TITANS/YOU (Various) - Greg Berlanti has inked an extension of his overall development and production deal with Warner Bros. Television that would keep him at the studio through 2024, valued at more than $300 million. Berlanti Productions is home to a record 14 live-action scripted series currently in various stages of production. (Deadline.com)
ARE YOU SLEEPING (Apple) - Lizzy Caplan is set to star opposite star Octavia Spencer in the 10-episode thriller drama series as "twin sisters Josie and Lanie, whose lives have taken very different paths." Spencer plays "the investigative reporter behind a hit true-crime podcast that reopens the case of Josie and Lanie's father's murder." (Deadline.com)
HASAN MINHAJ TALK SHOW (Netflix) - Jim Margolis has signed onto the upcoming Hasan Minhaj-hosted talk show as showrunner. (Deadline.com)
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (ABC) - Rome Flynn's mystery character Gabriel Maddox has been promoted to a series regular for the show's fifth season. (Deadline.com)
MESSIAH (Netflix) - The upcoming drama has rounded out its principal cast: Melinda Page Hamilton is Anna Iguero, "the Virginia-born daughter of a preacher, who married a preacher"; Stefania LaVie Owen is Rebecca Iguero, "a troubled teen living in a backwater Texas town who wants nothing more than to leave her life behind."; Jane Adams plays Miriam Keneally, "an acerbic CNN reporter who is doggedly devoted to unearthing the truth about al-Masih (Mehdi Dehbi)"; Sayyid El Alami is Jibril Medina, "an orphaned Syrian refugee who leaves war-torn Damascus to become a devotee of al-Masih in the hope the stranger leads him to his destiny"; Fares Landousil plays Samir, "a Syrian refugee and friend to Jibril who also abandons Damascus, only to find that his destiny is elsewhere"; and Wil Traval is Will Mathers, "an Army veteran-turned-FBI JTTF agent who finds himself at loggerheads with his CIA counterpart Eva Geller (Michelle Monaghan) as they are thrown together in the pursuit of al-Masih." Additionally, Barbara Eve Harris will recur as Katherine Bailey, "Geller's level-headed boss and confidante"; Iqbal Theba is Danny Kirmani, "Under Secretary for the Middle East"; Nicole Rose Scimeca is Raeah Hardwick, "a mortally ill child who goes on a pilgrimage with her mother, Staci (Emily Kinney)"; and Jackson Hurst is Jonah Hardwick, "Staci's husband and Raeah's father." (Deadline.com)
REAL WORLD, THE (MTV) - Bunim-Murray Productions is reportedly looking to "reboot/reinvent" the reality staple for streaming platforms. The news would spell the end of the show's 32 season run on MTV from 1992 to 2017. (Deadline.com)
SHANTARAM (Apple, New!) - A drama series based on Gregory David Roberts's best-selling novel - "set in Australia and India about love, forgiveness, courage and redemption" - (as well as its sequel novel "The Mountain Shadow") has found a home at the company where it will be developed for straight-to-series consideration. Eric Warren Singer is spearheading the adaptation for Anonymous Content and Paramount Television with David Manson, Nicole Clemens, Steve Golin and Andrea Barron also among the executive producers. (Deadline.com)
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[02/24/21 - 04:47 PM]
ViacomCBS Unveils Comprehensive Streaming Strategy and Expansive Slate of Originals Headed to Paramount+
Paramount+ will feature a powerful combination of live sports, breaking news and a mountain of entertainment from ViacomCBS' portfolio of world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel.
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[02/24/21 - 03:21 PM]
Showtime(R) Announces "Ray Donovan" Feature-Length Film
Star Liev Schreiber will return in his Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nominated role and co-write the script along with series showrunner David Hollander, who will also serve as director.
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[02/24/21 - 03:05 PM]
Showtime(R) Drama Series "Halo" to Launch Exclusively on Paramount+
Currently in production in Budapest, the series is set to premiere on Paramount+ in early 2022.
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[02/24/21 - 03:04 PM]
Kelsey Grammer to Reprise His Role as Dr. Frasier Crane in "Frasier" for Paramount+
Grammer will executive produce along with writers Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli, and Grammnet Productions Tom Russo and Jordan McMahon.
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[02/24/21 - 03:02 PM]
Highly Anticipated Seventh and Final Season of Darren Star's "Younger" to Premiere on Paramount+
The beloved MTV Entertainment Studios comedy will come to a close with the final 12 episodes available at a soon-to-be-announced date on the ViacomCBS streaming platform.
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[02/24/21 - 03:01 PM]
Nickelodeon's All-New Animated "Rugrats" Reunites Members of the Original Voice Cast to Reprise Roles
Produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the series is set to debut this spring on Paramount+, the highly anticipated streaming service from ViacomCBS.
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[02/24/21 - 03:00 PM]
Nickelodeon Establishes Avatar Studios, Brand-New Content Division Devoted to Expanding the World of "Avatar: Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra"
The first project from Avatar Studios is slated as an animated theatrical film set to begin production this year.
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[02/24/21 - 02:55 PM]
Paramount+ Is the Home of the Star Trek Universe
All-new animated kids' series "Star Trek: Prodigy" will join "Star Trek: Discovery," "Star Trek: Picard," the animated series "Star Trek: Lower Decks" and the upcoming "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" on the streamer.
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[02/24/21 - 02:43 PM]
"60 Minutes+," A New Streaming Version of the Sunday Classic, Debuts on Paramount+
Jonathan Blakely has been named the news program's executive producer and its content will originate from the production team in New York.
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[02/24/21 - 12:01 PM]
Video: Trailer Debut - Hulu's "Solar Opposites" Season Two
The series returns with eight all-new episodes Friday, March 26, only on Hulu.
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[02/24/21 - 11:25 AM]
Video: OWN Releases Official Trailer & Key Art for New Drama "Delilah," Premiering on Tuesday, March 9
Maahra Hill stars as Delilah Connolly, a headstrong, highly principled lawyer living in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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[02/24/21 - 11:02 AM]
"America's Got Talent" Judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara to Return for Season 16 Set to Air This Summer on NBC
To celebrate the return of America's favorite judging panel, "AGT" will be hosting one final nationwide "Last Chance Audition" for the upcoming season on Saturday, March 6.
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[02/24/21 - 11:02 AM]
A&E's Emmy Award-Winning Docuseries "Intervention" Returns This March for a New Season Highlighting Addiction in Las Vegas Alongside an All-New Season of "Hoarders"
Debuting with a two-hour premiere on Monday, March 15, "Intervention" continues to provide an unfiltered look at the devastation caused by addiction in a new season based in Nevada's notorious Sin City.
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[02/24/21 - 11:00 AM]
The CW Network Sets Spring 2021 Premiere Dates
Newly announced premieres include "Kung Fu" and "The Republic of Sarah" as well as the return of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," "Dynasty" and "In The Dark."
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[02/24/21 - 09:30 AM]
Disney+ Announces Premiere Dates for New Series "Big Shot," "Star Wars: The Bad Batch," Marvel Studios' "Loki," "The Mysterious Benedict Society," "Monsters at Work," "Chip 'N' Dale: Park Life," and "Turner & Hooch"
Also on tap are new seasons of "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" and "Zenimation" as well as the previously announced launches of "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" and "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers."
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