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[06/14/18 - 11:42 PM] Development Update: Thursday, June 14 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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BIG LITTLE LIES (HBO) - Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films, a co-producer on the HBO series, has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. The pact gives the streaming service first crack at the company's film and TV output. (Deadline.com)
NOW APOCALYPSE (Starz) - Tyler Posey is set to recur on the upcoming comedy as Gabriel, "an incredibly charismatic and mysterious guy Ulysses (Avan Jogia) matches with on a dating app. During their highly anticipated first date, they can hardly contain themselves." (Deadline.com)
SHAMELESS (Showtime) - Richard Flood's Ford - "the Irish finishing carpenter and craftsman, lesbian sperm-donor to many, and a reluctant Fiona's boyfriend" - has been promoted to regular for the show's ninth season. (Deadline.com)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (CBSAA) - Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts are exiting as showrunners of the series, five episodes into production on its sophomore run. Executive producer Alex Kurtzman will take over going forward. Said report indicates "multiple writers are said to have been uncomfortable working on the series and had threatened to file a complaint with human resources or quit the series altogether before informing [Alex] Kurtzman of the issues surrounding Berg and Harberts." (THR.com)
UNTITLED MCELHENNEY & ROSELL PROJECT (FOX) - Leah Remini has signed on to star in the off-cycle multi-camera comedy pilot, about "a woman, Jean (Remini), her ex-husband and her new wife who work together to raise a family in middle America." Remini's Jean "considers herself a patriot who loves her country and firmly believes in everyone's right to be left alone. Jean in many ways fits the stereotype of a typical conservative. However, she leads a very progressive lifestyle as she is now married to a woman, Betty. Together, they're raising Jean's two boys with the help of the boys' father and Jean's ex-husband, Richie, who currently lives in the garage." (Deadline.com)
V-WARS (Netflix) - Peter Outerbridge is the latest to be cast in the upcoming drama as Calix Niklos, "an elegant, malicious science expert on the Homeland Security Team." (Deadline.com)
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[10/08/25 - 12:00 PM] FOX Entertainment Studios and HarperCollins Publishers Form Strategic Reciprocal First-Look Development Deal Together, the companies will create a powerful, ongoing content pipeline that flows seamlessly between book and screen.
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[10/08/25 - 11:44 AM] Paramount+ Greenlights Season Two of Showtime Original Series "Dexter: Resurrection" The series has been greenlit for season two with the writers' room now open.
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[10/08/25 - 11:00 AM] ESPN Reveals Slam Dunk 2025-26 SEC Women's Basketball Schedule As the women's basketball season draws near, ESPN and the SEC have announced the 2025-26 network designations, with more than 100 linear games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network and the all new ESPN app.
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[10/08/25 - 10:47 AM] "The Girlfriend" Has Been Watched by Over 25 Million Viewers Worldwide Amazon MGM Studios touted the news on social media this morning.
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[10/08/25 - 10:12 AM] Video: Two-Time Emmy Nominated "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." Celebrates Upcoming Season 12 with Series Trailer 20 new celebrity guests will sit down with Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to learn about their genealogical history and the journeys of their ancestors dating back hundreds of years when the series returns January 6 on PBS.
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[10/08/25 - 10:01 AM] Video: "I Love LA" - Official Trailer - HBO Max Rachel Sennott's new HBO original series streams November 2 on HBO Max.
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[10/08/25 - 09:31 AM] HBO Documentary Films Joins Production of Earth, Wind & Fire Project Directed by Academy Award and Grammy Winner Questlove The film examines the iconic group's lasting legacy, cultural impact, and enduring body of work, and features exclusive access to the band's archives of visual, audio, and written material.
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[10/08/25 - 09:28 AM] Paramount+ Officially Greenlights and Announces 2026 Start of Production for "9/12," A Six-Part Limited Series with Emmy and Tony Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Jeremy Strong Set to Star and Executive Produce Produced by Paramount Television Studios and SISTER, production is set to begin in the summer of 2026 and the series will launch globally on Paramount+ in 2027.
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[10/08/25 - 09:05 AM] Food Network Will Deliver More Than 50 Hours Of Holiday Programming This Year Including New Seasonal Spin-off "Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas," and "Sweet Empire" The holidays begin with the return of "Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking" on Sunday, November 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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[10/08/25 - 09:01 AM] Video: "The Bad Guys: Breaking In" New Series Trailer - Netflix Family How did the Bad Guys break into the bad guy business in the first place? Find out in this hilarious prequel series set before the hit films.
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[10/08/25 - 09:00 AM] Danny Trejo Returns for Season 2 of "Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo" Premiering Nov. 11 on The History Channel Mysteries can be buried anywhere - under the earth, beneath the sea, or even right under our own feet.
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[10/08/25 - 09:00 AM] Video: Prime Video Releases the Official Trailer and Key Art for "Allen Iv3rson" Directed by One9, the documentary will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on October 23 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide and is the latest addition to the Prime membership.
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[10/08/25 - 08:39 AM] Video: "40 Acres" - Trailer - Hulu After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving - even thriving - on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long as they repel the occasional raiding party.
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[10/08/25 - 08:31 AM] Video: "Train Dreams" - Official Trailer - Netflix Based on the novella of the same name, "Train Dreams" is the portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century.
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[10/08/25 - 08:01 AM] Video: Date, Key Art, Trailer Debut - Hulu Original Series "All's Fair" (Premieres November 4th) The series stars Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor, Matthew Noszka with Sarah Paulson and Glenn Close.
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