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[12/05/18 - 11:22 PM] Development Update: Wednesday, December 5 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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BENEDICT MEN (Quibi, New!) - Stephen Curry's Unanimous Media has sold a new reality series to the short-form video platform, which "will take an inside look at one of the most unique high school basketball teams in America at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey." Whistle and Entertainment 360 are also behind the project with Curry, Mark Ciardi, Jonathan Hock, Jeron Smith and Erick Peyton serving as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (YouTube) - Isabelle Fuhrman and Liana Liberato have been tapped for the lead roles on the feature-film-turned-drama pilot. Fuhrman will play Mira, "a whip-smart underachiever trying to survive high school until the moment she can escape her hometown and loving, but messy, family. Socially, she's a floater, along with her best friend Lou (Liberato). A clique of two. But when things start to shift in their friendship, Mira will have to search her world for other connections to help her endure her seemingly endless adolescence." Production is set to begin in January in Los Angeles. Hailee Steinfeld toplined the 2016 movie as Nadine. (THR.com)
GANGS OF LONDON (Cinemax) - Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu are set to star in the 10-part series, a complex, contemporary and visually stunning journey into the hidden heart of the world's most dynamic multicultural capital and the turbulent power struggles between the international gangs that control it. Also cast in unspecified roles are Lucian Msamati, Michelle Fairley, Mark Lewis Jones, Narges Rashidi, Jing Lusi, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Brian Vernel, Orli Shuka, Richard Harrington, Jude Akuwidike and Emmett J. Scanlan. (Deadline.com)
GRAND HOTEL (ABC) - Katey Sagal and Freddie Stroma are both set to recur on the midseason drama. She'll play Teresa, "an investor in the hotel with mysterious intentions"; while he's set as Oliver, "the associate manager of the Finn Hotel in Miami." (Deadline.com)
HOW THEY MADE HER (Quibi, New!) - Director Catherine Hardwicke and writers Jeffrey Lieber and Charlie McDonnell have set up a potential drama at the new streaming service. No details were given other than it is "a thriller about an AI character." (Variety.com)
NEW YORK UNDERCOVER (ABC, New!) - Ben Watkins is in talks with the Alphabet for a reboot of Dick Wolf and Kevin Arkadie's former 1990s FOX staple, which starred Malik Yoba and Michael DeLorenzo as two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct. ABC Studios and Universal Television are co-producing the project with Wolf Entertainment's Wolf, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski likewise executive producing. No plot specifics however were given. (Deadline.com)
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[04/28/25 - 09:00 AM] Grammy Award Winner Gretchen Wilson Announced as "Tour Manager" for CBS' New Music Competition Series "The Road" As "tour manager," Wilson will provide support and guidance to the emerging musicians while they make their way across America, ensuring the tour's success while sharing her own expertise and experiences on the road as a touring artist.
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[04/28/25 - 08:36 AM] AXS TV Kicks Off the Summer with a Memorial Day Music Marathon, Airing All Day Long on Monday, May 26 Starting at 8A ET The all-day event puts the spotlight on 13 powerhouse performances from some of music's most iconic artists.
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[04/28/25 - 06:01 AM] Video: Netflix Tudum 2025 - Official Trailer - May 31 - Netflix This high-energy show will be streamed LIVE on Netflix May 31st at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET from the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
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[04/28/25 - 06:00 AM] Video: "Welcome to Wrexham" - Season 4 Official Trailer - Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds - FX Things are kicking off as Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds welcome us back to Wrexham FC - and what is shaping up to be the greatest underdog story of all time.
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[04/28/25 - 04:01 AM] Video: "Cheat: Unfinished Business" - Official Trailer #2 - What Is Cheating? - Netflix Sun, scandal and second chances collide in this reality show in which former cheaters reconnect with their exes. With Amanda Holden and Paul C. Brunson.
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[04/28/25 - 03:01 AM] "Kaulitz & Kaulitz" - Launch Date and First Look for Season 2 Season 2 of the reality series about Germany's most famous twins debuts on June 17.
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[04/28/25 - 02:01 AM] Video: "Rotten Legacy" - Official Trailer - Netflix After a grave illness, a media mogul discovers his children's tactics threaten the empire he carefully built - and he'll do whatever it takes to save it.
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[04/27/25 - 03:01 PM] Japanese Amazon Original Drama Series, "Marry My Husband," Starring Fuka Koshiba and Takeru Satoh, Coming Exclusively to Prime Video Based on the popular NAVER web novel, this Japan-Korea joint project marks the Japanese adaptation of the hit series.
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[04/27/25 - 06:26 AM] ABC News Exclusive: President Donald J. Trump Sits Down With Terry Moran as He Marks His First 100 Days in Office The one-hour special will air this Tuesday, April 29 at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CDT on ABC.
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[04/26/25 - 08:01 AM] Video: "Alien: Earth" - Official Teasers - FX The highly anticipated sci-fi horror series from executive producer Noah Hawley is coming to FX and Hulu in Summer 2025.
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[04/26/25 - 12:11 AM] Video: "Dan Da Dan" Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix Anime Season 2 is coming to Netflix on July 3.
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[04/25/25 - 01:44 PM] Prime Video Acquires Popular Web Series "Helluva Boss" From the World of "Hazbin Hotel," and Orders Seasons 3 and 4 The acquisition was announced via a special animation featuring the lead characters of "Hazbin Hotel" and "Helluva Boss" respectively, and confirms for the first time that the two series exist in the same Hellaverse universe.
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[04/25/25 - 11:45 AM] Food Network's "Tournament of Champions" Season Six Scores with Viewers The season reached nearly 12 million P2+ cross-platform viewers and is on track to be Food Network's highest-rated series among P25-54 for the fifth year in a row, with ratings up +91% vs. prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.
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[04/25/25 - 10:01 AM] Video: "Earnhardt" - Official Trailer - Prime Video Start your engines. "Earnhardt" premieres May 22 on Prime Video.
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[04/25/25 - 09:12 AM] One Hell of A Week in New York City with "The Walking Dead: Dead City" Beginning Sunday, April 27 through Wednesday, April 30 AMC is partnering with iconic NYC establishments and events, including the Empire State Building, Citi Field, the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Experience Half Marathon, PopUp Bagels and more, featuring merchandise giveaways and the show's iconic Walkers.
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