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[05/08/19 - 11:25 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, May 8 - Odds & Ends
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!
2 DOPE QUEENS (HBO) - Co-creator Phoebe Robinson has signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Studios. The pact calls for the comedian to develop new series projects for the studio. (Deadline.com)
DUNCANVILLE (FOX) - Ty Burrell has joined the cast of the upcoming animated comedy as Jack, Duncan's father, and husband to Annie (Amy Poehler), a classic-rock-obsessed plumber who's determined to be a better dad than the one he had. He's constantly posting wonderful things about his family on Facebook and annoyed that his kids won't friend him. Annie is a parking enforcement officer who dreams of someday being a detective, lives in perpetual fear that her teenage son is one bad decision away from ruining his life and will do anything to stop him from doing so. Also cast are Rashida Jones as Duncan's on-again, off-again crush Mia, who never met a cause she wouldn't dedicate her life to and Wiz Khalifa as Mr. Mitch, the coolest guy in their school, the universally loved teacher/guidance counselor, and occasional gym coach and school nurse, due to budget cuts.
EXTRA (Syndication) - Much-ballyhooed "Access Hollywood" alum Billy Bush has reportedly joined the revamped incarnation of the newsmagazine, to be titled "Extra Extra" and launch this fall. (People.com)
INTERROGATION (CBSAA) - Vinessa Antoine is the latest bound for the true-crime drama as "a street-smart diner waitress who becomes crucial in a decades-old murder investigation after becoming involved with the private investigator." (Deadline.com)
LOOKING FOR ALASKA (Hulu) - Rachel Matthews and Henry Zaga will both recur on the John Green novel adaptation as Fiona, "a sophisticated and well-educated college student from a solid, healthy family"; and Jake, "Alaska's impossibly handsome, floppy-haired, college-aged boyfriend, Jake is funny and adorable and a really good boyfriend," respectively. (Deadline.com)
PREHISTORIC PLANET (Apple TV+, New!) - Jon Favreau is set to team with BBC Studios' Natural History Unit for a new documentary series that "will use CGI to tell the story of the last days of the dinosaurs 66M years ago." Favreau and Mike Gunton are the executive producers with Tim Walker and Andrew R. Jones producing. (Deadline.com)
SAINTS & SINNERS (Bounce TV) - Roger Guenveur Smith is set to recur on the new season as Senator Hayes, "a lifetime politician with a dark secret who locks horns in a power struggle with Lady Ella Johnson (Vanessa Bell Calloway)." (Deadline.com)
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[07/25/26 - 05:45 PM]
Video: Prime Video Sets the Stage at San Diego Comic-Con with Defining Teaser Trailer and Premiere Date Reveal for New Series "Carrie"
All eight episodes of the hotly anticipated new series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on October 7, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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[07/25/26 - 04:45 PM]
Video: Prime Video Debuts "Reacher" Season Four Official Trailer and "Neagley" Teaser Trailer at San Diego Comic-Con
Also revealed during the panel conversation, Alan Ritchson announced that season five of "Reacher" is based on the 20th novel by Lee Child in the Reacher series, "Make Me."
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[07/25/26 - 04:01 PM]
Video: "Silo" - Season 4 Announcement - Apple TV
The end is near. The fourth and final season of "Silo" premieres summer 2027.
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[07/25/26 - 03:01 PM]
Video: Apple TV's Cyberpunk Series "Neuromancer" Hacks Into San Diego Comic-Con
The 10-episode series premieres globally on Apple TV on Friday, January 22, 2027, with two episodes, followed by one new episode every Friday through March 19, 2027.
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[07/25/26 - 02:46 PM]
Video: Apple TV's "Dark Matter" Takes Over San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H to Unveil Season Two Trailer
The 10-episode second season premieres globally on Friday, August 28, 2026 on Apple TV with the first episode, followed by one new episode every Friday through October 30, 2026.
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[07/25/26 - 02:31 PM]
Video: Apple Original Films Unveils Trailer for "Matchbox The Movie" at San Diego Comic-Con
The upcoming action feature, starring John Cena, premieres globally on Apple TV on Friday, October 9.
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[07/25/26 - 02:18 PM]
"Family Guy" Halloween and Holiday Specials Return Exclusively to Hulu This Year
Having danced with any number of devils on "Succession," Kieran Culkin now gets to play the Devil himself in "Happy Hell-o-ween."
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[07/25/26 - 01:49 PM]
Star Trek Universe Takes Over Hall H with Special Announcements, Exclusive First Looks and a 60th Anniversary Celebration at Comic-Con International
Ruaridh Aldington joins season two of "Starfleet Academy" as a series regular playing Keats, a young alien our cadets encounter on an away mission who possesses a mysterious backstory.
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[07/25/26 - 01:30 PM]
Video: Global First Look at New Contemporary Mystery Thriller, "Yaga," Revealed at Comic-Con International
Set to premiere this October on AMC+, the eight-episode, half-hour drama reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga as a contemporary mystery thriller set in a small coastal town.
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[07/25/26 - 11:46 AM]
Video: Hulu Debuts "Futurama" Season 14 Trailer and Announces Three "XXXL-Sized" Specials During San Diego Comic-Con Panel
The first of the three specials will be Xmas themed and will launch in 2027.
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[07/25/26 - 10:46 AM]
"Bob's Burgers" to Debut Exclusive Holiday Short on Hulu
In "On the Fort Day of Christmas," a record-breaking Christmas snowstorm means one thing to the Belcher kids - a record-breaking Christmas snow fort.
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[07/25/26 - 03:31 AM]
"Ranma1/2" Returns with Season 3 on October 3, Only on Netflix
Romance? Comedy? Martial arts? You can have it all when the series returns.
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[07/24/26 - 06:15 PM]
Former "Live PD" Co-Host and Analyst Tom Morris Jr. Joins "On Patrol: Live"
Morris Jr. will reunite with host and executive producer Dan Abrams and co-host and analyst Sgt. Sean "Sticks" Larkin starting Friday, July 31, and Saturday, August 1.
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[07/24/26 - 03:18 PM]
"Adventure Time: Side Quests" Returns with All-New Episodes This Fall on Disney+ and Hulu
Side quest-ed straight into a second season.
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[07/24/26 - 02:01 PM]
Netflix Announces the Adaptation of Marcelo Rubens Paiva's "Happy Old Year"
The series is produced by Amaia and O2 Filmes.
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