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[05/11/19 - 06:05 PM]
Development Update: Saturday, May 11 - ABC Adds "Emergence," "The Baker and The Beauty" to Series Roster
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 2019-20 season (via press release):

EMERGENCE

DESCRIPTION:
drama which centers around a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alexa Skye Swinton as Piper
· Allison Tolman as Jo
· Ashley Aufderheide as Bree
· Clancy Brown as Ed
· Donald Faison as Alex
· Owain Yeoman as Benny
· Robert Bailey, Jr. as Chris
· Zabryna Guevara as Abby

CREW INFORMATION:
· Michele Fazekas as CRTR/EP
· Paul McGuigan as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Robert Atwood as PROD
· Tara Butters as CRTR/EP

STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Fazekas & Butters

BAKER AND THE BEAUTY, THE

DESCRIPTION:
domestic take on Assi Azar's Israeli series about the impossible Miami love story between a simple baker and an international superstar

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Belissa Escobedo as Natalie
· Carlos Gomez as Santiago Garcia
· Dan Bucatinsky as Lewis
· David Del Rio as Mateo Garcia
· Lisa Vidal as Mari Garcia
· Michelle Veintimilla as Vanessa
· Nathalie Kelley as Noa Hollander
· Victor Rasuk as Daniel Garcia

CREW INFORMATION:
· Alon Shtruzman as EP
· Assi Azar as CRTR (Original Series)
· Avi Nir as EP
· David Frankel as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Dean Georgaris as CRTR/EP
· Peter Traugott as EP
· Rachel Kaplan as EP

STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Keshet Studios
· Universal Television





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· BAKER AND THE BEAUTY, THE (ABC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· EMERGENCE (ABC)




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