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[07/16/20 - 11:42 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 16
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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ATLANTA (FX) - Director and executive producer Hiro Murai has signed a new first-look deal with FX Productions. The pact gives the company first crack at his Super Frog banner's output. (Deadline.com)
BRIARPATCH (USA) - Andy Greenwald took to social media this evening with the news the series will not return for a second season. He has since signed a new overall deal with producer Universal Content Productions. (@andygreenwald)
BRUJO (HBO Max, New!) - Diego Boneta is attached to star in a potential limited series at the streaming service "inspired by the true story of the infamous Adolfo Constanzo and the power he acquired as his acts of dark magic came to light. The series will play out through the eyes of his two most unlikely followers who helped Constanzo in his rise to fame as the go-to witch doctor for celebrities, politicians, high-ranking police officers, and powerful crime families, through his evolution into a notorious cult leader and serial killer." Writer Daniel Krauze, director Humberto Hinojosa and producer Pablo Garcia are spearheading the project for Legendary Television with Boneta also executive producing. (Variety.com)
DUNCANVILLE (FOX) - Rashida Jones, Wiz Khalifa and Joy Osmanski have been promoted to regulars on the animated comedy. Jones voices Mia, "Duncan's on-again, off-again crush"; with Khalifa as Mr. Mitch, "a favorite teacher among students"; and Osmanski as Jing, "Duncan's adopted younger sister who idolizes and has a massive crush on her older brother." (Deadline.com)
HOME ECONOMICS (ABC) - Caitlin McGee, Karla Souza, Sasheer Zamata and Shiloh Bearman are all bound for the Topher Grace-led comedy pilot, about three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on. McGee plays the oldest sibling, Sarah, "a therapist for at-risk kids, married to a teacher, and they're often scraping to make ends meet"; with Souza as Marina, "a former lawyer married to struggling novelist Tom (Grace)"; Zamata as Denise, "a superhumanly patient public-school teacher married to Sarah (McGee)"; and Bearman as Gretchen, "third sibling Connor's seven-year-old daughter." (Deadline.com)
KENAN (NBC) - Don Johnson, Chris Redd and Kimrie Lewis have all been cast in the revamped Kenan Thompson-led comedy, about a recently widowed host of Atlanta's #2 morning show who struggles to balance his job and his young daughters (Dani Lockett, Dannah Lockett). David Caspe has likewise signed on as showrunner, co-creating the new incarnation with original writer Jackie Clarke. Johnson will replace Andy Garcia as Rick (FKA Percy), Kenan's father-in-law; while Lewis taking over for Punam Patel as Mika (FKA Erica), Kenan's loyal friend and co-worker. Redd then will play a new character, Gary, Kenan's brother. Broadway Video's Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer also executive produce for Universal Television. It's not clear if Chris Rock, who helmed the original pilot, will return as director. (Deadline.com)
YOURS, MINE & PAUL (ABC, New!) - Julia Meltzer has sold a new comedy to the Alphabet about Lauren, "who agrees to be a surrogate for her best friend, Paul, and his husband, Xander. There's just one problem: Lauren and Xander hate each other. Oh, also Paul dies in the cold open." The project is set up at Ty Burrell's newly launched Desert Whale Productions, which recently signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Burrell executive produces alongside Meltzer, Mel Cowan, Jonny Meeks and Joel Spence. (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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