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[08/26/20 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 26
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!


ALTERED CARBON (Netflix) - The streaming service has decided to pull the plug on the series after two seasons. (Deadline.com)
INTERCEPTOR (FOX, New!) - Katie J. Stone, David Daitch and John Pruitt have sold a new drama to the network which revolves around "a rookie Coast Guard Special Forces team, as diverse as the nation they are sworn to protect, must battle the drug infested waters off the coast of Florida, and navigate the streets of Miami, all while working through the trials of their personal lives." The Nacelle Company's Brian Volk-Weiss, Matt Ochacher and Michael Pelmont will executive produce alongside Based on a True Story Productions' Kimberly Harrison for FOX Entertainment. (Deadline.com)
SKYWATCH (Peacock, New!) - Colin Levy and Mike Sundy have set up a TV series inspired by their short film of the same name which "tells the story of an outcast teen, who hacks into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to pull a prank on his school bully, he accidentally crashes a dangerous prototype - and finds himself entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy." Sundy and Levy, the latter of which is directing, will executive produce alongside Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins of Fuzzy Door Productions, Andre Danylevich of Lightning Hill Pictures, and Jon Huddle and Russell Hollander for Fourth Wall Management for Universal Content Productions. (Deadline.com)
TWENTY FOUR SEVEN (CBSAA, New!) - Clifford Joseph "T.I." Harris, Jr. is attached to star in a potential drama at the streaming service inspired by Derrick Parker and Matt Diehl's book "Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD's First 'Hip-Hop Cop.'" Writer Dallas Jackson is spearheading the project for CBS Television Studios, Lionsgate Television, G Unit Film & Television and Grand Hustle Entertainment with T.I., Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Brian Sher and Tom Sullivan also executive producing. (@50cent)





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· ALTERED CARBON (NETFLIX)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· INTERCEPTOR (FOX)
· SKYWATCH (PEACOCK)
· TWENTY FOUR SEVEN (CBSAA)





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