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		[09/10/20 - 11:32 PM] Development Update: Thursday, September 10 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! 
 BATWOMAN (The CW) - Shivaani Ghai will recur on the show's sophomore season as Safiyah," the fiercely protective ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana. A woman with as many enemies as aliases, she is compassionate and charismatic with both physical and psychological prowess. She is beloved by her people and will stop at nothing to protect what's hers. No one goes unnoticed by Safiyah, specifically when it comes to those who have encountered the Desert Rose." (Deadline.com)
 BEFORE I FORGET (Amazon, New!) - Writer Sarah Rothschild and director Marc Webb are set to team with Eva Longoria Baston for a potential drama series at the streaming service. No specifics were given about the project other than they are the featured auspices. Baston, who may star, and Ben Spector will presumably executive produce via their UnbeliEVAble Entertainment banner, which recently re-upped their three-year first-look deal with 20th Television. (Deadline.com)
 DIARY OF A FUTURE PRESIDENT (Disney+) - Co-creator Ilana Peña has signed an overall deal with the show's producer, CBS Television Studios. (Deadline.com)
 DOPESICK (Hulu) - Kaitlyn Dever is the latest addition to the Michael Keaton-led limited series as Betsy, "a proud female coal miner and patient of Keaton's Dr. Finnix. They have a close relationship that is tested with the release of the new painkiller OxyContin." (Deadline.com)
 GOLDEN BOY (Freeform, New!) - Eddie Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft have sold a half-hour dramedy to the cable channel about Ricky "The Big Hurt" Hurtado, "a generational NFL prospect with an ego to match. He suffers a very public and humiliating flameout so returns home as a failure with no clear future. The Big Hurt is determined to rebuild his fractured relationships with his family and the community that once showered him in love and support, but now hate him." LeBron James will also executive produce via his ABC Signature-based SpringHill Entertainment. (Deadline.com)
 GOOP LAB WITH GWYNETH PALTROW, THE (Netflix) - The streaming service has quietly renewed the series for a six-episode second season. (Variety.com)
 IN THE END (ABC, New!) - Steven Canals has set up a potential drama at the Alphabet which "centers on Kiona Brown, who, incapable of living life to the fullest, makes the only logical choice - to embrace death as an end-of-life doula. With an eclectic list of patients - including cancer survivor Mariana Cortez - Kiona soon discovers the secret to a new beginning is to embrace what happens... in the end." 20th Television, home to his Story Ave. Productions banner, is producing. (Deadline.com)
 NCIS: LOS ANGELES (CBS) - Caleb Castille, who recurs as FBI Agent Devin Rountree, will be promoted to regular on the upcoming 12th season of the series. (Deadline.com)
 SOUTH SIDE (HBO Max) - Co-creators/stars Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle have signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television. There they'll develop new series projects for the studio. (Deadline.com)
 STAGED (Hulu, New!) - The streaming service has acquired the Michael Sheen/David Tennant-led comedy series, which "chronicles the cast of a furloughed West End theatre production during the coronavirus pandemic," from Rainmaker Content. Infinity Hill and GCB Films are behind the six-episode project, which was created by Simon Evans and Phin Glynn with Evans directing. Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton also star. (Deadline.com)
 TEHRAN (Apple TV+) - Co-creator Moshe Zonder has signed a multi-year first-look deal with the company. (Deadline.com)
 UNTITLED JOE EXOTIC PROJECT (Amazon, New!) - A proposed Nicolas Cage-led series about the infamous Joe Exotic has found a home at Amazon. Dan Lagana is behind the project, which centers around Joe Shreibvogel (Cage), "an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park - even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion's den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation." Brian Grazer, Paul Young, Samie Kim Falvey, Scott Brown and Megan Creydt are also among the executive producers for Amazon Studios, Imagine Television Studios, CBS Television Studios, Make Good Content, Saturn Films and Texas Monthly. Leif Reigstad's article in the latter, "Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild," was optioned as source material. (Deadline.com)
 UNTITLED LAKERS PROJECT (HBO) - Rodney Barnes, who serves as an executive producer on the upcoming drama, has signed a two-year overall deal with HBO. There he'll also develop new series projects for the pay channel via his Rodney Barnes Productions banner. (Deadline.com)
 
		
 
		
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		[11/03/25 - 02:01 PM] Cole Escola Joins Season 3 of Netflix's "One Piece" A master of performance and precision, Bon Clay is as dangerous as they are dazzling - a theatrical assassin who turns combat into art.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 01:34 PM] FX Orders "Untitled Snowfall Spinoff" Drama Series Set in '90s Los Angeles soon after the end of the original series, a recovering addict strives to take West Coast rap mainstream  -  while gang wars erupt and record labels move to exploit hip hop culture for their own gain. 
 
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		[11/03/25 - 11:42 AM] FOX Sports Unveils 2025-26 College Basketball Schedule Featuring Marquee Matchups Across FOX, FS1 & More Beginning Saturday, November 8, the "FOX Primetime Hoops" slate begins with an elite non-conference matchup between preseason No. 22 Michigan State and No. 14 Arkansas at 7:00 PM ET on FOX.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 11:00 AM] CBS Premiere Week Leads Live+7 Multiplatform Viewership with Television's #1 Show "Tracker" and Four of the Top Five Series The network claimed 10 of the top 20 series, twice as many top 20 shows as the competition.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 10:14 AM] The Hunt Starts Now  -  Stream All "Predator" Films on Hulu Catch up on the franchise collection before the theatrical release of 20th Century Studios' "Predator: Badlands," which is the newest chapter in the "Predator" universe, hitting theaters November 7.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 10:14 AM] Bravo's "Vanderpump Rules" Returns with an All-New Group of SUR-vers on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 9 P.M. ET/PT on Bravo Plus: "Raise Your Glass to 11 Seasons" looks back at over a decade of "Vanderpump Rules'" most iconic moments and never-before-seen footage on Tuesday, November 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 10:03 AM] CNN Films Announces Broadcast Premiere of "Prime Minister" on Sunday, November 16 at 9pm ET/PT From award-winning filmmakers Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz, the feature documentary is a rare, intimate portrait of the tenure of New Zealand's former prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. 
 
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		[11/03/25 - 10:02 AM] MGM+ Greenlights True-Crime Docuseries "The Hillside Strangler" The four-part true-crime docuseries explores the infamous murders that gripped Los Angeles in the late 1970s and the exhaustive investigation that followed.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 09:04 AM] Video: Peacock Debuts Official Trailer and Key Art for Fourth and Final Season of "Bel-Air" In season four of Peacock's "Bel-Air," Will tries to balance the fun and excitement of senior year with the expectations that have brought him to this moment.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 09:01 AM] AMC Networks' "Best Christmas Ever" Returns with Month-Long Celebration of the Holidays Beginning November 29 Highlights include "The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob's Cold Cruel Christmas" and "The Boulet Brothers' Dragula Holiday of Horrors." 
 
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		[11/03/25 - 09:00 AM] Video: Let It Bro! "A Very Jonas Christmas Movie" Official Trailer Is Here The trailer also features the first single from the movie, "Coming Home This Christmas" featuring Kenny G, which is now available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and YouTube Music.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 08:00 AM] Video: First Look at Upcoming FOX Series "Best Medicine" Starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, Josh Segarra & Cree The series centers on Dr. Martin Best (Josh Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child with his Aunt Sarah (Annie Potts). 
 
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		[11/03/25 - 07:15 AM] Erika Kirk to Receive Inaugural "Charlie Kirk Legacy Award" at 2025 FOX Nation Patriot Awards on Thursday, November 6th Beginning at 8 PM/ET, The Patriot Awards will stream live on FOX Nation with an encore presentation to air on FNC at a later date. 
 
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		[11/03/25 - 07:01 AM] Video: "Is It Cake? Holiday" - Season 2 Official Trailer - Netflix Three "Is It Cake" alum and three baking heavy hitters try to fool celebrity judges with their incredible hyper-realistic cakes.
 
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		[11/03/25 - 06:31 AM] Video: "Sesame Street" Is Coming to Netflix - Official Trailer - Netflix This freshly reimagined "Sesame Street" series features characters you love, fan-favorite segments  -  and new ways to play!
 
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