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[09/17/21 - 11:03 PM]
Development Update: Friday, September 17
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!


BRIGANTI (BRIGANDS) (Netflix, New!) - Fabula Pictures has booked a new Italian crime drama at the streamer. It is detailed as follows: "The adventurous transformation of Filomena, from obedient wife to ruthless bandit, takes place out of necessity: hunted and on the run, she seeks shelter in the woods where she meets a band of brigands ready for anything. Her determination and cunning will save her life and, joining them, she decides to give back to the south what was stolen from him: Garibaldi's gold. On his path are two women, Michelina and Ciccilla, sometimes allies, sometimes enemies, equally determined and unpredictable. Inspired by real characters, a modern, epic and action-packed tale." (Deadline.com)
DOLLFACE (Hulu) - Chelsea Frei has scored a recurring role on the new season in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com)
LIDIA (Netflix, New!) - Matilda De Angelis will star in a new Italian drama at the streaming service from Groenlandia, creators Guido Iuculano and Davide Orsini and directors Matteo Rovere and Letizia Lamartire. Its logline is as follows: "Turin, 1884. A court ruling prevents Lidia Poët from practicing the profession of lawyer because she is a woman. Penniless but full of pride, Lidia asks her brother Enrico for a job at his law firm and prepares an appeal, determined to overturn the Court's conclusions. Through a gaze that goes beyond her time, Lidia deals with the suspects looking for the truth behind appearances and prejudices. Jacopo, a mysterious journalist and Lidia's brother-in-law, passes her information and guides her into the hidden worlds of a magniloquent Turin." (Deadline.com)
LYING LIFE OF ADULTS, THE (Netflix) - Valeria Golino has been cast as Vittoria, Giovanna's aunt, in the Elena Ferrante adaptation. Director Edoardo De Angelis is behind the project, with Ferrante, De Angelis, Laura Paolucci and Francesco Piccolo among the writers. (Deadline.com)
NEMESIS (Netflix, New!) - Indigo Film and creators Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo have likewise booked a new Italian drama at the streamer. It is described as follows: "What makes us what we are: genetics or the social and economic conditions in which we grew up? How much of our destiny is already decided at birth? Diana is a lawyer who comes from nothing and has arrived at the most prestigious law firm in Milan where she finds herself defending Tommaso, heir to a very rich family of entrepreneurs, accused of the murder of his wife Gloria. The case is immediately difficult because the man appears innocent and guilty at the same time, victim and executioner, loving and traitor. During the process, Diana will have to unravel a thread that is lost in the past. And to do so, she will have to reconcile with the darker version of herself struggling to come to light." (Deadline.com)
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY, THE (Bravo) - For the first time in the franchise's history, the network has canceled the show's reunion episodes. "Due to scheduling challenges around taping the reunion of 'The Real Housewives of New York City' in a timely manner, Bravo confirmed there will not be a reunion for this season," a spokesperson told the publication. "It's disappointing to not be able to bring the cast back together, but we are happy to have ended on such a high note with the finale, and are now shifting our focus to next season." (Variety.com)
TUTTO CHIEDE SALVEZZA (Netflix, New!) - Daniele Mencarelli's novel is being turned into an Italian drama at the streamer from Picomedia and starring Federico Cesari as the main lead character, Daniele. Director Francesco Bruni and writers Bruni, Daniele Mencarelli, Daniela Gambaro and Francesco Cenni are also among the auspices. The logline is given as: "To end up under the Tso regime for seven days, does it mean to be crazy? This is what twenty-year-old Daniele asks himself when, after a psychotic crisis, he wakes up in the dormitory of a psychiatric ward. He finds himself with five unlikely roommates with whom he thinks he has nothing in common, pressured by doctors who they want to rummage in his brain, and looked after by nurses who seem cynical and disinterested. But seven days are long and what at first seemed like a sentence gradually turns into one of the most intense and formative experiences of his life. A dramedy of existences that recovers the root of our best bitter comedy, reinterpreted in a contemporary key, as in a cry for help, heartbreaking but full of hope, from the new generations and their enigmatic discomfort in living." (Deadline.com)





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· BRIGANDS: THE QUEST FOR GOLD (NETFLIX)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· DOLLFACE (HULU)
· EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION (NETFLIX)
· LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POËT, THE (NETFLIX)
· LYING LIFE OF ADULTS, THE (NETFLIX)
· NEMESI (NETFLIX)
· REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY, THE (BRAVO)





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