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[01/28/22 - 11:46 PM] Development Update: Friday, January 28 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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ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING (The CW) - Tamberla Perry has booked a recurring role on the spin-off series as Keena Sims, "the always on momager who wants her future MLB star son back on track to The Show after choosing Bringston. However, once she sees how much Bringston is changing her son for the better, she's forced to re-examine their relationship and choices she's made." (Deadline.com)
BAD MONKEY (Apple TV+) - Alex Moffat will recur on the Vince Vaughn-led series as Evan Shook, "an obnoxious real estate developer from Maryland - shades of Moffat's Guy Who Just Bought a Boat character on SNL - who has bought the land next door to Andrew Yancy on a secluded promontory in Big Pine Key and is in the process of developing a hideous spec house that's an affront to Yancy's environmentalist sensibilities. Yancy makes it his mission to scuttle Shook's plans, creating one problem after another for Shook as he desperately tries to find a buyer for his McMansion." (THR.com)
CARL WEBER'S THE FAMILY BUSINESS (BET+) - Brely Evans's Sonya Duncan and Ben Stephens's Curtis Duncan have been promoted to regulars for the series' fourth season while Bern Nadette Stanis, Nayirah Teshali and Sacaiah Shaw have landed recurring roles. Stanis will play Nee Nee Duncan, "the feisty southern belle wife of Larry Duncan (Stan Shaw) who has come to New York to make sure her family is protected"; with Teshali as Lauryn Duncan, "the new hip bubblegum chewing Duncan cousin fresh out of assassin school ready to join the family business"; and Shaw as Kenny Duncan, "the crazy son of Larry Duncan, played by Sacaiah's real-life dad Stan Shaw, trying to fulfill his father's vendetta against LC." (Deadline.com)
DYNASTY (The CW) - Pej Vahdat is slated to recur on the series as Dex: "A suave, handsome, charming hedge fund manager, Dex has a chance encounter with Alexis which will change her life in more ways than one." (Deadline.com)
EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE (HBO, New!) - Benjamin Stevenson's novel is being developed as a limited series at the pay channel: "In Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, three years ago, when teacher Ernie Cunningham witnessed his brother Michael kill someone, he immediately turned him in to the police. Shunned by his well-known criminal family for this betrayal, they have now invited him to a reunion at a snowbound mountain retreat. But when the dead body of an unidentified man is found frozen on the slopes, Ernie decides to investigate the truth behind his death - and the suspicious involvement of his murderous family." Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jodi Matterson and Jeanne Snow will executive produce alongside Stevenson for Made Up Stories and Endeavor Content. (Deadline.com)
EXTRAPOLATIONS (Apple TV+) - The climate change-themed anthology series has tapped Murray Bartlett, Yara Shahidi, Diane Lane, Heather Graham, Ben Harper, Judd Hirsch, Hari Nef, and Neska Rose in unspecified roles. (Variety.com)
FLASH, THE (The CW) - Titular star Grant Gustin is reportedly finalizing a new contract to return for the series' ninth season. It's understood Gustin, who was offered a multi-year deal, will return for 15 episodes. (Deadline.com)
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE (FX on Hulu) - Adam Brody, Maxim Jasper Swinton and Meara Mahoney Gross are the latest bound for the limited series. Brody plays Seth, "an old friend of Toby's"; with Swinton and Gross as the Fleishman's children Solly and Hanna, respectively. (Deadline.com)
GINNY & GEORGIA (Netflix) - Aaron Ashmore will recur on the show's sophomore run as Gil Timmins, "Georgia's ex and Austin's (Diesel La Torraca) father. When Georgia met Gil she was drawn in by his intoxicating charm and good looks. Gil had been out of Georgia's life after he was charged with embezzlement and sent to jail." (Deadline.com)
LAW & ORDER: SVU (NBC) - Beverly D'Angelo will guest in an upcoming episode as Serafina Carisi, mother of ADA Dominick "Sonny" Carisi. (TVLine.com)
POWER BOOK II: GHOST (Starz) - Petey McGee is slated to recur on the upcoming third season as Salim Ashe Freeman, "Hotep grad student and TA at an Ivy League university." (Deadline.com)
RESORT, THE (Peacock) - Luis Gerardo Méndez, Nina Bloomgarden and Gabriela Cartol are set to star in the series while Debby Ryan, Dylan Baker, Michael Hitchcock and Becky Ann Baker have booked recurring roles. Additionally, Ben Sinclair will direct and executive produce the first four of eight planned installments. Méndez will play Baltasar Frías, "the head of security at the Oceana Vista Resort in 2007"; with Bloomgarden as Violet Thompson, "who is vacationing with her father and his girlfriend at the Oceana Visa Resort"; Cartol as Luna, "the concierge at the Emma and Noah's resort"; Ryan as Sam's girlfriend, Hannah; Baker as Sam's dad, Carl Knowlston; Hitchcock as Ted, "who's here on vacation with his husband, also named Ted"; and Baker as Sam's mom, Jan Knowlston. (Deadline.com)
SANTA CLAUSE, THE (Disney+) - Elizabeth Mitchell will reprise her feature film role of Carol, aka Mrs. Claus, for the upcoming limited series. (Deadline.com)
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