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[03/30/22 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 30
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!
BRIDGERTON (Netflix) - Co-stars Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley will both return for the third season of the series. (Deadline.com)
CITY ON FIRE (Apple TV+) - The ensemble drama has cast Jemima Kirke as Regan, "the daughter of a Manhattan real estate scion who strives to succeed on her own"; Nico Tortorella as William, "a brilliant, but self-destructive artist living in Manhattan"; Ashley Zukerman as Keith, "Regan's husband, whose All-American charm continues to help him fail upward"; Xavier Clyde as Mercer, "William's boyfriend who moved to New York from rural Georgia to write the next great American novel and embrace his true self"; Max Milner as Nicky Chaos, "a charismatic activist and revolutionary with a group of followers dedicated to war against the 1%"; Alexandra Doke as Sewer Girl, "the bleeding heart of Nicky Chaos' crew"; Omid Abtahi as Ali Parsa, "the workaholic detective assigned to Samantha's case"; Kathleen Munroe as PJ McFadden, "a no-non-sense cop assigned to work on Samantha's case alongside Detective Parsa"; and John Cameron Mitchell as Amory, "an influential and powerful executive in Manhattan, as ruthless as he is charming." (Deadline.com)
FALLOUT (Amazon) - Ella Purnell will star opposite Walton Goggins in the video game series adaptation. She's believed to be playing Jean, "a young woman with a can-do attitude who may be hiding a dangerous secret." (Deadline.com)
GOOD FIGHT, THE (Paramount+) - Carrie Preston will reprise her Emmy-winning role of Elsbeth Tascioni during the upcoming season as well as direct one episode. (Deadline.com)
MANHUNT (Apple TV+) - Matt Walsh has been cast in the Lincoln assassination drama as Dr. Samuel Mudd, "who treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg the night President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Mudd did not report Booth to the authorities until days later and later was imprisoned for conspiring with the assassin." (Deadline.com)
PHAT TUESDAYS: THE ERA OF HIP HOP COMEDY (Amazon) - Executive producer Reginald Hudlin has renewed his first-look deal with Universal Content Productions. (THR.com)
RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS (HBO) - Executive producer Tamir Muhammad has signed a first-look deal with WarnerMedia siblings Warner Bros. Pictures, HBO and HBO Max. (Deadline.com)
RUST BELT NEWS (CBS) - The single-camera comedy pilot has added Ravi Patel as Dale, "an emotionally needy principal at a working-class Ohio high school"; Eric Edelstein as Joe, "a goodhearted single father who takes a job as a night janitor at his daughter's high school after the town auto factory shuts down"; and Johnny Jay Lee as Eli, "a popular high school junior and Mennonite farm boy, who is also a favorite on his mom's Christian Instagram account." (Deadline.com)
TEACUP (Peacock, New!) - Ian McCulloch is developing a small screen take on Robert McCammon's horror thriller "Stinger," described as "following a disparate group of people on a Texas ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat." Universal Content Productions and Atomic Monster are behind the half-hour project, with McCammon, E.L. Katz, James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett also executive producing. (THR.com)
ULTIMATE SURFER, THE (ABC) - The Alphabet has nixed the competition series after one season. (Deadline.com)
WALKER: INDEPENDENCE (The CW) - Gabriela Quezada has booked a role on the prequel series pilot as Lucia Montero: "The daughter of ranchers Francis and Anna Maria Montero, and the older sister of Luis Montero, Lucia has a problem: she's in love with Rawlins, and no matter what he does, with her or against anyone else, Lucia is overwhelmed by romantic chemistry whenever he is in the room." (Variety.com)
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[02/10/26 - 03:51 PM]
Super Bowl LX Is Second Most-Watched All-Time with Nearly 125 Million Viewers, Peaking at All-Time U.S. Record 137.8 Million Viewers Across NBC, Peacock, and Telemundo
Super Bowl LX is the most-watched show in the history of NBCUniversal, which celebrates 100 years of NBC in 2026.
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[02/10/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of February 2 - "Bridgerton" Season 4 Is the Tea Everyone Is Having in This Week's Top 10
Plus: the new season of the hit drama series "The Lincoln Lawyer" took the No. 2 spot on the English TV list with 9 million views.
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[02/10/26 - 12:00 PM]
Teresa Palmer-Led Mystery Series, "The Family Next Door," to Debut Monday, February 23 on Acorn TV
When the enigmatic Isabelle (Palmer) moves into a small seaside rental in Osprey Point, her obsessive drive to solve a neighborhood mystery casts suspicion on four local families.
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[02/10/26 - 11:08 AM]
NBC to Rebroadcast the Pilot Episode of "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" on Feb. 28 Immediately Following "Saturday Night Live"
The series returns on Monday, February 23 at 8 p.m. with an encore of the pilot and a new episode immediately following at 8:30 p.m. in its timeslot premiere.
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[02/10/26 - 11:01 AM]
Prime Video Releases First-Look Images for Upcoming Live-Action "Spider-Noir" Starring Nicolas Cage
Produced by Sony Pictures Television exclusively for MGM+ and Prime Video, the hotly anticipated series will debut domestically on MGM+'s linear broadcast channel, then globally on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories thereafter.
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[02/10/26 - 10:27 AM]
MLB.TV Launches on ESPN Beginning February 10
Beginning today, fans can purchase MLB.TV through ESPN platforms with flexible options designed to meet a range of viewing needs.
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[02/10/26 - 09:26 AM]
Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Receipt of Further Amended Unsolicited Tender Offer from Paramount Skydance
The Board is not modifying its recommendation with respect to the Netflix Merger Agreement.
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[02/10/26 - 09:04 AM]
Video: "Dear Killer Nannies" - Teaser - Hulu
"Dear Killer Nannies" is a gripping coming-of-age series told through Juampi's perspective as a child, the son of Colombia's most notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar Gaviria.
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[02/10/26 - 09:02 AM]
Video: National Geographic Documentary Films and Abramorama Unveil Trailer, Coast-to-Coast Theatrical Simulcast, and Disney+ and Hulu Streaming Date for Werner Herzog's "Ghost Elephants"
The film follows National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes on an epic journey as he sets out with some of the last remaining master trackers in the world in pursuit of an animal long believed to be a myth.
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[02/10/26 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip" - Official Red Band Trailer - Netflix
To teach his sheltered grandson about the real world, Madea's foul-mouthed brother Joe takes the college-bound teen on a raucous cross-country road trip.
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[02/10/26 - 09:00 AM]
HBO Original Comedy Special "Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace" Debuts February 27
From the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, comedian Chris Fleming bursts onto the screen with a fun and lighthearted blend of skillful storytelling and wild physicality in his first HBO stand-up special.
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[02/10/26 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "The 32nd Annual Actor Awards" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Host Kristen Bell is ringing up SAG-AFTRA members everywhere to spread the word about the 32nd Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA.
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[02/10/26 - 08:00 AM]
Paramount+ and CBS Partner to Air "UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2" Live on Paramount+ and CBS Television Network
Plus, CBS announced today "This Is UFC," tracing UFC's rise from underground spectacle to global powerhouse, airing Friday, February 20, (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.
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[02/10/26 - 08:00 AM]
The Chaos Continues as Another Explosive Season of "Mama June" Returns Friday, March 13 with New Friends and New Foes
The new season promises to deliver everything fans love about the Shannon family and more, from family feuds and fires to Mama drama and a wedding.
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[02/10/26 - 06:28 AM]
Great American Media Partners with Bestselling Author Melissa Ferguson to Adapt "Meet Me in the Margins" and Upcoming Novel, "The Christmas Yes List" into New Original Movies for 2026
Known for her heartfelt storytelling, faith-forward themes, and charming romantic comedies, Ferguson has become a favorite among readers of Christian romance and romantic comedy novels.
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