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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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[03/13/26 - 02:41 PM]
HBO Original Series "Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness" Debuts June 26
President and Mrs. Obama wanted to honor America's 250th anniversary and celebrate the unique history of our nation on this special occasion. ...But then Larry David called.
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[03/13/26 - 01:45 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers in Late Night, Friday Night and Sunday Morning
"20/20" saw week-to-week gains in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.
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[03/13/26 - 11:00 AM]
Production Begins on the Final Season of "Mayor of Kingstown" for Paramount+
David Morse will join season five as a series regular playing Russell Hardy, a seasoned FBI agent sent to Kingstown.
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[03/13/26 - 10:37 AM]
Bravo's "Married to Medicine" Two-Part Reunion Begins Sunday, March 22 at 9 P.M. ET/PT
Host Andy Cohen sits down with Dr. Jackie Walters, Dr. Simone Whitmore, Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, Toya Bush Harris, Quad Webb, Dr. Mimi Sanders as well as friends Dr. Heavenly Kimes, Angel Love Davis and Brandi Milton to unpack the season's biggest moments filled with emotional revelations and shocking confrontations.
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[03/13/26 - 09:36 AM]
Peacock Renews "Love Island USA" for Season Eight and Announces Premiere Dates for Upcoming Slate
"Love Island USA" returns Tuesday, June 2; while "Love Island: Beyond the Villa" is back Wednesday, April 15.
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[03/13/26 - 09:02 AM]
Video: Key Art & Trailer Debut - Hulu's "Love Overboard"
The series premieres Thursday, March 26 with all nine episodes on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
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[03/13/26 - 09:01 AM]
History's "The Food That Built America" Returns for Season 7 on April 19
The series explores the origin stories of America's most inspiring - and sometimes ruthless - food pioneers, visionaries, and entrepreneurs who revolutionized the culinary landscape, and created groundbreaking products that became the biggest household names in history.
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[03/13/26 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" - Official Trailer - Netflix
A bride has a feeling that something horrifying will happen at her wedding - and the closer to the altar she gets, the worse it becomes.
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[03/13/26 - 08:01 AM]
Video: Hot Out the Oven - Hulu's "Pizza Movie" Trailer & Key Art
A shy college student and his reckless roommate set out on a simple mission to grab pizza, but after a strange dose of a mind-bending experimental drug, they're thrust into a chaotic night of absurd encounters, wild hallucinations, and unexpected revelations that could change their lives forever.
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[03/13/26 - 07:13 AM]
FOX Sports, Imagine Documentaries & Delirio Films Announce "Summer of '94" Premiering May 23 on FOX
The film highlights the wild journey of the 1994 USMNT, a unique group of players led by an unlikely coach who endured a grueling two-year training camp, with no professional league and no roadmap, hoping simply not to embarrass their nation at the first-ever modern World Cup hosted on American soil.
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[03/13/26 - 05:01 AM]
Video: "Temptation Island" Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix
Four couples at a crossroads test their bond by splitting up and sharing a villa with alluring singles looking for love in this steamy reality series.
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[03/12/26 - 09:01 PM]
"The Vampire Lestat" Set to Debut Sunday, June 7 on AMC and AMC+
Plus: Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) is back pleasing fledglings and fans worldwide with the debut of "All Fall Down," the second official rock single from the series.
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[03/12/26 - 03:18 PM]
FOX Sports Scores All-Time High Team USA World Baseball Classic Viewership
3,171,000 viewers on average watched the four Team USA World Baseball Classic Pool play games across FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes.
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[03/12/26 - 03:01 PM]
CBS Midseason Premiere Week Tops Broadcast and Streaming Rankings in Live + 7-Day Multiplatform Viewership
The network scored three of the top four and 12 of the top 20 most-watched series among all broadcast and streaming competition.
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[03/12/26 - 01:02 PM]
Video: Paramount+ Releases Official Trailer for Season Eight of "FBI True"
All 10 episodes of the new season will be available to stream at launch on on Tuesday, March 31.
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