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[12/07/22 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, December 7
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!


BORDER, THE (CARTEL TRILOGY SERIES) (FX) - E.J. Bonilla, Frank Blake, Annie Shapero, Sebastián Buitrón and Luis Bordonada are set to star in the network's Don Winslow adaptation, which has been ordered to pilot. Writer Daniel Zelman and director Jayro Bustamante are behind the project, "an epic saga that reveals the dark truths about America's failed 50-year war on drugs," which will also be executive produced by Winslow, Diego Gutierrez and Shane Salerno for FX Productions and Scott Free Productions. Anabel Hernández will serve as a consulting producer. Bonilla will play Art Keller; with Blake as Sean Callan; Shapero as Nora Hayden; Buitrón as Adan Barrera and Bordonada as Miguel Angel Barrera. (Deadline.com)
BUGS BUNNY BUILDERS/CRAIG OF THE CREEK/JELLYSTONE/SESAME STREET MECHA BUILDERS/SUMMER CAMP ISLAND/TEEN TITANS GO!/WE BABY BEARS (Cartoon Network) - Cartoon Network and Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen has reiterated that, despite the changes at Warner Bros. Discovery, new episodes of all seven series are on still tap for 2023. (Variety.com)
DRAGON AGE: ABSOLUTION (Netflix) - Red Dog Culture House has signed a multi-year production deal to produce more animated series for the streamer. (Deadline.com)
ERIC ANDRE SHOW, THE/FLCL/METALOCALYPSE FILM/RICK AND MORTY/RICK AND MORTY: THE ANIME/TEENAGE EUTHANASIA/VENTURE BROS. FILM, THE/YOLO: CRYSTAL FANTASY (Adult Swim) - Cartoon Network and Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen has reiterated that, despite the changes at Warner Bros. Discovery, all of said projects are on still tap for 2023. (Variety.com)
GENTLEMEN, THE (Netflix) - Chanel Cresswell will recur as Tammy on the Guy Ritchie series. No other character details were given. (Variety.com)
GREMLINS: SECRETS OF THE MOGWAI/HEROIC QUEST OF VALIANT PRINCE IVANDOE, THE/IYANU: CHILD OF WONDER/MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN/UNICORN: WARRIORS ETERNAL (HBO Max) - Cartoon Network and Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen has reiterated that, despite the changes at Warner Bros. Discovery, all five series are still on tap at the streamer. (Variety.com)
LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA, THE (Amazon) - The animated series has tapped Henry Winkler, Lance Reddick, Cheech Marin, Will Friedle, Billy Boyd, Cree Summer, Alanna Ubach, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Troy Baker, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Ralph Ineson for guest roles. (Variety.com)
LIFTED (Amazon, New!) - Liza Mandelup and Mary Bronstein have scored a pilot order from the streamer for a half-hour comedy which "explores the lives of four geographically, socio-economically, and racially diverse American teenage girls united by an online community built around shoplifting. A commentary on identity and how we communicate now, Lifted follows these young, awkwardly funny characters as they attempt to find themselves, form relationships, and discover their power and purpose." Mandelup will direct from a script by the duo with Heidi Schreck also executive producing for A24 and Amazon Studios. Ivy Wolk, Veronica Taylor, Kate Godfrey and Annie Marie Elliot have already been cast in unspecified roles. (Deadline.com)
MONARCH (FOX) - The network has canceled its country music drama, which wrapped its run last night. (Deadline.com)
PRESUMED INNOCENT (Apple TV+) - Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to star in and executive produce the limited series. He would play Rusty Sabich, "the fervent prosecutor suspected of killing a close colleague when the evidence begins to point to him. The role was played by [Harrison] Ford in the movie." (Deadline.com)
SWEET LIFE: LOS ANGELES (HBO Max) - The Issa Rae-produced series is the latest reality project to get the axe at the streaming service. (Deadline.com)
UNDER THE BRIDGE (Hulu) - The streamer's Rebecca Godfrey adaptation has cast Chloe Guidry as Josephine Bell, "leader of the CMC (Crip Mafia Cartel, a "gang" she and her friends started) and dreams of growing up to be a hitman for New York mobster John Gotti"; Izzy G as Kelly Ellard, "a founding member of the CMC and will do anything to prove her loyalty to her crew"; and Ezra Faroque Khan as Manjit Virk, "Reena's father, a gentle soul trying his best to understand his daughter during her adolescent transformation"; alongside previously announced lead Riley Keough, who will play Godfrey. (Variety.com)





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· BUGS BUNNY BUILDERS (CARTOON)
· CARTEL TRILOGY SERIES (FX)
· CRAIG OF THE CREEK (CARTOON)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· DRAGON AGE: ABSOLUTION (NETFLIX)
· ERIC ANDRE SHOW, THE (ADULT SWIM)
· FLCL (ADULT SWIM)
· GENTLEMEN, THE (NETFLIX)
· GREMLINS: SECRETS OF THE MOGWAI (MAX)
· HEROIC QUEST OF THE VALIANT PRINCE IVANDOE, THE (CARTOON)
· IYANU (CARTOON)
· JELLYSTONE! (MAX)
· LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA, THE (AMAZON)
· LIFTED (AMAZON)
· METALOCALYPSE: ARMY OF THE DOOMSTAR (ADULT SWIM)
· MONARCH (FOX)
· MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN (ADULT SWIM)
· PRESUMED INNOCENT (APPLE TV PLUS)
· RICK AND MORTY (ADULT SWIM)
· RICK AND MORTY: THE ANIME (ADULT SWIM)
· SESAME STREET MECHA BUILDERS (HBO MAX)
· SUMMER CAMP ISLAND (CARTOON)
· SWEET LIFE: LOS ANGELES (HBO MAX)
· TEEN TITANS GO! (CARTOON)
· TEENAGE EUTHANASIA (ADULT SWIM)
· UNDER THE BRIDGE (HULU)
· UNICORN: WARRIORS ETERNAL (ADULT SWIM)
· VENTURE BROS., THE: RADIANT IS THE BLOOD OF THE BABOON HEART (MAX)
· WE BABY BEARS (CARTOON)
· YOLO: CRYSTAL FANTASY (ADULT SWIM)





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