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[07/21/23 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Week of July 17-21
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!
ALIEN (FX on Hulu) - Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis and Adarsh Gourav will join the previously announced Sydney Chandler on the film-turned-TV series. Lawther has been cast as the male lead, a soldier named CJ, with Blenkin as another main character, Boy Kavalier, a CEO; Davis as Dame Silvia and Gourav as Slightly. The deals were made well before the SAG-AFTRA strike started on July 14. Production has nonetheless started without its SAG-affiliated actors in Thailand. (Deadline.com, 7/20)
ANDOR (Disney+) - Filming on the show's second season has been temporarily paused due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. (Deadline.com, 7/20)
ANNE RICE'S INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (AMC) - Filming on the show's second season has been paused due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. (Deadline.com, 7/17)
CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE (ABC) - Vanna White has closed a deal to return for the show's fourth season, due this fall. Said pact "involves a significant salary increase." No decision about her involvement on the mothership series has been made beyond her current contract, which runs through 2024. (TMZ.com, 7/20)
CHOSEN (Angel App) - The show's producers have reached an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA, allowing filming to begin on season four on Monday. (@thechosentv, 7/17)
FOUND (NBC) - The series, originally slated to bow in February, will have all 13 episodes completed when it premieres on Tuesday, October 3. (TVLine.com, 7/19)
IRRATIONAL, THE (NBC) - The newcomer will have all 10 of its episodes filmed when it premieres on Monday, September 25. (TVLine.com, 7/19)
MAGNUM P.I. (NBC) - All 10 of its remaining episodes completed filming back in April and will air as part two of its fifth and final season beginning Wednesday, October 4. (TVLine.com, 7/19)
QUANTUM LEAP (NBC) - The show's sophomore run will have "most" of its 13-episode order completed for airing this fall starting Wednesday, October 4. (TVLine.com, 7/19)
TEHRAN (Apple TV+) - The spy thriller has landed an SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, allowing filming to continue despite the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. (Deadline.com, 7/20)
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[10/16/26 - 02:30 PM]
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[10/16/26 - 01:12 PM]
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[10/16/26 - 12:34 PM]
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[10/16/26 - 12:15 PM]
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[10/16/26 - 11:45 AM]
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[10/16/26 - 11:00 AM]
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[10/16/26 - 10:42 AM]
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[10/16/26 - 10:23 AM]
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[10/16/26 - 09:00 AM]
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[10/16/26 - 07:01 AM]
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[10/15/26 - 11:31 PM]
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[10/15/26 - 05:01 PM]
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[10/15/26 - 05:00 PM]
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[10/15/26 - 02:52 PM]
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