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[01/31/25 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Week of January 27-31
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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CHURCHY (BET+) - Jasmine Luv will recur on the upcoming season as Breanna "Bree" Beverly, "the warm and charming owner of a local diner who becomes a confidante - and potential love interest - for Pastor Corey Carr (Kevin Fredericks)." Also on tap are Kirk Franklin as Freight Train, "a Hollywood-hopeful inmate with dreams as big as his cellblock"; Affion Crockett as Carl Kruz, "the eccentric MC hired to rig the Bible Bowl"; Norman Towns as Niles Burton, "a movie star deeply in love with Pastor Carr's ex-fiancée"; Ramona Rideout as Cindi Strong, "a small-town journalist whose off-camera antics always steal the show"; Corey Calliet as Big Ray, "a pest control pro who helps Pastor Carr out of a sticky situation"; and Keith Lee as himself, "rating Bree's cooking." (Deadline.com, 1/31)
DTF ST. LOUIS (HBO) - Arlan Ruf will co-star opposite Jason Bateman and David Harbour in the limited series as Richard, "the socially maladjusted, delinquent stepson of Harbour's character." (Variety.com, 1/27)
ENIGMA VARIATIONS (Netflix, New!) - Jeremy Allen White is attached to star in a proposed limited series adaptation of the André Aciman novel at the streamer: "'Enigma Variations' charts the life of a man named Paul, whose loves remain as consuming and as covetous throughout his adulthood as they were in his adolescence. Whether the setting is southern Italy, where as a boy he has a crush on his parents' cabinetmaker, or a snowbound campus in New England, where his enduring passion for a girl he'll meet again and again over the years is punctuated by anonymous encounters with men - whether he's on a tennis court in Central Park or on a New York sidewalk in early spring. Paul's attachments are ungraspable, transient, and forever underwritten by raw desire. Ahead of every step Paul takes, his hopes, denials, fears, and regrets are always ready to lay their traps. Yet the dream of love lingers. We may not always know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselves and to others. But sooner or later, we discover who we've always known we were." Writer Amanda Kate Shuman and director Oliver Hermanus are spearheading the project for Media Res with White, Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer also executive producing. (Variety.com, 1/27)
GEORGIE & MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE (CBS) - Lance Barber will reprise his "Young Sheldon" role in an upcoming episode in which "George Sr. will visit his son (Montana Jordan) in a dream." (Deadline.com, 1/31)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (HBO) - James Norton has been cast as Ormund Hightower in the upcoming third season, "Otto's (Rhys Ifans) nephew, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Gwayne's (Freddie Fox) cousin, and the Lord of Oldtown. He is presently leading the Hightower host in a march on King's Landing to support his house against Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy)." (Variety.com, 1/31)
IMPERFECT WOMEN (Apple TV+) - Kate Mara will star opposite Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington in the limited series based on Araminta Hall's novel. No details about her role were given. (Deadline.com, 1/28)
LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME (Peacock) - Jason Patric will recur on the new season as Detective Tim McKenna. No other specifics were released. (Deadline.com, 1/27)
LUCKY (Apple TV+) - Timothy Olyphant and Annette Bening will star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy in the limited series. Olyphant will play Lucky's father, John; with Bening as Priscilla, a dangerous mob leader. (Deadline.com, 1/31)
MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN (Paramount+) - Clayton Cardenas will recur on the show's fourth season as Deputy Warden Torres, "the right-hand man to the prison's new Warden at Anchor Bay Prison." (Deadline.com, 1/30)
MINIATURE WIFE, THE (Peacock) - O-T Fagbenle and Sian Clifford are the latest additions to the top secret series, with Ronny Chieng also now slated to recur. (Deadline.com, 1/31)
NIGHT AGENT, THE (Netflix) - Fola Evans-Akingbola (Chelsea Arrington), Ward Horton (Richard Hagan) and Albert Jones (Aiden Mosely) will return as regulars for the show's third season. (Deadline.com, 1/31)
PALM ROYALE (Apple TV+) - Patti LuPone will drop by three episodes of the show's second season as "Anthony Marantino's (Mario Cantone) nemesis and the mother of his Italian lover, Giussepi (Sebastiano Pigazzi)." (Deadline.com, 1/27)
ROBIN HOOD (MGM+) - Jack Patten has scored the title role on the series: "It is a smart, sweeping, romantic adventure that brings historical authenticity, psychological depth, and a heightened focus on the relationship between Rob and Marian to the beloved story. Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob - a Saxon forester's son - and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord - fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom. As Rob rises as the leader of a band of rebel outlaws, Marian infiltrates the power at court, as both work together to thwart royal corruption and bring peace to the land." (Deadline.com, 1/27)
SHELTERED (CBS, New!) - Lauren Houseman has sold a single-camera comedy to the Eye and CBS Studios that "tells the story of the misfit volunteers at an overworked and underfunded pet rescue who often feel as complicated, lonely, and 'unlovable' as the difficult dogs and cats in their care." Party Over Here's Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Ali Bell will also executive produce. (Deadline.com, 1/31)
UNTITLED JONATHAN GLATZER SERIES (AMC) - Sarah Goldberg is the first to be cast in the series as "the psychologist who is a therapist to the tech titans of Silicon Valley." (Deadline.com, 1/30)
YELLOWJACKETS (Showtime) - Ashley Sutton will appear in three upcoming episodes this season in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com, 1/28)
ZEROZEROZERO (Amazon) - Co-creators Mauricio Katz and Pedro Peirano have signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television where they'll develop new series projects. (Deadline.com, 1/29)
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[07/23/25 - 01:52 PM]
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[07/23/25 - 11:33 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 11:15 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 11:02 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 10:46 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 10:06 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 10:00 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 09:06 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 09:05 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 08:04 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 06:46 AM]
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[07/23/25 - 06:01 AM]
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