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[10/23/26 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Week of October 19-23
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!
AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE (Disney+) - Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has signed on to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of the comic book-turned TV series. (Deadline.com, 10/19)
APOLOGY, THE (Netflix, New!) - Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow will topline a new series at the streamer which has a two-season straight-to-series order: "The Apology, written by Joe Murtagh (Say Nothing), follows Evelyn (Paltrow) and Caleb Amspoker whose son was murdered 18 years ago in a cold case that gripped the nation. When a stranger suddenly appears and confesses, justice finally seems possible - until they learn the killer may get off with a reduced sentence. Faced with that unbearable truth, Evelyn and Caleb decide to take matters into their own hands." Paltrow, Murtagh, and Joe Hipps will executive produce alongside Oscar winning director Thomas Vinterberg for A24 and Cut To. (Deadline.com, 10/19)
BANNERMAN (AMC) - Emmy winner Jeff Daniels is the first to be cast in the drama series as Raymond Lesko, "an infamous NYPD detective, currently working a hotel security gig after being thrown off the force for taking revenge following the murder of his ex-partner, who still haunts him to this day. Lesko is pulled out of retirement when he learns that his daughter - the only person alive he truly cares about - is dating a man who may even be more dangerous than he is." (Deadline.com, 10/19)
COACH (NBC, New!) - Ty Burrell is on track to star in a reboot of the 1989-97 series from Daniel Libman and Matthew Libman for the network: "Written by the Libman brothers, Coach centers on a legendary coach - the role earmarked for Burrell - who returns home to Minnesota to rebuild his alma mater's basketball program and reconnect with his community." The project would also transition to a single-camera format rather than the original's multi-camera. All three will executive produce alongside John Davis and John Fox for Davis Entertainment and Universal Television. NBC previously mounted a revival with original star Craig T. Nelson in 2015 that ultimately didn't move forward. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
DAY, THE (Paramount+ UK and Ireland) - Luca Pasqualino and Louisa Harland will star opposite Minnie Driver in the eight-part thriller based on the 2018 Belgian series "De Dag": "The Day is an edge of your seat heist thriller, unfolding across a single, gripping day. When police stumble across a bank robbery mid-heist, the criminals barricade themselves inside and a terrifying siege begins. The series opens from the police perspective, led by hostage negotiator Sylvia "Vox" Voxley (Minnie Driver) as she battles time and rising pressure to save the hostages. As the crisis hurtles towards breaking point, the story rewinds, pulling viewers inside the bank to relive the same events through the eyes of the robbers and their hostages." Writers Ben Harris and Jesse O'Mahoney and directors Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill are behind the project, from Dynamic Television and Clapperboard Studios. Mike Benson, Andy Morgan, Daniel March, and Tamryn Reinecke are the executive producers with Jake Rollins producing. (Deadline.com, 10/22)
DISAVOWED (Apple TV) - Sebastian Koch has joined the cast of the series in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
FERAL (Netflix) - Philippa Northeast has been cast as the "sensuous and spoiled" Suzy on the series, succeeding Quintessa Swindell. No reason for the change was given. (Variety.com, 10/21)
FIRE COUNTRY (CBS) - Jay Hayden will recur on the current season as "a confident and charismatic former pro baseball player and one-time teammate and pal of Bode [Max Thieriot] and Jake [Jordan Calloway]. He returns home to convert his family's old paper mill into a new business and reconnect with his old buddies, but he has a secret agenda that could either help or hurt the town." (TVInsider.com, 10/20)
GLEE (REBOOT SERIES) (Disney+) - Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce), and Chord Overstreet (Sam Evans) are among the actors in talks to return for the show's revival. (Deadline.com, 10/22)
GREATEST, THE (Amazon) - Chris Jericho "will portray legendary wrestling pioneer Gorgeous George" in the streamer's upcoming Muhammad Ali limited series. (Deadline.com, 10/22)
GUILTY CREATURES (Apple TV) - Gabriel Basso and Mary-Louise Parker have joined the Julia Garner-led drama in top secret roles. (Deadline.com, 10/20)
HALLOWEENTOWN 5 (Disney Channel, New!) - Writers Lily Houghton and Ryan Koehn are spearheading a new installment of the movie series. No plot specifics however were given. The franchise's fourth film, "Return to Halloweentown," debuted 20 years ago this week. (Variety.com, 10/22)
KING OF ASHES (FX, New!) - Elgin James is developing a small screen take on S.A. Cosby's novel at the network: "The drama series King of Ashes is centered on Roman Carruthers, who returns home to his family's crematory business in Virginia after his father is left comatose in a suspicious hit-and-run, only to discover his brother's criminal debts have put the entire family in danger - and he'll do whatever it takes to protect them." Darryl Frank, Jessie Dicovistsky, and Justin Falvey will also executive produce for Amblin Entertainment, Higher Ground Productions, and 20th Television with Todd Cohen as a co-executive producer. (Deadline.com, 10/22)
LAW & ORDER: SVU (NBC) - Stephanie March's Alexandra Cabot will make a return trip to the series for its ninth episode this season. Said character last appeared in 2018. (Deadline.com, 10/23)
NCIS: ORIGINS (CBS) - Emily Wickersham will reprise her "NCIS" role of Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop in multiple episodes this season beginning with the October 27 episode. (Deadline.com, 10/20)
NIGHT TALES CLUB (Disney+, New!) - The streamer will roll out a six-part series based on a short horror story collection from Ichi Sawamura in January 2027: "Each episode will see Hojo sharing a different mysterious story. He is convinced that ghost stories, monsters and other supernatural anomalies are "bugs" in an underlying conspiracy, so begins inviting people to share their experiences and evidence at his Night Tales Club in exchange for 20 million yen." Takayuki Yamada stars as Hojo, the storyteller, with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Shinzo Katayama, Yukiko Sode, Yuichiro Sakashita, Yosuke Nakamura, and Kenji Nakajima among the directors. Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto are the producers with Sawamura himself spearheading the adaptation. (Deadline.com, 10/20)
POISON IVY (HBO, New!) - Lauren LeFranc is in talks to join a TV series focused on the famed Batman villain for the pay channel: "Poison Ivy is the alias used by Dr. Pamela Isley. As her alter ego, Isley controls anyone she wants by using her pheromones. She also has an army at her disposal, as she is able to control the flora around her." She would executive produce, but not write, the project, which would not be part of Matt Reeves's Batman universe. No writers are currently attached. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
REVIVAL (Syfy) - The comic book-turned-TV series has been canceled after one season. (MattsInsideLine.com, 10/20)
RULES OF PREY (MGM+) - Lucy Fry and Amanda Brugel will star opposite Jensen Ackles in the crime thriller series. Fry will portray Marcy, "an inquisitive and unrelenting BCA Special Agent determined to unravel the mystery of Lucas Davenport. She knows Davenport has secrets and has a few of her own." And Brugel is Rose Marie, "an observant yet calculated BCA Superintendent who has, over the years, seen it all. Rose Marie has successfully navigated the male dominated political scene in Minneapolis and knows where all the bodies are buried." (Deadline.com, 10/22)
SETTLING (Amazon, New!) - Justine Lupe is attached to star in a comedy series at the streamer from creators Briana Pozner and Colin Lupe: "Written by Pozner, Settling is a half-hour rom-com following Jessy (Justine Lupe), who has always seen commitment as limiting. Max finds it to be a lot of pressure. But when Jessy discovers she has early-onset menopause and Max undergoes late-onset isolation panic, the two find each other. Can they conquer their fears and commit to a forever? Settling is an opposites-attract half-hour comedy asking: Can we make a relationship work simply because we can't afford for it not to?" Will Gluck will direct and executive produce alongside said group as well as Adam Londy, Madison Jones, and Leigh Kittay for Tornante and Olive Bridge Entertainment. (Deadline.com, 10/19)
SIMPSONS, THE (FOX) - Sunil Malhotra has been tapped as the new voice of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon with Janina Gavankar as his wife, Manjula. Hank Azaria stepped down from the role in 2017 after backlash to his stereotypical portrayal and the character has not spoken since. (Variety.com, 10/18)
SPACESHIP EARTH (Disney+) - Maeve Touhey, Ta'imua, and Freddie O'Donahue have all scored top secret roles on the drama pilot at the streamer. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
STILLWATER (Amazon) - Tom Hollander, Aja Naomi King, and Beau Young are the latest bound for the comic book-turned-TV series. Hollander will play Judge Jack Taylor, "an authoritative man who weighs his words carefully, possessing both the warmth and charm of a country preacher and the cold edge of a cult leader." King is Sheriff Tanya Green, "Stillwater's relentless chief enforcer - compact, unpredictable and sharp as a blade." And Young plays Galen Keegan, "a character with choir boy looks and a feral energy, who was only 10 years old when E-Day occurred, halting his physical aging process, though his mind continued to develop." (Deadline.com, 10/22)
UNTITLED DAKOTA FANNING PROJECT (Apple TV) - David Zayas has booked "major recurring role" on the series. No other details were given. (Deadline.com, 10/23)
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (Paramount+, New!) - Daisy Ridley is attached to star in a proposed reimagining of Irwin Allen's 1961 feature film and the ABC TV series of the same name: "The new Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea series follows brilliant ocean scientist Lee Crane (Ridley), who is pulled into a classified government program after a catastrophic Arctic expedition claims the life of her twin sister. At the center of the program is the USS Seaview, a retro-futuristic submarine found entombed in the ice, marked with symbols from a history that shouldn't exist, and it powers up only when Lee steps aboard. Thrust into command of a pressure-cooker crew and an uneasy alliance with government power brokers, Lee leads Seaview on daring undersea missions to contain mysterious forces leaking into our world, all while uncovering a hidden truth about the oceans, an erased chapter of human history, and the once-thought mythical city of Atlantis." Writer Akiva Goldsman and director Matt Shakman are spearheading the project, which has a writers' room underway. Jon Jashni would also executive produce for Legendary Television with Derek Thielges as a co-producer. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
WALSH SISTERS, THE (Howdy, New!) - Roku's new streamer has acquired the U.S. rights to the BBC-RTÉ series: "Starring Derry Girls actor Louisa Harland, the Marian Keyes adaptation follows five Irish sisters through secrets, family feuds and moments of grace." Caroline Menton, Danielle Galligan, Máiréad Tyers, Stefanie Preissner, Aidan Quinn, and Carrie Crowley also star in the project, which will roll out weekly beginning November 5 with season two due next year. Creator Stefanie Preissner executive produces alongside Keyes, Dixie Linder, Nick Marston, David McLoughlin, David Crean, Dermot Horan, Tom Misselbrook, and Tony Baines for Cuba Pictures, Metropolitan Pictures, RTÉ, and Cineflix Rights. Ian Fitzgibbon directed. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
ZERO HOUR (Paramount+, New!) - Matthew Michael Carnahan has sold a new sci-fi thriller series to the streamer: "In Zero Hour, written by Carnahan, when mysterious ovals appear in the sky, the world changes forever. In the minutes that follow, a wife fights to keep her ailing husband alive, a doomsday prepper races to get his family to safety, teenage runaways are caught in the middle of a bank robbery, and a brilliant young presidential aide scrambles to make sense of it all. What begins as a pulse-pounding survival story slowly unravels into a sweeping mystery, as the truth about who these visitors are, and why they have come, upends everything humanity thought it knew about first contact." The project is based on the short story by Harrison Query. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Scott Nemes, and Scott Glassgold will executive produce alongside Carnahan and Query for Paramount Television Studios, AGBO, and 12:01 Films. (Deadline.com, 10/21)
ZODIAC (Disney+) - Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem have tapped to spearhead the latest series from Marvel Television: "The story will follow a pair of spies who are chasing targets who have special abilities." The project is expected to go into production beginning in 2027 for a 2028 premiere. (Deadline.com, 10/22)
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[10/30/26 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "The Hunchback, Soul of Paris" - Official Trailer - Netflix
In 1830 Paris, torn apart by cholera and revolution, a hunchbacked stonemason hunted by the police risks everything to save the dancer he has fallen for, inspiring Victor Hugo's most legendary character.
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[10/30/26 - 08:57 AM]
ABC News Wins Across Friday Night, Sunday Morning and Late-Night
"20/20: Help Dale Find Dee" ranked as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49.
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[10/30/26 - 08:01 AM]
Netflix Announces "Haunted Hotel" Will Reopen Its Doors for a Third Season
Season 2 debuted on the Global English TV Top 10 list and season 1 has over 15 million views since release.
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[10/30/26 - 07:31 AM]
Peacock to Exclusively Stream Focus Features' "The Uprising" Beginning November 6
Inspired by true events, the historical action-drama stars Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield, along with Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander and more.
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[10/29/26 - 07:01 PM]
Video: "Death Stranding Islolations" - Teaser - Disney+
Some nightmares don't end even when you're awake.
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[10/29/26 - 06:01 PM]
Lee Chang-dong's First Short Film "Heartbeat" Arrives Globally on Netflix on November 2
Ahead of the release "of Possible Love," Netflix has also made Lee Chang-dong's previous films available for film fans around the world to enjoy without language barriers.
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[10/29/26 - 03:25 PM]
Champions at Last: 14.2 Million Viewers Projected for FOX Sports' Coverage of Milwaukee Brewers World Series Clinch
13,476,000 viewers tuned in for World Series Game 4 presented by Capital One across FOX and FOX Deportes.
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[10/29/26 - 01:04 PM]
CMT Announces Premiere Date for Season Seven of "The Last Cowboy"
Season seven will premiere on Friday, November 6 at 8pm ET/PT with six episodes.
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[10/29/26 - 12:21 PM]
ABC Thursday Returns Strong with "9-1-1" and "9-1-1: Nashville" Rising Over Previous Season Averages
The Season 10 debut of "9-1-1" (8 p.m.) earned 8.14 million Total Viewers after seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, based on Nielsen's competitive multiplatform measurement.
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[10/29/26 - 11:01 AM]
Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" Supersized Two-Part Reunion Begins Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 P.M. ET/PT
Host Andy Cohen is joined by Vicki Gunvalson, Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti and Carmella Garcia for the landmark 20th season as they look back on the biggest highs, lowest lows and most unforgettable moments
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[10/29/26 - 11:01 AM]
Video: AMC Global Media Debuts Trailer for New Series, "Cue the Laughs," Premiering Saturday, November 7 on IFC, AMC+ and All Reality
Hosted by comedian and actor Adam Ray, the comical clip show for grown-ups proves that the most outrageous moments in life are the ones nobody scripted, and nobody saw coming.
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[10/29/26 - 10:05 AM]
MGM+ Reveals First Look at "Bosch: Start of Watch" Starring Cameron Monaghan and Omari Hardwick
The prequel debuts Sunday, January 10, 2027 with a two-episode premiere, followed by a weekly release through the finale on Sunday, February 21, 2027 on MGM+.
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[10/29/26 - 10:02 AM]
BritBox Reveals Second Look at "The Other Bennet Sister" Special
Produced by Bad Wolf for BritBox North America and the BBC, production recently wrapped in Wales.
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[10/29/26 - 10:01 AM]
Video: Starz Drops Pulse-Pounding Full Trailer and Key Art for Critically Acclaimed Drama "P-Valley," Premiering Friday, December 4
The third and final season will debut with a double-episode premiere on Friday, December 4, with new episodes available to stream weekly on Fridays.
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[10/29/26 - 10:01 AM]
Investigation Discovery Explores the Allegations Against the Tate Brothers in an Explosive New Four-Part Documentary Event "Andrew Tate: Toxic Empire"
With a two-hour premiere, the four-part docuseries will roll out over three weeks beginning Wednesday, November 25 on ID at 9pm ET/PT.
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