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[04/19/21 - 11:28 PM]
Development Update: Monday, April 19
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!
ARE YOU THE ONE? (MTV) - The network has paused filming on the upcoming ninth season of the series after a report "in which former contestant Gianna Hammer accused the producers of drugging her and covering up a sexual assault during the filming of Season 5 in 2017." "We take these issues very seriously and have paused production/casting to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations, the third party production company and further review our internal safety protocols," an MTV spokesperson said in a statement. (Deadline.com, 4/18)
CHAD/FLIGHT ATTENDANT, THE (TBS/HBO Max) - Proposed second seasons of both series have received lucrative tax incentives from the California Film Commission to relocate to the state. HBO Max has already commissioned the latter while TBS has yet to renew the recently launched comedy. (Deadline.com)
DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW (The CW) - Co-star Dominic Purcell took to social media in a since deleted post indicating his plans to depart the series as a regular. (Deadline.com, 4/17)
GUESS WHO? (NBC, New!) - Endemol Shine North America and Entertainment One are developing an unscripted take on the classic board game in which "contestants make snap judgements based on intuition and clues in an effort to win cash prizes." No auspices were given. (Deadline.com)
JOE EXOTIC (NBC) - John Cameron Mitchell has scored the title role opposite Kate McKinnon in the limited series: Joe "Exotic" Schreibvogel, "the larger-than-life zoo owner in Oklahoma who loses himself in his hatred for Carole Baskin (McKinnon), a big cat activist and sanctuary owner working tirelessly to take down animal abusers." (Deadline.com)
JOE PICKETT (Spectrum) - The Michael Dorman-led drama series has cast David Alan Grier as Vern, "a former gregarious, larger than life game warden"; Julianna Guill as Marybeth Pickett, "charming, forthright, and probably smartest person in all of Saddlestring"; Sharon Lawrence as Missy, "the mother of Marybeth"; Mustafa Speaks as Nate, "a former Special Ops solider"; Paul Sparks as play Wacey, "an ex-rodeo cowboy with a slick charm who is about to begin his campaign for Sheriff"; and Skywalker Hughes and Kamryn Pliva as Sheridan and Lucy, the Pickett children. (Deadline.com)
LADY IN THE LAKE (Apple TV+) - Writer/director Dre Ryan has signed a two-year overall deal with producer Endeavor Content. (Deadline.com)
LIFE & BETH (Hulu) - Michael Rapaport has been cast in the Amy Schumer-led comedy series as Leonard, "teenage Beth's father who's down on his luck." (Deadline.com)
MASQUERADE BALL (FOX, New!) - The network has ordered a pilot for a one-hour dating competition series: "In Masquerade Ball, there is no swiping or liking, rather singles must rely on their own wit and charm. Because, in this world, it's who you are and not what you look like that really matters. It's all about chemistry, body language and conversation. The centerpiece of every episode is the decadent Masquerade Ball, where our singles have just a few fleeting moments on the dance floor to impress. Can they make these brief conversations count in their efforts to find the perfect partner and achieve that fairytale happy-ever-after?" Claire O'Donohoe and ZnakTV's Natalka Znak are the executive producers for FOX Entertainment. (Deadline.com)
NEW AMSTERDAM (NBC) - Frances Turner is slated to recur on the current season as Lyn Malvo, "the new Chair of the OB department. Malvo will have a "complicated" friendship with Dr. Reynolds (Jocko Sims) this season." (Deadline.com)
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN (Starz) - Franchise staple Rob Hardy, who's directing the spin-off's debut installment, has signed a first-look deal with producer Lionsgate Television and creator Courtney Kemp's End of Episode Productions. (Deadline.com)
PROMISED LAND (ABC) - Cecilia Suárez and Augusto Aguilera are the latest bound for the drama pilot. Suárez plays Lettie Sandoval, "the matriarch of the Sandoval family, a wealthy vineyard-owning family in the Sonoma Valley. Lettie will do anything to keep her family, with all its fraying allegiances, intact. She is proud of the fortune the Sandovals have built, but the arrival of a figure from Lettie's past soon causes her to question whether the cost of achieving the American Dream is too high." And Aguilera is Mateo Sandoval, "the hardworking, highly capable general manager of the Heritage Vineyard, but as the stepson to patriarch Joe Sandoval (John Ortiz), he has never felt fully accepted by the wealthy, vineyard-owning Sandoval family. Mateo finds himself at a crossroads when a young immigrant who reminds him of his roots arrives to work in the Sandoval household." (Deadline.com)
SECRET INVASION (Disney+) - Oscar winner Olivia Colman is in negotiations to join the Marvel Studios series in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (THR.com)
SHELTER (Amazon, New!) - The streamer has given a pilot order to MGM International Television Productions for a YA-themed TV screen take on Harlan Coben's Mickey Bolitar novels. Ed Decter is spearheading the project, in which "Bolitar witnesses his father's death and sends his mom to rehab. He is forced to live with his estranged aunt and switch high schools. Fortunately, he's met a great girl, Ashley, and it seems like things might finally be improving. But then Ashley vanishes. Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that Ashley isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew." Coben and Erik Barmack will also executive produce. (Variety.com)
UNF$?%ABLES (Hulu, New!) - Jeremy Hsu and John Strauss are developing a new comedy at the streaming service about "an Asian American male and an African American female, best friends, who are determined to no longer be deemed ?unf***able." JuVee Productions' Viola Davis, Julius Tennon and Andrew Wang will executive produce alongside Strauss for ABC Signature with Hsu serving as a co-executive producer. (Deadline.com)
YOUNGER (Paramount+) - Janeane Garofalo will appear in six episodes of the series' final season as Cass DeKennessy, "Dean of The Arts College of New York. Having dreamed of becoming an artist in a past life, Cass settled into academia and marriage to a much younger wife. When Cass offers Maggie a teaching job at her school, her quiet life gets turned upside down." (Deadline.com)
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