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[05/06/19 - 11:21 PM]
Development Update: Monday, May 6 - Odds & Ends
Updates include: Freeform, TNT pass on three drama pilots; Priscilla Quintana to star in The CW's "Pandora"; and E! pulls the plug on talk show "Busy Tonight."

[12/19/18 - 11:46 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, December 19
Updates include: OWN opts not to proceed with second season of "Love Is ___"; FOX orders pilot for import of "Filthy Rich"; and Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones cast in Netflix's "Locke & Key."

[12/18/18 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, December 18
Updates include: Bravo eyes "Queer as Folk" reboot; Timothy Simons has "Exit Plans" for HBO; and Chanté Adams tapped for TNT's "Beast Mode."

[11/05/18 - 11:09 AM]
TNT Taps Tony Award Winner Anika Noni Rose to Star and Co-Executive Produce Pilot for "Beast Mode" (wt)
Tina Mabry is attached to direct the project, inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe.

[07/23/18 - 09:17 AM]
TNT Picks Up Drama Pilots "Constance" and "Beast Mode" (wt)
Elisabeth Shue stars in the former, billed as a fun, darkly humorous, veneer-stripping story about one woman's refusal to fade into obsolescence.

[11/08/17 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, November 8
Updates include: Apple lands Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon-led drama; The CW passes on back nine for "Valor"; and Rowena King, Robin Weigert join AMC's "Dietland."







BEAST MODE (TNT)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
11/8/17 - 5/6/19
STATUS:
previously in development (2019-2020 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/6/19
DESCRIPTION:
(from TNT's press release, July 2018) Turner's TNT has ordered the scripted dramas Constance and Beast Mode (working title) to pilot. KC Perry (The Originals) wrote Constance, which stars Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), with Emmy(R) nominee Jesse Peretz (Glow, Girls) attached to direct. Constance is produced by Team Downey, in association with Sonar Entertainment and Studio T, with Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey (Sherlock Holmes), Amanda Burrell, Bill Dubuque (Ozark), Tom Lesinski (Mr. Mercedes), Jenna Santoianni (Mr. Mercedes), Peretz, Shue and Perry serving as executive producers. Beast Mode is written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Ann Wolfe and MACRO in association with Studio T, with executive producers Stefanie Huie (Triangle) and MACRO's Charles D. King (Mudbound), Kim Roth (Inside Man) and Poppy Hanks (Fences). In a different, but equally compelling tale of a woman on the edge, Beast Mode, inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe, tells the story of a feisty, brilliant-yet-damaged woman with a "kill or be killed" mentality. While these qualities make her an excellent trainer, they tend to cause problems in the rest of her life.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Anika Noni Rose as Marsha Blackstone
· Chanté Adams as Jackie
· Geffri Maya as Kerry
CREW INFORMATION:
· Ann Wolfe as PROD
· Charles D. King as EP
· David Schneiderman as CRTR/EP
· Kim Roth as EP
· Poppy Hanks as EP
· Stefanie Huie as EP
· Tina Mabry as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· MACRO
· Studio T