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[04/18/25 - 11:03 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 14-18
Updates include: Netflix renews "Temptation Island"; Alicia Silverstone to lead Peacock's "Clueless" sequel series; and "Based on a True Story," "Mr. Throwback," "Citadel: Diana," "Citadel: Honey Bunny," "Clean Slate" and "West Coast Hustle" among latest cancellations.

[06/24/22 - 11:20 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 24
Updates include: Hulu cancels "Woke" after two seasons; Fat Joe brings "The Book of Jose" to Showtime; and Peacock looks to import Australian comedy "Laid."







BOOK OF JOSE, THE (STARZ)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/24/22 - 4/18/25
STATUS:
currently in development (2024-2025 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's press release, June 2022) The Book of Jose is a rags-to-riches story following Fat Joe's evolution from growing up in the drug and violence-scarred streets of the Bronx to becoming a Grammy-nominee, producer, and actor with a career spanning nearly three decades. The project will follow every phase of Joe's life and the threats that have come in the form of rivals, addiction, incarceration, and death. All of which showed the artist that resilience and the love of his family are the only paths to success.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Dominic Colón as CRTR/EP
· E. Brian Dobbins as EP
· Jessy Terrero as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena as EP
· Kenya Barris as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Artists First
· BET Studios
· Khalabo Ink Society