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[06/19/23 - 11:10 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 19
Updates include: Paramount+ delays filming on new season of "1923"; and Apple TV+ shutters Sam Esmail's "Metropolis" TV series.
[02/16/23 - 11:55 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 16
Updates include: Ryan Seacrest exits "Live with Kelly and Ryan"; FOX, NBC announces various script-to-series orders; and John Wesley Shipp, Teddy Sears set for "The Flash" return.
[02/14/23 - 11:11 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 14
Updates include: Ben McKenzie to lead ABC's "The Hurt Unit"; Briana Middleton to topline Apple's "Metropolis"; and "1883: The Bass Reeves Story" casts pair at Paramount+.
[04/14/22 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 14
Updates include: Ben Rappaport, Alexandra Chando to star in NBC's "Adam & Eva" pilot; Elijah Kelley to play Sammy Davis, Jr. in limited series at Hulu; and Dominique Fishback to lead Amazon's "Hive."
[03/01/22 - 12:38 PM]
Apple TV+ Announces "Metropolis," A New Original Series from Creator and Director Sam Esmail
"Metropolis" is a new drama inspired by the seminal Fritz Lang science fiction work of the same name.






METROPOLIS (APPLE TV PLUS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/1/22 - 6/19/23
STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
eight-episode series order rescinded on 6/19/23
DESCRIPTION:
(from Apple's press release, March 2022) Today Apple TV+ announced a series order for "Metropolis," the latest project from award-winning creator, producer, and director Sam Esmail ("Mr. Robot," "Homecoming," "Gaslit"), and produced by UCP. "Metropolis" is a new drama inspired by the seminal Fritz Lang science fiction work of the same name.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Briana Middleton as Finnie Polito
· Lindy Booth as Maria
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chad Hamilton as EP
· Sam Esmail as CRTR/DIR/EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a feature film
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Esmail Corp
· Universal Content Productions