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[12/03/15 - 11:32 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, December 3
Updates include: Billy Gardell confirms end of "Mike & Molly"; USA passes on period drama pilot "Paradise Pictures"; and Tom Welling to lead "Section 13" at CBS.

[07/28/15 - 11:32 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, July 28
Updates include: USA's "Paradise Pictures" casts trio; Cindy Crawford to executive produce "Icon" at NBC; and Tig Notaro to star in a comedy pilot for Amazon.

[07/17/15 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Friday, July 17
Updates include: Joy Bryant, Chris Diamantopoulos set for Amazon's "The Good Girls Revolt"; DeRay Davis lands role in FX's "Snowfall"; and Josh Hopkins joins the cast of ABC's "Quantico."

[07/07/15 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, July 7
Updates include: Kel Mitchell to star in Nickelodeon's "Game Shakers"; John Dahl to helm "Paradise Pictures" for USA; and Cornelius Smith, Jr. named regular on ABC's "Scandal."

[06/15/15 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 15
Updates include: A&E cancels new drama "The Returned"; Morgan Spector to star in USA's "Paradise Pictures"; and Winona Ryder, David Harbour are both bound for Netflix's "Montauk."

[04/28/15 - 11:34 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 28
Updates include: NBC's dramas "Blindspot," "Heartbeaker" and "The Player" begin staffing; USA gives pilot order to "Paradise Pictures"; and TNT's "Legends" adds quartet for season two.

[04/07/15 - 08:45 AM]
USA Network Unveils Its Development Slate for 2015/2016
Charlize Theron, Rob Reiner, Barry Sonnenfeld, Eric Kripke, Aaron Korsh and Catherine Hardwicke are among the featured auspices.







PARADISE PICTURES (USA)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/7/15 - 12/3/15
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 12/3/15
DESCRIPTION:
(from USA's press release, April 2015) PARADISE PICTURES is about ambitious people striving to get to the top in 1940s Hollywood, when the dream factory was at its peak. Little do they know the challenges they're about to face: the end of studio monopolies, the blacklist and the new disruptive technology of television. From Universal Cable Productions, PARADISE PICTURES is written by Rick Muirragui (SUITS). Muirragui executive produces the project along with SUITS creator Aaron Korsh.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Daren Kagasoff as Wyatt Osborne
· Denyse Tontz as Luciana Delgado
· Duane Henry as Aldo Boyd
· Georgina Reilly as Gretchen Whalon
· Matthew Del Negro as Ray Aberdeen
· Morgan Spector as Tom Kirby
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Korsh as EP
· John Dahl as DIR (Pilot)
· Rick Muirragui as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Universal Cable Productions