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[04/24/26 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 20-24
Updates include: Prime Video cancels "Gen V" after two seasons; Helena Bonham Carter exits HBO's "The White Lotus"; and Julianna Margulies bound for Hulu's "Paradise."

[04/17/26 - 11:46 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 13-17
Updates include: CBS eyes expansion of "Fire Country," "Sheriff Country" universe; "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" season two locks in cast; and "The Copenhagen Test," "Law & Order: Organized Crime" among latest cancellations.

[04/10/26 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 6-10
Updates include: CBS orders comedy "Eternally Yours" to series; Peter Dinklage joins the cast of FX's "Alien: Earth"; and Kevin Bacon to led Hulu's drama pilot "Southern Bastards."

[10/31/25 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Week of October 27-31
Updates include: Taylor Sheridan to move overall deal to NBCUniversal in 2029; FX's "American Horror Story" confirms season 13 cast; and Starz's "BMF," MTV's "Ridiculousness" among latest cancellations.

[06/18/15 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 18
Updates include: Britne Oldford tapped for "Hunters" at Syfy; Giancarlo Esposito to "Get Down" at Netflix; and FX eyes adaptation of comic book "Southern Bastards."







SOUTHERN BASTARDS (HULU)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/18/15 - 4/17/26
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from Hulu's press release, October 2025) Southern Bastards show follows a tenacious military vet into Craw County, Alabama, in search of her estranged father. What she finds is a murderous hornet’s nest of organized crime run by the winningest high school football coach in the South.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amin Joseph as Hardy Whitworth
· Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Vernetta
· Derek Luke as Uncle Lou
· Erin Kellyman as Roberta
· Ethan Suplee as Eugene "Materhead" Maples
· Jonathan Tucker as Esaw Goings
· Kevin Bacon as Earl
· Tim McGraw as Coach Boss
CREW INFORMATION:
· Bill Dubuque as CRTR
· Jason Aaron as BOOK/EP
· Jason Latour as BOOK/EP
· Kate Barry as CO-EP
· Layne Eskridge as EP
· Matt Olmstead as EP
· Nia DaCosta as CRTR
· Reinaldo Marcus Green as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Ryan Coogler as EP
· Sev Ohanian as EP
· Simone Harris as CO-EP
· Zinzi Coogler as EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a comic book
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Fifth Season
· Onyx Collective
· POV Entertainment
· Proximity Media