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[02/18/22 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 18
Updates include: Melissa Benoist in talks to star in HBO Max's "The Girls on the Bus"; Walton Goggins to star in Amazon's "Fallout" TV series; and CBS orders a pair of comedy pilots.

[05/27/21 - 11:49 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, May 27
Updates include: NBC cancels "Debris" after one season; Trevante Rhodes is Hulu's "Iron Mike"; and Alana Bright to star in FOX's "Our Kind of People."

[04/14/21 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, April 14
Updates include: Brittany O'Grady cast in ABC's "Epic"; Rob Delaney boards Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth"; and Lisa Cholodenko to direct Hulu's "The Girl from Plainville."

[03/22/21 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 22
Updates include: Jane Lynch signs onto ABC's "Bucktown"; Y'lan Noel to star in FX's "The Spook Who Sat by the Door"; and Amazon's "Jack Reacher" fills out principal cast.

[02/08/21 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Monday, February 8
Updates include: Michael B. Jordan, Jay-Z team for "The Greatest" at Amazon; FX greenlights pilot for "The Spook Who Sat by the Door"; and Ruben Garcia to helm The CW's "Tom Swift" backdoor pilot.

[09/24/19 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, September 24
Updates include: The CW details latest "Arrow" spin-off; "Fleabag's" Phoebe Waller-Bridge signs overall deal with Amazon; and Michael Rosenbaum passes on appearing in The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event.







SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR, THE (FX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/24/19 - 2/18/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 2/18/22
DESCRIPTION:
drama based on Sam Greenlee's spy novel, billed as the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first African American CIA officer hired by the agency in the late 1960s
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Christina Jackson as Joy Freeman
· Lucas Till as Graham Renfroe
· Nafessa Williams as Etta Henry
· Nathan Darrow as Alfred Ames
· Tom Irwin as Jack Turner
· Y'lan Noel as Dan Freeman
CREW INFORMATION:
· Gerard McMurry as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Lee Daniels as EP
· Leigh Dana Jackson as CRTR/EP
· Marc Velez as EP
· Sam Greenlee as BOOK
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
· Lee Daniels Entertainment