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[05/02/25 - 11:21 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 28-May 2
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!
AMERICAN CLASSIC (MGM+) - The Kevin Kline-led comedy series has cast Harris Yulin as Linus Bean, "Richard and Jon's father, an actor, a puppet maker, and the founder of the Millersburg Festival Theater"; Jane Alexander as Ethel Bean, "Linus' wife and Richard and Jon's mother"; Jessica Hecht as Polly, "Richard's ex-wife and the most expensive designer on Broadway"; Nell Verlaque as Miranda Bean, "the 18-year-old daughter of Kristen (Linney) and Jon (Tenney)"; Billy Carter as Connor Boyle, "a real estate developer and self-appointed savior of Millersburg"; Elise Kibler as Nadia Romanova, "whose dream is to become an actress, and her boyfriend Connor Boyle will do whatever it takes to make that happen"; and Ajay Friese as Randall Potts, "Miranda's boyfriend who grew up with her in Millersburg." (Deadline.com, 4/29)
CARRIE (Amazon) - Matthew Lillard is in talks to join the latest adaptation of the Stephen King novel in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com, 5/1)
DEBRIEFING THE PRESIDENT (TNT) - Lena Góra has been cast in the limited series Polly, "a colleague of [Joel] Kinnaman's real-life CIA analyst John Nixon." She replaces Rhona Mitra, who "has since departed the series for unknown reasons." (Deadline.com, 4/30)
EINSTEIN (CBS) - The Eye has pushed the recently ordered series to the 2026-27 season. Additionally, Rosa Salazar, who starred opposite Matthew Gray Gubler in the pilot, will not be continuing on the series with "the two sides parting ways by mutual agreement." (Deadline.com, 5/1)
ELSBETH (CBS) - Carra Patterson's Kaya Blanke will not return as a regular on the series next season but will continue to guest star. (Deadline.com, 5/1)
EQUALIZER, THE (CBS) - The Eye has opted to pull the plug on the Queen Latifah-led series after five seasons, making this Sunday's episode its de facto finale. (Deadline.com, 5/2)
ETERNAUT, THE (Netflix) - The Argentinian sci-fi series is set to return for a second season. (Deadline.com, 5/2)
FBI: CIA (CBS) - Eriq La Salle will direct and executive produce the debut installment of the Tom Ellis-led series. (Deadline.com, 4/30)
FOSTER DADE (Hulu, New!) - Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran have sold a new drama to the streamer based on the novel "Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos" by Nash Jenkins: "Written by Berlanti and Doran based on Jenkins' debut novel, Foster Dade is a mystery set at an East Coast boarding school that explores privilege, power, sexuality, and masculinity in the age of the Internet, anxiety and pharmaceuticals." The report adds the project is "being fast-tracked for a pilot order." Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Robbie Rogers and Donald De Line will also executive produce for De Line Pictures and the Warner Bros. Television-based Berlanti Productions. (Deadline.com, 4/28)
GEEK GIRL (Netflix) - The British-Canadian coming-of-age series has been renewed for a second season. Filming begins this summer for a 2026 debut with Boat Rocker succeeding Corus Entertainment as producer and distributor. (Deadline.com, 4/30)
IMPERFECT WOMEN (Apple TV+) - Rome Flynn, Ana Ortiz and Sherri Saum are the latest to be cast in the limited series. They'll play Jordan, Detective Ganz and Zoe, respectively. (Deadline.com, 4/29)
SHERIFF COUNTRY (CBS) - Matt Lauria has scored a lead role on the upcoming Morena Baccarin-led drama as Boone, "Sheriff Mickey Fox's smart, tough and capable deputy and longtime partner. Originally from Oakland, he's used to a different kind of policing. Their contrasting law enforcement styles makes their partnership both complex and occasionally tense." (Deadline.com, 4/28)
SISTAS (BET) - Darone Okolie, Walnette Marie Santiago and Sullivan Jones will recur in the upcoming season as Roc, Dr. Vaughn and Nia, respectively. (Deadline.com, 5/1)
STILLWATER (Amazon, New!) - Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray are spearheading a TV series at the streamer based on the comic book series by Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K. Perez: "In Stillwater, penned by Berlanti and Wray based on Skybound's comic, when ex-con Daniel West receives a mysterious letter promising answers about his past and a substantial inheritance in the small town of Stillwater, he discovers a community where nothing ever ages, no one ever dies, and nobody ever gets out." Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Robbie Rogers, Jonathan Gabay, Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Glenn Geller and Chip Zdarsky will also executive produce for Skybound Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television-based Berlanti Productions. (Deadline.com, 4/28)
UNENTITLED (HBO, New!) - Robby Hoffman is set to star in a proposed comedy at the network: "In Unentitled, Hoffman plays a version of herself. It follows contrarian Robby Hoffman as she pursues her dream of making a living as a comedian, trying to bend the world to her will." Hoffman and Karey Dornetto are penning the script and will executive produce alongside Carolyn Strauss. (Deadline.com, 4/30)
UNTITLED FTX PROJECT (Netflix, New!) - Emmy winner Julia Garner is in final negotiations to play Caroline Ellison in a limited series at the streamer about "the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the relationship between FTX co-founder and chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried and his girlfriend and business associate Caroline Ellison (Garner)": "Described as the wild romance of Gen Z's own Bonnie and Clyde, the untitled FTX series centers on two hyper smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye - and then seduced, coaxed, and teased each other into stealing $36 billion." Writer Graham Moore, director James Ponsoldt and showrunner Jackie Hoyt are behind the project, which is set up at Barack and Michelle Obama's Netflix-based Higher Ground banner. (Deadline.com, 5/2)
UNTITLED GREG BERLANTI PROJECT (Max, New!) - Greg Berlanti is in negotiations to sell a third drama to the streamer, "believed to be a family drama, which is intended to follow the 15 episodes a year at a reasonable budget model established by another WBTV drama series for the streamer, The Pitt." Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman will also presumably executive produce for their Warner Bros. Television-based Berlanti Productions. (Deadline.com, 4/28)
UNTITLED MURDAUGH MURDERS (Hulu) - Mina Sundwall will recur on the limited series as Brooklynn White, "Buster Murdaugh's (Will Harrison) girlfriend, who's meeting the family during a vacation in the Bahamas." (Deadline.com, 4/30)
UNTITLED RACHEL SENNOTT PROJECT (HBO) - Josh Hutcherson has signed onto the comedy series. He'll replace Miles Robbins from the original pilot "as the character underwent changes during the writing process." (Deadline.com, 5/1)
WEDNESDAY (Netflix) - Anthony Michael Hall will drop by the upcoming season in an undisclosed role. (Variety.com, 4/29)
WILL TRENT (ABC) - Yul Vazquez will recur on the series beginning with its May 6 episode as Sheriff Caleb, "a rugged, handsome, fiercely stubborn hometown hero [who] uses his self-appointed status as a constitutional sheriff to protect his community and has little patience for outside interference." (Variety.com, 4/29)
WISTERIA LANE (Hulu, New!) - Onyx Collective is developing a reimagining of former ABC staple "Desperate Housewives" with Kerry Washington's Simpson Street and 20th Television: "Written by Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant), Wisteria Lane is described as a fun, sexy, darkly comedic soap/mystery in the vein of Desperate Housewives, set among a group of five very different friends and sometimes frenemies who all live on a picture-perfect cul de sac called "Wisteria Lane." On the surface, all the Wisteria neighbors are living the dream: beautiful homes, gorgeous families, shiny SUVs in the driveway. But behind those white-picket fences and smiling Insta posts are SECRETS." Chaidez, Washington, Pilar Savone and Shiny Penny's Stacey Sher are the executive producers. It's unclear if Washington will have an on-camera role should it move forward. Original series creator Marc Cherry "was not part of the pitch but is aware of the project and could be involved in it in some capacity." (Deadline.com, 4/29)
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