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[04/03/13 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, April 3
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!
GEEK OUT (AMC, New!) - Ernest Cline (Fanboys) is set to host a potential reality series at the cable channel in which he travels the country and gives obsessed fans the surprise of a lifetime with a special experience related to their obsession. Farah Films' Dan Farah and Thinkfactory Media's Leslie Greif, Adam Freeman and Adam Reed are executive producing the project, which has a pilot commitment, alongside Cline. The search is underway for a co-host. (Deadline.com)
ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC) - British actress Emma Rigby is the latest addition to the show's proposed spin-off, now titled "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland." She'll play the Red Queen from Lewis Carroll's famed "Through the Looking-Glass" novel alongside the previously cast Sophie Lowe as Alice, Peter Gadiot as Cyrus and Michael Socha as the Knave of Hearts. The four-scene presentation begins production next week from a script by "Once" creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. (Deadline.com)
QUARRY (Cinemax, New!) - Graham Gordy and Michael D. Fuller have snagged a pilot order at the pay channel for a new period drama about "a Marine sniper who, upon his return home from Vietnam in 1973, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. Combat-hardened and disillusioned, he's recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the length of the Mississippi River." Said effort is based on the novels by Max Allan Collins while John Hillcoat is attached to direct. Hillcoat, Gordy and Fuller then will executive produce alongside Anonymous Content's Steve Golin, David Kanter, Matt DeRoss and Keith Redmon. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - USA reportedly is in talks with Sony Pictures Television to renew "Happy Endings" should ABC opt not to order a fourth season (Deadline.com); Alex Reid has inked a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television where he'll serve as co-showrunner on NBC's upcoming comedy "MJF" (Deadline.com); Leila Strachan and Darlene Hunt have likewise signed two-year overall deals with ABC Studios and Sony Pictures Television, respectively (Deadline.com); Ellie Kemper will lend her voice to an upcoming episode of "American Dad" as "a popular girl Steve has secretly been in love with since kindergarten" (TVLine.com); and Chad Coleman, Sonequa Martin-Green and Emily Kinney have been upped to series regulars for the fourth season of "The Walking Dead" (Deadline.com).
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[07/21/18 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Saturday, July 21
Updates include: Amazon orders fourth season of "The Man in the High Castle"; USA pulls the plug on "Colony" after three seasons; and NBC's "Midnight, Texas" taps trio for recurring roles.
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[07/21/18 - 11:04 PM]
Video: The Commencement of "The Purge" at San-Diego Comic-Con Has Officially Begun
The 10-part series will debut on USA Network on Tuesday, September 4 at 10:00/9:00c.
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[07/21/18 - 09:06 PM]
Video: "Deadly Class" - Official Trailer - Syfy
Produced by the Russo brothers - and based on the best-selling graphic novel - "Deadly Class" premieres on Syfy in 2019.
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[07/21/18 - 08:01 PM]
"Wynonna Earp" Renewed for Season 4
This has become something of a tradition for the horror/western, which has revealed its season renewals at Comic-Con panels the last few years.
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[07/21/18 - 06:28 PM]
Chris Klein Announced as DC Super-Villain Cicada for "The Flash" Season Five
Season five pits Team Flash against yet another formidable adversary, the show's second non-speedster Big Bad.
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[07/21/18 - 05:52 PM]
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" Welcomes Two New Characters for Season Four
Tom Wilson will recur as Nate's (Nick Zano) father, Hank Heywood.
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[07/21/18 - 05:45 PM]
Video: Trailer Debut - Feast Your Eyes on Netflix's "Disenchantment" Trailer
Matt Groening's new 10-episode adult animated comedy fantasy series premieres Friday, August 17.
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[07/21/18 - 04:58 PM]
Video: "The Man in the High Castle" - Season 3 Teaser - Prime Video
The long-awaited third season will premiere Friday, October 5 on Amazon's streaming service.
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[07/21/18 - 04:55 PM]
Oliver Queen Faces an All-New Threat from a Lethal Team of Assassins in Season Seven of "Arrow"
Holly Elissa, Michael Jonsson and Miranda Edwards will play The Longbow Hunters, a legendary group of assassins recruited by Ricardo Diaz (Kirk Acevedo) to enact his revenge on Oliver and the team.
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[07/21/18 - 04:50 PM]
Video: New Trailer for Season Two of "The Orville" That Premiered at San Diego Comic-Con
As previously announced, the new season bows Sunday, December 30 on FOX.
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[07/21/18 - 04:04 PM]
New Friends & Foes Transform National City for Season Four of "Supergirl"
Transgender activist Nicole Maines will join the show in the series regular role of Nia Nal, aka Dreamer.
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[07/21/18 - 04:01 PM]
Video: "Roswell, New Mexico" Comic-Con(R) 2018 Teaser
Get a first look at footage from the new series and discover more about this not-so sleepy settlement's otherworldly inhabitants in the show's Comic-Con trailer.
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[07/21/18 - 04:00 PM]
Video: FOX and National Geographic Release Exclusive First Look at Highly Anticipated "Cosmos: Possible Worlds" at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
The new season will once again premiere in the U.S. on both FOX and National Geographic and globally on National Geographic in 171 countries and 43 languages.
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[07/21/18 - 03:16 PM]
Video: New Trailer for Season Two of "The Gifted" That Premiered at San Diego Comic-Con
The new season kicks off Tuesday, September 25 on FOX.
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[07/21/18 - 03:10 PM]
Video: "Legacies" Comic-Con 2018 Trailer
The CW series is a thrilling new drama that tells the story of the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.
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