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[04/20/16 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, April 20
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!
SON, THE (AMC/AMCS; W: Brian McGreevy, Lee Shipman & Philipp Meyer; D: TBA) - Jess Weixler ("The Good Wife") has scored a role on the upcoming drama, a multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas family. She'll play Sally, "Pete's (Henry Garrett) tough, no-nonsense wife. A caring mother who is fiercely protective of her kids, she is searching for fulfillment while trying to keep her marriage together." (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Hannah Cheesman and Julian De Zotti's Canadian web series "Whatever, Linda" is being developed for TV by The Mark Gordon Company (Deadline.com); Peter Ocko has signed on as showrunner of AMC's "Lodge 49" as part of a new overall deal with the network (Deadline.com); Ulrich Thomsen will recur on "The Blacklist" as Alexander Kirk, "a charismatic businessman whose strong personal ethics and intelligence have made him a major player on the world stage" (Deadline.com); Aaron Mahnke's podcast "Lore" is being eyed as an hourlong anthology TV series from Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment and Ben Silverman's Propagate Content (THR.com); Alex Høgh Andersen has joined the cast of "Vikings" as "Ragnar Lothbrok's (Tavis Fimmel) son, Ivar the Boneless, who is more dangerous than he appears" (Deadline.com); and "Homeland" executive producer Chip Johannessen has signed a new three-year overall deal with producer 20th Century Fox Television (Deadline.com).
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