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[05/11/17 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, May 11 - Odds & Ends
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

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CASTLE ROCK (Hulu) - André Holland (Moonlight) has booked a lead role on the upcoming drama as Henry, "a death row attorney with a unique and complicated history in Castle Rock, Maine." (Deadline.com)
CULINARY GENIUS (Syndication, New!) - Twentieth Television has slated a three-week test run of Gordon Ramsay's hit ITV show set to begin on August 7. The half-hour program "begins with the lead chef offering a cooking task demonstration for five amateur home chefs who serve as the day's contestants. Contestants compete to be named the culinary genius of the day." Ramsay also executive producing via his Studio Ramsay banner alongside All3Media. (Deadline.com)
FOR THE PEOPLE (ABC) - The roles of Britne Oldford's Sandra Black and Lyndon Smith's Allison Anderson are being recast following its series pickup. (Deadline.com)
GHOSTED (FOX) - The character of Edi Patterson's Delilah is being tweaked on the new comedy as producers plan to recast the role. (Deadline.com)
GOLIATH (Amazon) - Ana de la Reguera has signed onto the show's second season as Marisol Silva, "a city councilwoman from the seamier side of Venice, in the race to be the first Latina mayor of Los Angeles." (Deadline.com)
GOSPEL OF KEVIN, THE (ABC) - Cristela Alonzo's character Yvette is being recast on the recently ordered drama. (@cristela9)
HAPPY! (Syfy) - Zabryna Guevara's Amanda Hansen is likewise being recast by the show's producers on the just-ordered drama. (Deadline.com)
ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC) - Co-star Rebecca Mader took to social media with the news she won't be returning for the show's seventh season. (@bexmader)





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· CASTLE ROCK (HULU)
· CULINARY GENIUS (SYNDICATION)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· FOR THE PEOPLE (ABC)
· GHOSTED (FOX)
· GOLIATH (AMAZON)
· HAPPY! (SYFY)
· KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD (ABC)
· ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC)





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