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[05/09/18 - 11:20 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, May 9 - Odds & Ends
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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CHICAGO FIRE (NBC) - Co-stars Jesse Spencer and Taylor Kinney have both closed one-year extensions to return for the just-ordered seventh season of the veteran drama. The other original cast members - Eamonn Walker, Monica Raymund and David Eigenberg - are currently unsigned. (Deadline.com)
LOOKING FOR ALASKA (Hulu, New!) - Josh Schwartz's long-in-the-works feature, an adaptation of John Green's best-selling novel, has now been set up at the streaming service as an eight-episode limited series. Paramount Television is behind the project with Schwartz and his Fake Empire partner Stephanie Savage executive producing alongside Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill Productions. Lis Rowinski will co-executive produce. "Alaska" centers on teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter, "as he enrolls in a boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He meets one student in particular, Alaska Young, who he falls in love with as she guides him through his own "labyrinth of suffering." After her unexpected death, he is forced to work through his internal "labyrinth of suffering" himself as he and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth behind Alaska's death." (Deadline.com)
STRANGER THINGS (Netflix) - Francesca Reale will recur on the upcoming third season as Heather, "a popular lifeguard at the Hawkins Community Pool who becomes the centerpiece of a dark mystery." (Deadline.com)
TELL ME A STORY (CBSAA) - Billy Magnussen has been tapped to star in Kevin Williamson's psychological thriller, which takes the world's most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. He'll play Nick, "a young high school teacher who's handsome, seductive, and quite possibly a wolf in sheep's clothing. After a wild night with a girl he met at a nightclub results in a hookup but no phone numbers swapped, he thinks his chances with her have gone out the window. But when he runs into her again, he's sure to take advantage of his second chance, proving he's sensitive, understanding... and, quite possibly, too good to be true." Additionally, Liz Friedlander will direct and executive produce the first two episodes. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED CRISTIANO RONALDO PROJECT (Facebook Watch, New!) - Liz Garcia and Josh Harto have sold a potential series to the company which "follows a high school girls soccer team in upstate New York as the team's melting pot line-up and winning streak invites the community to overcome deep divisions along racial, ethnic and class lines by rallying around the universal language of the beautiful game." International soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and wiip's Paul Lee are likewise behind the project, which has a series commitment with a penalty attached, as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
YELLOWJACKETS (Showtime, New!) - Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson are spearheading a potential drama at the pay channel set in 1975 about a girls' high school soccer team that becomes "the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness, chronicling their descent from a friendly, cooperative team to warring, cannibalistic clans." Creative Engine Entertainment's Drew Comins is also set to executive produce for Entertainment One. (Deadline.com)
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[05/08/26 - 02:11 PM]
Nine Actors Join Season 2 of Prime Video's "Scarpetta" from Blumhouse Television
David Arquette, Stella Baker, Jodi Balfour, Kim Dickens, Troy Garity, Jerod Haynes, Michael "Killer Mike" Render, Holland Taylor, and William Zabka are all on tap.
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[05/08/26 - 11:01 AM]
NBC Announces Four Series Orders for the 2026-27 Season
Dramas "Line of Fire" and "The Rockford Files" and comedies "Newlyweds" and "Sunset P.I." are on tap.
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[05/08/26 - 10:50 AM]
"Law & Order" to Return for Season 26 on NBC
The network confirmed the news on social media this morning.
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[05/08/26 - 09:26 AM]
"FOX College Football Friday" Returns to Primetime with Biggest Season Yet
The network's strongest Friday night slate to-date features elite matchups across partner conferences - with appearances from the defending national champion Indiana Hoosiers, projected Top-25 matchups, and culminating with the Mountain West Championship.
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[05/08/26 - 09:18 AM]
TNT Sports Delivers Its Most-Watched MLB Regular Season Start Since 2015
The Yankees/Mariners season opener on March 31 delivered 562,000 viewers and peaked at 735,000, making it the most watched opener on TBS since 2012.
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[05/08/26 - 09:08 AM]
Landmark Oasis Documentary Film by Steven Knight Coming to Cinemas and Disney+ This Year
Presented by Disney+, the film will open in select IMAX and cinemas worldwide for a limited theatrical engagement beginning September 11, before streaming exclusively on Disney+ internationally later this year.
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[05/08/26 - 09:02 AM]
ABC Renews "R.J. Decker" for Second Season
Get your flip flops and your lawn flamingos ready.
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[05/08/26 - 08:30 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art Debut - Hulu's "Not Suitable For Work"
The series will premiere with three episodes on June 2, then two episodes weekly until the finale on June 23, only on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
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[05/08/26 - 08:01 AM]
ABC Announces Summer 2026 Premiere Dates and Unscripted Renewals
New seasons of "Celebrity Family Feud," "Press Your Luck," and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" will join the previously announced newcomer "Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro."
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[05/08/26 - 07:31 AM]
Video: "James." - Official Trailer - Netflix
A raw and honest look at the man behind Colombia's iconic No. 10 on his road to the 2026 World Cup.
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[05/08/26 - 07:16 AM]
CNN Film "Why We Dream" to Premiere Memorial Day at 8PM ET/PT
The film chronicles the final generation of World War II veterans as they return to France and is produced by Delta Air Lines' Window Seat Studios in partnership with Vice Media's Pulse Films.
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[05/08/26 - 07:01 AM]
"Forever" Season 2 Starts Production in Los Angeles
Additionally, Malaika Guttoh is set to join the cast as a series regular with Avery Wills Jr. and Tre McBride joining as recurring guests.
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[05/08/26 - 06:05 AM]
"Groundswell," The Final Chapter in the Acclaimed Documentary Trilogy from Filmmakers Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Will Premiere Globally on June 5 Exclusively on Prime Video
The film is narrated by Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore.
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[05/08/26 - 02:31 AM]
Netflix Announces Standalone Sequel to Global Hit "La Palma"
"Florida" (working title) picks up just hours after the volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma, shifting the focus to a Norwegian community in Florida that is still unaware that a devastating tsunami is on its way.
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[05/07/26 - 04:01 PM]
Video: "Viral Hit" - Official Trailer - Netflix
When he accidentally goes viral after a brawl, a weak and broke teen realizes livestreaming fights against delinquents could change his life.
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