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[05/08/19 - 12:05 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, May 8 - ABC Orders Cobie Smulders-Led Drama Based on "Stumptown" to Series
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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!

Here are the latest projects being picked up to series by the aforementioned network for the 2019-20 season (via press release):

UNTITLED COBIE SMULDERS PROJECT (A.K.A. STUMPTOWN)

DESCRIPTION:
drama based on the Oni Press comic series which follows Dex Parios, a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, OR; with a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people's messes with a blind eye toward her own

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Adrian Martinez as Tookie
· Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Cosgrove
· Cobie Smulders as Dex Parios
· Cole Sibus as Ansel Parios
· Mark Webber as Grey McConnell*
· Michael Ealy as Det. Miles Hoffman
· Tantoo Cardinal as Sue Lynn Blackbird

CREW INFORMATION:
· David Bernad as EP
· Greg Rucka as BOOK/EP
· James Griffiths as DIR (Pilot)
· Jason Richman as CRTR/EP
· Justin Greenwood as BOOK/EP
· Matthew Southworth as BOOK/EP
· Ruben Fleischer as EP

STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· District, The

* Webber indicated on social media his role is being recast





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