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[06/06/19 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 6
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!
BRIARPATCH (USA) - Kim Dickens has joined the cast of the newcomer as Chief of Police Eve Raytek, "an authoritative firecracker who is committed to finding out who killed Allegra's sister. She's a boot-stomping good old girl who's used to operating in an all-male environment. She knows how to do a shot, read a room and get things done." (Deadline.com)
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA (Netflix's) - Gavin Leatherwood's Nicholas Scratch and Lachlan Watson's Theo Putnam will both be promoted to regulars for the upcoming second season. (@seewhatsnext)
DUNCANVILLE (FOX) - Riki Lindhome has been tapped to join the upcoming animated series as Kimberly, "Duncan's (Amy Poehler) 12-year-old sister, awkward, emotional, she can hold grudges forever while waiting patiently for revenge." (Deadline.com)
GOOD DOCTOR, THE (ABC) - Executive producer Daniel Dae Kim has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, giving the company first crack at the output from his 3AD banner. (Deadline.com)
GOOD PEOPLE (Amazon) - Tasha Smith is the latest bound for the comedy pilot as Shar Johnson, "head of the campus health center. She and Hazel Miller (Whitney Cummings) are friends from when they went to college there. Shar is exasperated by PC culture and the focus on performative activism, instead of "real" problems such as police brutality and Flint not having clean water." (Deadline.com)
NANCY DREW (The CW) - Larry Teng, who helmed the pilot episode, has inked an overall deal with CBS Television Studios. The pact calls for him to serve as a co-executive producer and in-house director on the series. (Deadline.com)
SWAMP THING (DC Universe) - The streaming service has pulled the plug on the series less than a week into its debut. The series, which will continue to offer new installments on Fridays, was quietly rolled back from 13 to 10 episodes back in April. (Deadline.com)
TOKYO VICE (WarnerMedia OTT, New!) - Ansel Elgort is set to star in a 10-episode drama on the upcoming streaming service based on Jake Adelstein's non-fiction book of the same name. Writer J.T. Rogers (Oslo) and director Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12) are behind the project, which follows "Jake's (Elgort) daily descent into the neon soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing, and no one is truly what or who they seem. Elgort's Jake Adelstein is an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption." John Lesher, Emily Gerson Saines and Ansel Elgort will also executive produce for Endeavor Content. (Deadline.com)
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[11/27/20 - 05:38 AM]
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[11/26/20 - 08:31 AM]
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[11/26/20 - 06:01 AM]
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[11/25/20 - 12:13 PM]
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[11/25/20 - 12:06 PM]
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[11/25/20 - 10:47 AM]
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[11/25/20 - 10:31 AM]
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[11/25/20 - 10:08 AM]
Video: "On Pointe" - Official Trailer - Disney+
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[11/25/20 - 10:00 AM]
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[11/25/20 - 09:00 AM]
More Performers Announced for the One-Hour Concert Special "Play On: Celebrating The Power of Music to Make Change," on a New Date and Time, Tuesday, Dec. 15
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[11/25/20 - 08:12 AM]
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[11/25/20 - 08:00 AM]
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[11/25/20 - 06:33 AM]
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[11/24/20 - 11:25 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, November 24
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