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[07/23/20 - 11:38 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 23
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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CHASE, THE (ABC, New!) - Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter are in talks to star in a new domestic take on the British series, which "sees contestants competing against a professional quizzer, known as the Chaser, whose aim is to prevent the contestants from winning a cash prize. The contestants must answer general-knowledge questions in a series of cash-builder and head-to-head rounds before trying to win a cash prize in the final chase." GSN most recently adapted the format in 2013. ITV Entertainment is producing. (Deadline.com)
CHUCKY (Syfy) - Brad Dourif will reprise his role as the voice of the titular murderous doll on the upcoming film-turned-drama series. (Deadline.com)
EMPIRE (FOX) - Co-star Taraji P. Henson has signed a first-look deal with producer 20th Century Fox Television. The pact gives the studio first crack at her and Christine Conley's newly launched banner TPH Entertainment's output. Already in the works is a spin-off series focused on her Cookie Lyon character. Danny Strong, Stacy A. Littlejohn and Yolonda Lawrence are set to pen the pilot script with Sanaa Hamri attached to direct with said group executive producing alongside Lee Daniels, Brian Grazer and Samie Falvey. (Deadline.com)
HIS DARK MATERIALS (HBO) - The show's second season will be seven episodes after filming on a planned eighth installment - a standalone story starring James McAvoy as Lord Asriel - was derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is set to voice the dæmon of Andrew Scott's Colonel John Parry while Terence Stamp, Jade Anouka and Simone Kirby have booked on-camera roles. Stamp will play Giacomo Paradisi, "the bearer of the Subtle Knife who lives in the Torre de Angeli (Tower of the Angels) in Cittàgazze"; with Anouka as witch queen Ruta Skadi, "who joins forces with Serafina Pekkala against the Magisterium"; and Kirby as Mary Malone, "the head of a Dark Matter Research Team at an Oxford University in our world." (Deadline.com)
LA JAURÍA (Amazon) - The Spanish-language thriller has received a second season order from the streaming service. (Deadline.com)
PANTHEON (AMC) - Taylor Schilling, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aaron Eckhart and Paul Dano are the first to be cast in the one-hour animated drama, based on a series of short stories by Ken Liu about Uploaded Intelligence, or, human consciousness uploaded to the "cloud." Their roles however were not specified. (Deadline.com)
POWER BOOK II: GHOST (Starz) - Shalim Ortiz will recur on the upcoming spin-off series as Danilo Ramirez, "an NYPD officer stationed in the Tejadas' backyard of Queens, NY. Ramirez will find himself torn between the duties of his badge and duty to the ones he loves." (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED ALLEN & PARR PROJECT (Hulu, New!) - Tom Allen and J.T. Parr have set up a potential animated series at the streaming service about "two perpetually stoked surfer bros born ahead of their time try to navigate teenage life in Ancient Greece while showing their Greek God dads that there is more than one way to be a legend." 20th Century Fox Television and 3 Arts Entertainment are behind the project with John Chernin, Dave Chernin, Nicholas Frenkel, Luke Dillon, Luke Maxwell and Trevor Rotenberg also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED BRYAN CALLEN/CHRIS D'ELIA PROJECT (Netflix, New!) - A streaming service will not proceed with a proposed prank show featuring Bryan Callen and Chris D'Elia after the latter comedian was "accused of sexual impropriety by multiple women." The project was "to focus on the relationship between the two comics and their affinity for pulling high jinks." (LATimes.com)
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[04/30/25 - 11:05 AM]
ABC Announces Summer 2025 Premiere Dates
Kicking off the summer, the 10th season of "Bachelor in Paradise" begins Monday, July 7, featuring cast members from across the franchise including Goldens joining the beach for the first time.
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[04/30/25 - 11:03 AM]
"American Idol" Rocks the House with More Back-to-Back Wins
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[04/30/25 - 10:00 AM]
Video: Trailer And Key Art Debut - "Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Special"
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[04/30/25 - 09:34 AM]
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"BBQ Brawl: Flay V. Chauhan V. Lofaso" kicks off all the action on Sunday, June 1 at 9pm ET/PT.
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[04/30/25 - 09:31 AM]
Video: "Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders" - Official Trailer - Netflix
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[04/30/25 - 09:31 AM]
Palm Trees, Power Moves and Plenty of Shade Hit the 305 as Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Miami" Returns Wednesday, June 11 at 9 P.M. ET/PT
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[04/30/25 - 09:01 AM]
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"Mating Season" will debut on Netflix in 2026 and is set in the animal world starring a cast of bears, raccoons, deer, foxes and a host of other horny, lovable forest critters, as they navigate love, sexual relationships and the universal need to hook up and find a partner.
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[04/30/25 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Trailer and Key Art Debut - Hulu Original Movie "Summer of 69"
An awkward high school senior hires an exotic dancer to help seduce her longtime crush before graduation, leading to unexpected friendship and lessons in self-confidence, acceptance and adulthood.
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[04/30/25 - 08:59 AM]
The History Channel's Hit Survival Series "Alone" Heads to Africa for the First Time in Epic Season Twelve Premiering on Thursday June 12 at 9PM ET/PT
For the first time on "Alone," 10 new survivalists navigate the rugged and unforgiving Great Karoo Desert and face off against exotic animals including warthogs, scorpions, venomous snakes, baboons, Cape buffalo, wildebeest and more.
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[04/30/25 - 08:01 AM]
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[04/30/25 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Bad Thoughts" - Official Trailer - Netflix
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[04/30/25 - 08:01 AM]
Video: Prime Video Debuts Official Trailer and Key Art for "The Better Sister"
All eight episodes of the highly anticipated limited series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios) will premiere on Thursday, May 29 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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[04/30/25 - 07:44 AM]
New Warm Dramedy "Chaos" Makes Exclusive US Debut Thursday, May 22, 2025 on Viaplay
With the backdrop of a dysfunctional morning show facing dwindling ratings, "Chaos" follows the chaotic life and modern love story of Lise Jensen, Denmark's morning TV star anchor.
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[04/30/25 - 07:07 AM]
Peacock Exclusively Streams DreamWorks Animation's "Dog Man" Beginning May 30
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[04/30/25 - 07:03 AM]
The FX, Hulu and Disney+ Global Hit Drama Series "Shogun" Is Scheduled to Begin Production of Season Two in January in Vancouver
Part two is set 10 years after the events of the first season and continues the historically-inspired saga of these two men from different worlds whose fates are inextricably entwined.
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