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[01/21/21 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, January 21
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!


MAGPIE MURDERS (PBS) - Lesley Manville is set to topline the six-part series as Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway's latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life. (Deadline.com)
TALES OF DUNK AND EGG (HBO, New!) - The pay channel is reportedly developing another "Game of Thrones" prequel, this time based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy novellas. The potential series would "follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and a young Aegon V Targaryen (Egg) 90 years prior to the events of "A Song of Ice and Fire."" No writer is currently attached. (Variety.com)
URI AND ELLA (HBO Max, New!) - The streamer has landed the U.S. rights to Yoav Gross Productions' 11-episode Israeli series, billed as "an unconventional romantic comedy-drama about loss, madness, rich-people problems and the one form of love that is truly unconditional - the love between a father and his daughter." Shlomo Baraba (Uri) and Dina Senderson (Ella) play the title roles in the project, which also stars Pablo Rosenberg (Zuki), Liron Vaisman (Kineret), Gal Toren (Shmulik) and Abigail Kovari (Zohar). Senderson also created the series, due this spring, alongside Ofer Seker and Yuval Shafferman, who directed all 11 episodes. (Deadline.com)
YEAR OF THE RABBIT (IFC) - Channel 4 has rescinded its commitment to a second season of the series "after the coronavirus pandemic forced the British broadcaster into £150M ($205M) of content cuts." Producer Objective Media Group is "on the hunt for a new partner for the comedy." (Deadline.com)
YOUNG LORDS, THE (Apple TV+, New!) - Jaquén Castellanos is developing a limited series at the streaming service about the civil rights organization. Plan B and Carmelo Anthony are also among the executive producers. No other specifics were given. Castellanos recently signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios where she'll develop new series projects for the company. (Deadline.com)





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· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
· KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, A (HBO)
· MAGPIE MURDERS (PBS)
· URI AND ELLA (HBO MAX)
· YEAR OF THE RABBIT (IFC)
· YOUNG LORDS, THE (APPLE TV PLUS)





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