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[06/21/21 - 11:06 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 21
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

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MANIFEST (NBC) - Netflix has opted not to order a fourth season of the series, effectively ending its efforts to find a new home following its cancellation by NBC. (Deadline.com)
MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, THE (Amazon) - Kayli Carter has boarded the upcoming fourth season in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com)
PICTIONARY (Syndication, New!) - Jerry O'Connell will host a new half-hour game show from CBS Media Ventures based on the popular Mattel game of the same name, due to launch July 12 on select Fox Television Stations. Said effort will follow the rules of at-home play of the game launched in 1985 with the grand prize winner will receiving a trip to an exotic destination. David Hurwitz, Noah Bonnett and Richard Brown are executive producing the four-week tryout with Mattel Television's Fred Soulie and Adam Bonnett co-executive producing. Alan Thicke hosted the previous 1997-98 syndicated incarnation with Brian Robbins hosting a kids version in 1989. (Deadline.com)
POWER BOOK II: GHOST (Starz) - Lahmard Tate will reprise his "Power" role of Kamaal Tate in the spin-off series while Paton Ashbrook's Jenny Sullivan, Berto Colon's Lorenzo Tejada and Alix Lapri's Effie Morales will return as regulars in season two. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED LAKERS PROJECT (HBO) - The ever-expanding cast of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers drama has tapped Mike Epps as Richard Pryor, "the prolific and boundary-breaking comedian who lived the Hollywood dream, sometimes in excess"; Carina Conti as Paula Abdul, then "just a high school student from the San Fernando Valley, moonlighting as the innovative choreographer for the Laker Girls"; Max E. Williams as Jack Nicholson, "icon, movie star... and one of the Lakers' biggest courtside fans"; and Mariama Diallo as legendary supermodel Iman, "wife of Laker Spencer Haywood [who] brought artistry to the runway and African beauty to the American masses." (Deadline.com)





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· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· MANIFEST (NETFLIX)
· MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, THE (AMAZON)
· PICTIONARY (SYNDICATION)
· POWER (STARZ)
· POWER BOOK II: GHOST (STARZ)
· WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY (HBO)





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