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[09/30/21 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, September 30
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!
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER (Epix, New!) - Director Lysa Heslov is developing a true crime documentary series at the network, "which recounts the horrific events of 2015 that led to the brutal murder of 46-year-old Dr. Teresa Sievers, when she returned home after a family trip. Sievers' husband Mark, his best friend Curtis Wayne Wright and Jimmy "The Hammer" Rogers, co-conspirators, would later be charged with her murder." Pop Smoke Productions' Heslov will likewise executive produce for wiip alongside Smokehouse Pictures' George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Kerry Foster. (Deadline.com)
COERCION (Showtime) - Tyrone Marshall Brown has been cast in the drama pilot as Dawson, "a young special agent with the FBI who is tasked with doing something about the prostitution problem in Vegas." (Deadline.com)
GASLIT (Starz) - Sean Penn has reached a compromise with Universal Content Productions to return to work following demands the entire crew by vaccinated from COVID-19. Said report notes that the "entire crew he is working with today is vaccinated." (Deadline.com)
MONARCH (FOX) - Faith Prince is the latest set to recur on the newcomer as Nellie Cantrell, "Dottie's trouble-loving younger sister. Per the character description: All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't make Nellie look 35 again, but she pulls off sexy." (Deadline.com)
SOVEREIGN (NBC) - Co-executive producer Bird Runningwater has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. (Deadline.com)
TRUE LIES (CBS) - Ginger Gonzaga, Omar Miller, Erica Hernandez and Mike O'Gorman have all joined the Steve Howey-led featured-turned-TV series pilot. Gonzaga will play Helen, "Harry's (Howey) supportive wife, mother of two teenage kids and a linguistics professor who is getting annoyed by Harry's constant business trips away from home. Increasingly angered, she feels as if she's been robbed of the life she once envisioned for herself. Thrilled when Harry invites her along for a trip to Paris, Helen is in for a rude shock when she sees a very different side to her husband." Miller then is Gib, "the logistics guy for the group"; with Hernandez as Maria, "another of the operatives working with Harry"; and O'Gorman as Luther, "also posing as a computer salesman, O'Gorman is an undercover operative who works with Harry at the Omega Sector." (Deadline.com)
WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, THE (Syndication) - The show's 13th season premiere has been pushed again, this time from October 4 to October 18. (@wendyshow)
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[10/22/21 - 01:44 PM]
Season Five of Hallmark Channel's "Chesapeake Shores" Wraps Up as #1 Scripted Series on Cable
The finale episode propelled the network to be the #1 most-watched network in Weekend Total Day among Women 18+, averaging 2.1 million Total Viewers and 226,000 Women 25-54.
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[10/22/21 - 12:08 PM]
discovery+ and ID Highlights - Weeks of November 8 and November 15
New discovery+ originals include "Unraveled: Experts on Trial" and "Undercover Underage."
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[10/22/21 - 11:30 AM]
YouTube Originals to Premiere Critically Acclaimed Documentary "Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers" November 11 on Tom Petty's YouTube Channel
The uplifting 89-minute documentary was directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Wharton and first debuted in March as an Official SXSW 2021 Selection, winning the festival's Audience Award.
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[10/22/21 - 10:37 AM]
The Year That Can Change Everything: Dive Into a New Season of "Gold Rush: White Water"
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[10/22/21 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Prayers for the Stolen" ("Noche De Fuego") - Official Trailer - Netflix
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[10/22/21 - 08:01 AM]
British Psychological Thriller "Hollington Drive" Debuts in the US Exclusively on Sundance Now
New episodes are set to debut weekly with the finale premiering Thursday, December 9.
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[10/22/21 - 08:00 AM]
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Welcomes Back Bruce Springsteen for an Interview and Solo Performance on Monday, Oct. 25
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[10/22/21 - 07:40 AM]
Video: Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+ Release Trailer for "A Discovery of Witches," Season 3
Premiering in January 2022 on all three platforms in the U.S., the epic conclusion of the acclaimed saga finds Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind.
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[10/22/21 - 07:02 AM]
Video: "Extinct" Trailer - Netflix Futures
Two cute, fuzzy creatures accidentally time-travel to the future... where they're extinct!
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[10/22/21 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "The Summit of the Gods" - Official Trailer - Netflix
A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
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[10/22/21 - 07:00 AM]
Starz Watergate Drama "Gaslit" Casts Guest Stars
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[10/22/21 - 06:00 AM]
Video: In Celebration of Jeff Goldblum's Birthday, Disney+ Releases the Official Trailer and Key Art for the Second Season Of "The World According to Jeff Goldblum"
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[10/21/21 - 05:01 PM]
Video: "Super Crooks" - Official Trailer - Netflix
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[10/21/21 - 03:30 PM]
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[10/21/21 - 02:17 PM]
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