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[11/29/21 - 11:12 PM]
Development Update: Monday, November 29
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!


ABANDONS, THE (Netflix, New!) - Kurt Sutter is developing a new drama at the streaming service set in the Old West about "the origins of La Cosa Nostra" and "how these Sicilian peasant families were being more than marginalized by the land barons and the aristocrats. These families banded together to defend themselves from these abusive land barons, and from that taking those matters into their own hands, La Cosa Nostra was born and became the authority and the law and the order of the land." (Deadline.com)
AHSOKA (Disney+) - Ivanna Sakhno has scored a role on the latest live-action "Star Wars" series. No details were given other than she'll be playing a newly created character. (Deadline.com)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (PBS) - The upcoming David Tennant-led adaptation of Jules Verne's novel is already go for a second season: "The second season will again see Phileas Fogg (Tennant) and his team take another perilous challenge to traverse the globe." (Deadline.com)
AUNTIES (NBC, New!) - Shantira Jackson has scored a put pilot commitment from the network for a potential comedy which "tells the story of what happens when a young woman goes back home and helps raise the women who raised her." Amber Ruffin, Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker and Jason Carden will also executive produce for the Universal Television-based Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions. (Deadline.com)
LAW & ORDER: SVU (NBC) - Donal Logue's Lt. Declan Murphy and Ari'el Stachel's Sgt. Hasim Khaldun will both return for an upcoming episode due in January. (TVLine.com)
PEN15 (Hulu) - The comedy series will end with the release of the second half of its second season this Friday, December 3. (NewYorker.com)
WHITSTABLE PEARL (Acorn TV) - The Julie Wassmer adaptation is slated to return for a six-episode second season: "Season two will see celebrity chef Nolan prioritize her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant." (Deadline.com)





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· ABANDONS, THE (NETFLIX)
· AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (PBS)
· AUNTIES (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (NBC)
· PEN15 (HULU)
· STAR WARS: AHSOKA (DISNEY PLUS)
· WHITSTABLE PEARL (ACORN TV)





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