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[03/18/22 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 18
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!


CHANGELING, THE (Apple TV+) - Adina Porter and Clark Backo will star opposite LaKeith Stanfield in the streamer's Victor LaValle adaptation. Porter will play Lillian, "the mother of Apollo, played by Stanfield"; and Backo is Emmy, "Apollo's wife." (Deadline.com)
DANCING WITH MYSELF (NBC) - Nick Jonas has signed onto the dance competition series, replacing the previously announced Shaquille O'Neal. Said report indicates "the move comes as technical difficulties during rehearsals for the non-scripted show hit production, forcing producers to push things a few days." (Deadline.com)
EAST NEW YORK (CBS) - Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi are all bound for the Amanda Warren-led drama pilot. Hudson will play Marvin Sandeford, "who could have become a boss or a detective, but he never wanted to be anything but a street cop. He's very opinionated and given to quick, intractable judgments, but not without compassion. No one knows as much about East New York as he does." Kind then is Stan Yenko, "a captain who hides his loneliness and insecurity behind a gregarious demeanor and quest for camaraderie with everyone around him." Schley portrays Andre Bentley, "a patrol officer trainee from an upper middle-class background in Westchester. He was never supposed to become a cop, which was half the reason he became one." And Luccardi is Brandy Quinlan, "a patrol officer who had a working class upbringing until she ran away from an abusive home and lived on the street. She's a go-getter and driven to prove herself." (Deadline.com)
MANDALORIAN, THE (Disney+) - Christopher Lloyd has been tapped for a yet-to-be-revealed role on the upcoming third season. (THR.com)
NATIONAL PARKS (ABC) - The Alphabet has commissioned a pilot for a new incarnation of the drama project, which "revolves around the tangled, messy lives of the agents who work for the ISB - an elite law-enforcement unit responsible for solving all serious crimes that occur in our country's 81,000 square miles of protected land." Rashad Raisani penned the new take, succeeding original writers Kevin Costner, Aaron Helbing and Jon Baird and director Anthony Hemingway. A+E Studios' Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson remain on board to executive produce for 20th Television. (Deadline.com)
TRUE DETECTIVE (HBO) - Issa López is reportedly shepherding a fourth season of the anthology series, tentatively titled "True Detective: Night Country." López will write, direct and executive produce the Anonymous Content-based project alongside Barry Jenkins and his Pastel partners Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak. No plot specifics were given. It's understood Lucia Puenzo and Sam Levinson were also spearheading potential seasons. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED U2 PROJECT (Netflix, New!) - Oscar-nominee Anthony McCarten is spearheading a scripted series at the streamer about legendary rock band U2. Warner Bros. Television-Bad Robot Productions is behind the project with J.J. Abrams among the auspices. The band is expected to be involved with the project however no other details were given. (THR.com)
WALKER: INDEPENDENCE (The CW) - Katie Findlay is the latest addition to the prequel series pilot as Kate, "a burlesque dancer, who is in fact a federal agent, in town to investigate the secret workings of Independence, and she's got her sharply observant eye on the new sheriff in town." (Deadline.com)
WHITE LOTUS, THE (HBO) - The show's sophomore run has cast Sabrina Impacciatore as Valentina, "the manager of the White Lotus resort in Sicily"; with Beatrice Grannó as Mia and Simona Tabasco as Lucia, "two local gals who hang around the hotel." (Deadline.com)





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· CHANGELING, THE (APPLE TV PLUS)
· CRIMINAL NATURE (ABC)
· DANCING WITH MYSELF (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· EAST NEW YORK (CBS)
· MANDALORIAN, THE (DISNEY PLUS)
· NATIONAL PARKS (ABC)
· TRUE DETECTIVE (HBO)
· UNTITLED U2 PROJECT (NETFLIX)
· WALKER INDEPENDENCE (CW)
· WHITE LOTUS, THE (HBO)





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