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[06/16/22 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 16
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!
BAD MONKEY (Apple TV+) - John Ortiz is bound for the Vince Vaughn-led drama in another recasting. Ortiz will play Rogelio, "a good Key West police detective who comes to his best friend and ex-partner, Andrew Yancy, with a life-changing assignment. It further complicates things that Rogelio's husband is also Yancy's attorney." Arturo Luis Soria was previously cast in said role. (Deadline.com)
BIG D, THE (TBS) - The cable channel has pulled the plug on the dating competition series, weeks ahead of its July 7 premiere. The report indicates said decision was made as a $10 million "tax write-off" as part of the cost-cutting moves by parent Warner Bros. Discovery. "We're assessing our schedule to ensure we have the right content mix to support our network strategies. We are grateful to JoJo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers, and the executive producers of Big D for their partnership through the process," a T-Nets spokeswoman told the publication. (Deadline.com)
CHUCKY (Syfy/USA Network) - Gina Gershon and Joe Pantoliano will reunite with their "Bound" co-star Jennifer Tilly on an upcoming episode of the series. Sutton Stracke will also be featured on said installment. (EW.com)
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, A (Peacock) - Joe Chrest will recur on the limited series as Bishop Matthew Paulsen, "a local bishop in Pocatello, ID. He is an important authority figure in the Brobergs' life and plays a powerful role in the community. He believes in protecting members of his congregation and will make choices that he believes are righteous but later regrets." (Deadline.com)
GAME OF THRONES JON SNOW PROJECT (HBO, New!) - Kit Harington's Jon Snow is the latest target of a proposed "Game of Thrones" spin-off series. No specifics or auspices were given for the project other than it is in "early development" and Harington is attached to reprise the role. (THR.com)
HOME ECONOMICS (ABC) - Co-creators Michael Colton and John Aboud have signed an overall deal with the show's producer Lionsgate Television. (Deadline.com)
WE THOUGHT WE WERE DONE (NBC) - Donald Faison and Abigail Spencer will star opposite Jon Cryer in the multi-camera comedy pilot, which "centers on Jim (Cryer) and Julia (Spencer) who, after an amicable divorce, decide to continue to raise their two young kids at the family home while taking turns on who gets to stay with them. Navigating the waters of divorce and child-sharing gets hilariously more complicated for Jim when the owner of his favorite sports team (Faison) enters the picture and wins Julia's heart." Faison plays Trey, "owner of the Boston Celtics, a proud MIT grad and Julia's new fianceĢ." Spencer's Julia is "the successful owner of her own crisis management firm." (Deadline.com)
WHITES, THE (Showtime, New!) - Ethan Hawke is attached to star in a limited series at the network based on Richard Price's novel of the same name: "Every detective is haunted by their White Whale, the perpetrator who got away because the justice system failed. Billy Graves (Hawke), once a rising star in his department and former member of a group of well-respected cops called the "Wild Geese," walks away from NYPD Homicide and joins the Nightwatch division, where his cases end when he clocks out - but his past comes calling when a seemingly straightforward murder case involving a White Whale unfolds, threatening his career, enduring friendships, and family." Jez Butterworth is behind the project with T-Street's Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson and Nena Rodrigue; Under the Influence's Ethan Hawke and Ryan Hawke; and Price also executive producing for Civic Center Media and MRC Television. (Deadline.com)
WONDER MAN (A.K.A. UNTITLED DESTIN DANIEL CRETTON PROJECT) (Disney+) - "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" director Destin Daniel Cretton is set to team with writer Andrew Guest for a potential live-action Marvel Studios series about Wonder Man: "Known as Simon Williams, he was a founding member of the Los Angeles-based West Coast Avengers and, with a look that included a turtleneck, a red jacket and sunglasses, became a celebrity thanks to his day job as an actor and stuntman." No specifics about his MCU incarnation however were given. The duo will co-create the project and executive produce. (THR.com)
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[07/02/22 - 02:55 PM]
Video: "Reasonable Doubt" - First Look with Kerry Washington - Onyx Collective - Hulu
Executive producer and director Kerry Washington gives us a first look at Onyx Collective's new legal drama "Reasonable Doubt," premiering Tuesday, September 27, only on Hulu.
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[07/01/22 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Friday, July 1
Updates include: Paramount+ shutters third season of "Why Women Kill"; HBO cancels "The Time Traveler's Wife"; and Parisa Fakhri to recur on FX's "What We Do in the Shadows."
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[07/01/22 - 09:32 PM]
Video: "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure STONE OCEAN" - Official Trailer 3 - Netflix Anime
The legacy of the Joestar family continues with Jolyne as she and her companions take on new Stand users behind the bars of Green Dolphin Street Prison.
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[07/01/22 - 09:31 PM]
Video: "Record of Ragnarok II" - Official Teaser - Netflix Anime
This anime, based on the popular manga serialized in Monthly Comic Zenon and which has sold over 10 million copies, enters its second phase!
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[07/01/22 - 02:30 PM]
Raphael Saadiq Tapped as Executive Music Producer of "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur"
Based on Marvel's hit comic books, the Disney Branded Television series is slated to premiere in 2023 on Disney Channel and Disney+.
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[07/01/22 - 01:55 PM]
HBO Max Renews Adult Animated Series "Ten Year Old Tom" for a Second Season
The series is created, produced, directed and written by Steve Dildarian.
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[07/01/22 - 12:00 PM]
Syfy's "Resident Alien" Season 2 Is Back!
Season two resumes Wednesday, August 10 at 10:00/9:00c on the cable channel.
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[07/01/22 - 10:04 AM]
Peacock Adds David Arquette and Elizabeth Marvel to Recurring Cast of Highly Anticipated Drama Series, "Mrs. Davis," from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof
Betty Gilpin and Jake McDorman to star alongside Andy McQueen, Ben Chaplin and Margo Martindale in the series.
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[07/01/22 - 08:01 AM]
"60 Days In" Returns for a New Season Followed by New Series "Inmate to Roommate" on Thursday, August 18 on A&E
New groundbreaking documentary series, "Inmate to Roommate," follows recently released inmates as they re-enter society and move in with everyday people who are welcoming them into their homes.
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[07/01/22 - 07:02 AM]
"Star Trek: Prodigy" Beams to Nickelodeon Friday, July 8
Episodes will continue to debut Fridays on Nickelodeon through August 5.
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[07/01/22 - 06:50 AM]
ESPN's Second Quarter Up 22% in Prime Time, Best Since 2014
For the overall audience (P2+), ESPN was up 4% to an average of 612,000, a high-water mark for the network since 2016.
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[07/01/22 - 06:31 AM]
Peacock's "The Best Man: The Final Chapters" - New Imagery
Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long and Harold Perrineau star in the series, based on the film franchise of the same name.
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[07/01/22 - 06:01 AM]
A First Look at Season 2 of "Young Royals" - Coming to Netflix in November
A winter break has passed and Prince Wilhelm and the rest of his classmates are back at Hillerska.
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[06/30/22 - 11:12 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 30
Updates include: NBC revives "Magnum P.I." with two-season order; FOX pulls the plug on "Duncanville" after three seasons; and The CW cancels newcomer "Tom Swift."
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[06/30/22 - 05:01 PM]
Video: "Remarriage & Desires" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Through an exclusive matchmaking agency that caters to the ultrarich, a divorcee plots revenge against her ex-husband's scheming mistress.
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