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[07/14/22 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 14
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!
ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING (The CW) - Marqui Jackson has been promoted to executive producer and co-showrunner for the upcoming second season of the series. (Deadline.com)
EVIL BY DESIGN: EXPOSING PETER NYGARD (Starz, New!) - The network has landed a three-part documentary series from Blue Ant Studios "that exposes decades of sexual assault allegations against the international fashion mogul." The project, which "shines a spotlight on the stories of abuse by numerous women, and how Nygård's influence silenced them for decades," will premiere Friday, August 12 at 9:00/8:00c. Sarah Sharkey Pearce, Alison Duke, Timothy Sawa, Jennifer Harkness, Laura Michalchyshyn and Sam Sniderman are the executive producers, Kim Creelman the producer, and Deborah Wainwright the director. (Variety.com)
FBI: INTERNATIONAL (CBS) - Eva-Jane Willis has joined the cast of the series as Megan "Smitty" Garretson, "a street-wise Europol agent with an extensive undercover background who is embedded with The Fly Team and liaises with each host country they inhabit." Her character is designed to help fill the void of departing series lead Christine Paul. (Deadline.com)
GAME PLAN WITH SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, THE (TNT) - Michael D. Ratner's OBB Media has struck a multi-year development deal with Walt Disney Television Alternative. The non-exclusive pact "will focus on creating documentaries, docu-series, original specials and unscripted formats across Disney platforms." (Deadline.com)
INSIDE THE BLACK BOX (Crackle) - Debbie Allen, Wendell Pierce, Jeffrey Wright, Malik Yoba and Naturi Naughton are among those set to be featured on the show's second season. Filming on the series begins next week in New York. (Variety.com)
MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN (Paramount+) - Nishi Munshi's Tracy McLusky has been promoted to series regular in advance of the show's second season. (Deadline.com)
RAPCAVIAR PRESENTS (Hulu, New!) - The streamer has ordered an eight-episode documentary series due later this year that will "tackle some of today's most provocative issues through stories of the hip hop visionaries currently ruling the charts and influencing our culture." Karam Gill, Steve Rivo, Carl Chery, Liz Gateley, Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman are the executive producers for Spotify and The Intellectual Property Corporation with Av Accius and Marcus A. Clarke serving as co-executive producers and Gill, Keith McQuirter, Peter J. Scalettar, Farah X and Mandon Lovett directing. (Deadline.com)
RESIDENT, THE (FOX) - Kaley Ronayne's Cade Sullivan is the latest to be named regular for the series' sixth season. (Deadline.com)
SUNNY (Apple TV+) - Hidetoshi Nishijima is set to star opposite Rashida Jones in the comedy series as Masa Sakamoto, "Suzie's husband, and a brilliant roboticist." (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED ROSS BRAWN PROJECT (Disney+, New!) - Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn will reportedly be the focus of a four-part documentary series from North One Television at the streaming service. Brawn "bought the Honda team in 2009, renamed it Brawn GP and took it to two unprecedented championship victories." Keanu Reeves, Luca di Montezemolo, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello are also among the featured auspices. (Variety.com)
UPTOWN BODEGA (HBO Max, New!) - Oz Rodriguez and Lemon Andersen are developing an adult animation comedy series at the streamer which "centers on Tati Cruz who has inherited her father's old Bodega and vows to keep the business booming in a fast-changing Nueva York with the help of her husband, three kids, and Rocky the bodega cat." Peter Murrieta and Greg Walter will also executive produce for 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television. (Deadline.com)
WARRIOR (Paramount+, New!) - Gavin O'Connor is developing a 10-episode series inspired by his 2011 film at the streaming service, with "retired two-time UFC champion Daniel Cormier and Gina Rodriguez to play two of the four main combatants culminating in mixed martial arts matches." The feature starred Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. O'Connor is spearheading the project alongside Adair Cole and its expected to helm all 10 episodes. (Deadline.com)
YOUR HONOR (Showtime) - Rosie Perez will recur on the upcoming season as Olivia Delmont, "a charismatic assistant U.S Attorney who must manipulate and motivate an unwilling asset in order to bring down a crime organization in New Orleans." (Deadline.com)
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