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[07/18/22 - 11:40 PM]
Development Update: Monday, July 18
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

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BIG SKY (ABC) - J. Anthony Pena's Poppernak is the latest to be named regular for the show's third season. Additionally, Luke Mitchell will recur as Cormac, "backcountry outfitter Sunny Barnes' charming son"; Seth Gabel as Walter, "a recluse who lives in a cabin in the Montana wilderness"; Henry Ian Cusick as Avery, "a well-meaning, successful tech entrepreneur who books himself and his stepdaughter Emily on Barnes' camping trip"; Anirudh Pisharody as Luke, "a city slicker whose girlfriend Paige dragged him onto Sunny Day Excursions for his birthday"; and Madalyn Horcher as Paige, "a New Yorker and Luke's girlfriend who booked them both on Sunny's camping trip." (Deadline.com)
BUCCANEERS, THE (Apple TV+) - Christina Hendricks has been cast as Mrs. St. George in the Edith Wharton adaptation, "the mother of buccaneers Nan and Jinny, played by [Kristine] Froseth and [Imogen] Waterhouse respectively. As a girl she was the belle of the ball herself, before she even dreamt of having money. Then when her husband struck gold on Wall Street, she found herself wealthy beyond her wildest dreams but in real danger of being the kind of social-climbing outsider that used to bemuse her. Above all else, she wants her daughters to be happy, but soon they'll discover that marriage might not be the key to that happiness - for any of them." (Deadline.com)
DRIVER, THE (AMC) - Zackary Momoh has been cast in the six-part series, which "stars Giancarlo Esposito as a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to chauffeur a New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster, played by Momoh, and a man notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at U.S. southern ports." (THR.com)
FBI: MOST WANTED (CBS) - Edwin Hodge has joined the cast of the new season: "Ray Cannon transferred to Remy Scott's (Dylan McDermott) team from the FBI's Violent Crimes office in Albany. He started his career in New Orleans as a cop-turned-junior detective, then graduated at the top of his class at Quantico last year, following in his retired FBI agent father's footsteps." (Deadline.com)
KILLING IT/MY GLORY WAS I HAD SUCH FRIENDS/PRESUMED INNOCENT/RAP SH!T/RESIDENCE, THE/STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW/SYMPATHIZER, THE (Various) - The seven aforementioned series were among the recipients of the California Film Commission's annual tax incentives designed to help service the local economy. (Deadline.com)
WHITE LOTUS, THE (HBO) - Original cast member Jon Gries, who plays Greg, is the latest confirmed to be returning for the anthology's second season. (Deadline.com)





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· BIG SKY (ABC)
· BUCCANEERS, THE (APPLE TV PLUS)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· FBI: MOST WANTED (CBS)
· KILLING IT (PEACOCK)
· MY GLORY WAS I HAD SUCH FRIENDS (APPLE TV PLUS)
· PARISH (AMC)
· PRESUMED INNOCENT (APPLE TV PLUS)
· RAP SH!T (MAX)
· RESIDENCE, THE (NETFLIX)
· STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW (DISNEY PLUS)
· SYMPATHIZER, THE (HBO)
· WHITE LOTUS, THE (HBO)





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