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[11/30/22 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, November 30
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!
BOB (HEARTS) ABISHOLA/CALL ME KAT (CBS/FOX) - HBO Max has landed streaming rights to both series from Warner Bros. Television. Look for seasons 1-3 of the former on December 9 while seasons 1-2 of the latter are due on December 10. (Deadline.com)
ELIZA STARTS A RUMOR (NBC, New!) - Wendy Straker Hauser has sold a small screen take on Jane L. Rosen's novel to the network, which "will follow a group of women in small-town Hudson Valley who are affected by an anonymous rumor on a mommy blog about an affair." Dana Honor and Liz Astrof are also on board to executive produce for the Universal Television-based Defining Eve Productions with Rosen serving as a consulting producer. (Deadline.com)
GENIUS: MLK/X (Disney+) - The anthology's fourth installment has cast Ron Cephas Jones as Elijah Muhammad, "the leader of the Nation of Islam"; Gary Carr as Clyde X, "an official at Temple Number 7 in Harlem and Elijah Muhammad's trusted confidant"; and Hubert Point-Du Jour as Ralph Abernathy, "a Baptist minister and Civil Rights leader in the sixties," all regulars with Lennie James recurring as Dr. Michael King; LisaGay Hamilton as Alberta King; Ashley Romans as Ella Mae; Donal Logue as Strom Thurmond; and Griffin Matthews as Bayard Rustin. (Deadline.com)
ST. MARKS (CBS, New!) - David Marshall Grant and Megan King Kelly are set to team for a new drama at the Eye in which "a Muslim Chaplain reeling from a crisis of faith and a science-focused elite surgeon lead a team of doctors and hospital chaplains in their attempts to heal the bodies and souls of the people of Minneapolis." Nina Tassler, Denise Di Novi and Joan Boorstein of PatMa Productions will also executive produce for CBS Studios. (Deadline.com)
TULSA KING (Paramount+) - The streamer has ordered a second season of the Sylvester Stallone-led drama just three episodes into its freshman run. (Deadline.com)
ZERO DAY (Netflix, New!) - Robert De Niro is attached to star in and executive produce a limited series at the streamer billed as "a political thriller in which De Niro would play a former U.S. President." Eric Newman and Noah Oppenheim are behind the project with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Schmidt also contributing to the story. Jonathan Glickman will also executive produce for Panoramic Media and Grand Electric. (Variety.com)
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[04/19/24 - 07:04 AM]
Video: Prime Video Releases Official Trailer for "Maxton Hall - The World Between Us"
Produced by UFA Fiction, the German series tells the modern love story of James Beaufort and Ruby Bell, an upper-class boy and a working-class girl in a world of glamor, prestige, secrets, and drama.
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[04/19/24 - 06:45 AM]
ESPN Delivered Top Two Most-Watched SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament Eastern Conference Games Ever on April 17
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[04/19/24 - 06:00 AM]
Video: "Welcome to Wrexham" - Season 3 Official Trailer - FX
The Emmy award-winning series returns May 2 on FX.
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[04/18/24 - 05:01 PM]
Video: First Look at Season 2 of "Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars" Premiering Wednesday, May 22, on FOX
Gordon Ramsay and Lisa Vanderpump each bring their expert knowledge and unique leadership styles to the second season of the competition series.
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[04/18/24 - 04:09 PM]
"Fallout" Has a Blast of a Debut: Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films' Hit Series to Return for Season Two
In its first four days, the high-octane fueled series has become a hit with its global audience, ranking among the service's top three most-watched titles ever and the most-watched season globally since "Rings of Power."
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[04/18/24 - 04:01 PM]
Netflix Announces Production of "Last Samurai Standing": An Epic Battle Royale for Survival in Historic Japan
Based on the novel "Ikusagami" by Shogo Imamura, winner of the 166th Naoki Prize in 2021, the series features the multi-talented Junichi Okada in the lead role.
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[04/18/24 - 01:31 PM]
"Call Me Country: Beyonce & Nashville's Renaissance" from CNN FlashDocs Comes to Max April 26
As Beyoncé recently became the first Black woman to ever top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, a larger conversation about what defines country music has exploded into the zeitgeist.
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[04/18/24 - 11:59 AM]
Starz Releases First-Look Photos for the Highly Anticipated Fourth and Final Season of "Power Book II: Ghost"
Additionally, Golden Brooks will join the upcoming season in a recurring role as Janet Stewart, Monet Tejada's cousin.
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[04/18/24 - 11:33 AM]
New TLC Medical Series "Botched Bariatrics" Premiering on Wednesday, May 15th
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[04/18/24 - 11:09 AM]
Lifetime Extends Relationship with Garcelle Beauvais
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[04/18/24 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Renews Critically Acclaimed Hit "Elsbeth" for Second Season
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[04/18/24 - 10:11 AM]
ABC's "9-1-1" 100th Episode Propels Series to No. 1 Drama in Primetime in Adults 18-49
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[04/18/24 - 10:00 AM]
HBO Original Comedy Special "Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die" Debuts May 11
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[04/18/24 - 09:31 AM]
Video: Paramount+ with Showtime Releases the Official Trailer and Key Art for "The Chi"
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[04/18/24 - 09:07 AM]
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