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[01/30/23 - 11:09 PM]
Development Update: Monday, January 30
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

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

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AMERICAN GIGOLO/LET THE RIGHT ONE IN/THREE WOMEN (Showtime) - The pay channel has canceled all three series following the news that Showtime will be integrated into Paramount+ later this year. "American Gigolo" and "Let the Right One In" both recently wrapped their freshman runs and will be pulled from Showtime's streaming service. "Three Women" has been completed but has yet to air. All three will presumably be shopped elsewhere by their producers. (Deadline.com)
AMERICAN RUST/END, THE/KIDDING/ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA/SUPER PUMPED/WAKEFIELD (Showtime) - The six aforementioned titles are slated to be removed from the pay channel's streaming service in the wake of today's announcement of Showtime being integrated into Paramount+ later this year. "American Rust" was previously renewed for a second season by Amazon Freevee back in June. It's not clear how said move is related to the future of "Super Pumped," which was renewed for a second season back in February 2022. (THR.com)
ANIMAL CONTROL (FOX) - Maria Gabriela de Faría will recur on the newcomer as Camila, "the long-distance girlfriend of Shred (Michael Rowland), the former pro snowboarder and now rookie animal control worker assigned to work with Frank (Joel McHale)." (Variety.com)
BRIDGERTON (Netflix) - Phoebe Dynevor's Daphne Basset will exit the series following the upcoming third season. (Deadline.com)
KINDRED (FX on Hulu) - The streamer has nixed its Octavia E. Butler series adaptation after one season. FX Productions will shop the project elsewhere. (THR.com)
MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, THE (Disney+) - Executive producer Phil Hay took to social media on Saturday with the news the series has been canceled after two seasons. (@phillycarly)
REBOOT (Hulu) - The single-camera comedy starring Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville and Judy Greer will not return for a second season. Producer 20th Television hopes to shop the project to other outlets. (Deadline.com)





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· AMERICAN GIGOLO (SHOWTIME)
· AMERICAN RUST (AMAZON)
· ANIMAL CONTROL (FOX)
· BRIDGERTON (NETFLIX)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· END, THE (SHOWTIME)
· KIDDING (SHOWTIME)
· KINDRED (FX ON HULU)
· LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (SHOWTIME)
· MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, THE (DISNEY PLUS)
· ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA (SHOWTIME)
· REBOOT (HULU)
· SUPER PUMPED (SHOWTIME)
· THREE WOMEN (STARZ)
· WAKEFIELD (SHOWTIME)





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