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[04/04/23 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 4
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!
BOBBY MERITORIOUS (Paramount+, New!) - Robert De Niro is attached to star in a proposed drama at the streamer "set amid the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope. But now an informant in SDNY's biggest case, Avery "The Sage" Accomando, played by De Niro, is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious. The battle between these two giants is a fight for justice itself." Billy Ray is penning the project for Paramount Television Studios and Tribeca Productions with both executive producing alongside, Jane Rosenthal, Berry Welsh, Peter Gethers and Preet Bharara, author of the book "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law." (Deadline.com)
CLANS OF THE ALPHANE MOON (Amazon, New!) - Amazon Studios is looking to bring the Philip K. Dick novel to the small screen with Electric Shepherd Productions and Patrick Moran Productions. The project is described as a "a subversive, genre-bending, sci-fi comedy about desperately trying to escape, and ultimately having to embrace our flaws, told through the prism of a Latinx family en route to a new, faraway moon." Patrick Moran, John Leguizamo, Isa Dick Hakcett and Bradley Kaplan are the executive producers. No writer was specified. (Variety.com)
CRUEL INTENTIONS (Freevee) - The streamer has given an eight-episode order to its long-in-the-works TV adaptation of the 1999 film: "Set in Washington, D.C., the series follows two ruthless step-siblings who will do anything to stay at the top of the Greek Life hierarchy at their elite college. When a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Panhellenic system, they'll do whatever is necessary to preserve their power and reputations... including seducing the daughter of the U.S. vice president." Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman had been tapped to pen the pilot for the then IMDb TV (and Amazon may be the ultimate home) with Neal H. Moritz also among the executive producers. Production begins later this month in Toronto. (TVine.com)
HOTEL COCAINE (MGM+) - Mark Feuerstein will round out the cast of the upcoming drama as Burton Greenberg, "the owner of the Mutiny Hotel, the "Studio 54" of Miami. He's a fun-loving hedonist whose spiritual journey will lead him into the heart of Miami's drug wars." (Deadline.com)
KOREATOWN (Amazon, New!) - Gene Hong has sold a new drama to Amazon Studios which "centers on two Korean-American brothers - a savvy nightclub owner and a recovering addict - who must put aside their complicated past and run a drug operation in order to keep their dying mother alive." Alan Yang is also on board to executive produce for Universal Television. (Deadline.com)
L WORD, THE: GENERATION Q (Showtime) - The recently canceled drama has likewise been removed from Showtime's streaming service and the Showtime Anytime app. (Deadline.com)
MR. THROWBACK (NBC, New!) - NBA legend Steph Curry is set to star alongside Adam Pally in a proposed mockumentary comedy series at the network about "a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer looking for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry." David Caspe, Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman are penning the project for Universal Television and Unanimous Media with Pally, Curry and Erick Peyton likewise executive producing. (Deadline.com)
NON-EVIL TWIN (NBC) - The Amber Ruffin-led multi-camera comedy pilot has cast Dexter Darden as Marcus, "a contemporary nerd and tech developer for exercise equipment"; Chloe Bridges as Robin, "the CEO of Dandee Sports Apparel and Angie's (Ruffin) corporate nemesis"; and Robert Buckley as Samson, "Angie's not-so-bright lawyer who, in addition to providing legal counsel, provides Angie with anything she needs... be it copious amounts of rosé or sex." (Deadline.com)
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