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[02/06/26 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Week of February 2-6
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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ALIX EARLE UNSCRIPTED SERIES (Netflix) - Executive producer David Grutman has signed an overall deal with Wheelhouse Entertainment to develop new series projects via his DGN Studios banner. (Deadline.com, 2/3)
BALDUR'S GATE (HBO, New!) - Craig Mazin is looking to bring Wizards of the Coast's video game franchise, which is set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, to television. He'll pen the project, billed as a "continuation to the games, telling a story that takes place immediately after the events of Baldur's Gate 3, as the characters - old and new - are dealing with the ramifications of the events in the third game." Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O'Connor, and Gabriel Marano will also executive produce for Hasbro Entertainment with Chris Perkins as a consultant. (Deadline.com, 2/5)
BLOOD TIES (FOX, New!) - Tom Szentgyorgyi is behind a proposed drama at the network. No details were given about the project other than it is considered to be one of two frontrunners likely to go to series. (Deadline.com, 2/2)
BRILLIANT MINDS/VOICE, THE (NBC) - The network has pushed the six remaining episodes of "Brilliant Minds" to later this season or in the summer. In its place on Mondays, NBC will air expanded two-hour episodes of the upcoming 29th season of "The Voice." (Deadline.com, 2/4)
CROSSROADS (Netflix, New!) - Jeremy Strong is attached to star in a series adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel at the streaming service: "A Midwestern pastor and his family see their lives unravel after a church scandal sends each of them chasing desire and freedom in different directions, in this darkly funny, epic American family drama set in the early 1970s." Amy Herzog is behind the project with Franzen, Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer also executive producing for Media Res. (Variety.com, 2/5)
DAY OF THE JACKAL, THE (Peacock) - Weruche Opia and Pablo Schreiber have both joined the cast of the show's second season in yet-to-be-revealed roles. (Deadline.com, 2/6)
DEAR DEBBIE (Amazon) - Ildy Modrovich will spearhead the Freida McFadden adaptation at Amazon MGM Studios. McFadden and Gina Girolamo also executive produce for Strega Stories. (Deadline.com, 2/3)
ELSBETH (CBS) - Mark Linn-Baker, Joanna Gleason, and Didi Conn will guest on the show's 16th episode this season alongside the previously announced Griffin Dunne. Linn-Baker will play Barney Corman, "a bookstore owner and literary critic who grew up in the same hometown as famed novelist Elliott Pope (Dunne)"; with Conn as Beverly Corman, "Barney's wife turned widow, who is determined to get justice for her late husband"; and Gleason as Maura Davidoff, "Elliott Bishop's brilliant first wife, who wrote her own tell-all about her marriage to a literary legend." (Deadline.com, 2/2)
ERAGON (Disney+) - Todd Harthan, Todd Helbing, and Marc Webb have all signed onto the YA book series adaptation from Christopher Paolini, which has opened a writers' room. Harthan will co-create the series with Paolini, with Harthan and Todd Helbing set as co-showrunners. Webb will also executive produce alongside Bert Salke and Rachel Moore for Co-Lab 21 and 20th Television. (Deadline.com, 2/4)
FLOOR, THE (FOX) - The network has quietly renewed the Rob Lowe-hosted game show for two more seasons, taking it through its seventh season. (@strikegeist, 2/6)
GEORGIE & MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE (CBS) - The show's 18th installment this season will feature appearances by "Young Sheldom" alums Lance Barber (George Sr.), Zoe Perry (Mary), Raegan Revord (Missy), Doc Farrow (Coach Wilkins), and Rex Linn (Principal Petersen). (TVLine.com, 2/4)
HOW TO SURVIVE WITHOUT ME (HBO Max) - Joshua Jackson and Ray Romano are the first to be cast in the streamer's drama pilot: "How To Survive Without Me is set in the wake of matriarch Beverly's passing. The De Angelis family has begun to drift, unsure how to manage their complicated, evolving lives without her guidance, but in true Beverly fashion, she found a way to keep running the show from the beyond. Should they wish to experience Beverly's final work, the family must find the time - and make the effort - to remain connected, and be there for each other through all of life's challenges yet to come." Jackson will play Cooper: "As a chef about to open a members dining club in Los Angeles, Cooper is literally carrying forward his mother's recipes and approach to food. He presents as confident and a player, but he's suffering in silence - keeping a secret that could destroy both his lifelong friendships and the culinary career he's built in is mother's honor." And Romano is set as Leo, "newly a widower and suddenly performing the lead role of parent that he never auditioned for. As his five complicated adult children begin to navigate life without their mother at the center, Leo is forced to find his own voice as a parent, moving out of wife's shadow to become the family's new, differently effective center." (Deadline.com, 2/4)
INTERROGATOR, THE (FOX, New!) - Stephen Fry will topline a new spy drama ordered straight to series by the network: "The drama centers on former MI6 agent Conrad Henry (Fry) and his elite team. When conventional methods have failed, Henry's quirky charm, superior intellect and mind-bending behavioral maneuvers make him the only man able to lockpick the minds of the world's most dangerous criminals." Fry himself penned the script alongside Matt Pyken and Bill Harper, with all three executive producing alongside director Paul McGuigan, Neil Burger, Anthony Bregman, and Miriam Mintz for Anonymous Content, Likely Story, Lionsgate Television, and FOX Entertainment Studios. (Deadline.com, 2/2)
KATIE GREAVES (FOX, New!) - Sharr White is also behind a proposed drama at the network. No details were given about the project other than it is considered to be one of two frontrunners likely to go to series. (Deadline.com, 2/2)
LAST OF US, THE (HBO) - Clea DuVall and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. are both bound for the drama's third season. DuVall will play a seraphite while Lendeborg will portray Manny, "replacing Danny Ramirez, who played the recurring role in Season 2 but could not return for scheduling reasons." (Deadline.com, 2/3)
LAW & ORDER: SVU (NBC) - David Zayas will guest on the series as a judge, replacing Timothy Busfield, "who was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and child abuse." (Deadline.com, 2/3)
LUTHER FOLLOW-UP FILM (Netflix) - Stephen Dillane, Anya Chalotra, Kyle Soller, Ian Hart, and Niamh Algar will star alongside Idris Elba, Ruth Wilson, and Dermot Crowley in the latest installment of the franchise. Character details are being kept under wraps. In the film, the "plot is thrust into motion when a new wave of brutal, seemingly random murders hits London and DCI John Luther (Elba) is secretly called back into service. But how can he save London when everyone on all sides seems to want him dead?" (Deadline.com, 2/4)
MECH CADETS (Disney+, New!) - Todd Helbing and Brent Fletcher are developing a small screen take on the Boom! Studios graphic novel at the streaming service. The company's web site details the comic as follows: "Every year, giant sentient robots from outer space come to Earth and bond forever with a brand new crop of cadets at Sky Corps Academy to help keep the planet safe. But this year, instead of making a connection with a cadet, one of the mechs bonds with Stanford, a young kid working with his Mom as a janitor at Sky Corps. Stanford has the opportunity of a lifetime but he’ll first have to earn the trust of his classmates if he’s to defend the planet from the monstrous Sharg." No other details were given. (Deadline.com, 2/4)
OFF WEEKS, THE (Apple TV) - John Cho has been cast in the Ben Stiller/Jessica Chastain-led drama in an unspecified role. (Deadline.com, 2/2)
PITT, THE (HBO Max) - Jona Xiao will guest on the show's current season as OB Nurse Sam Garvin. (Deadline.com, 2/4)
SHERRI SHEPHERD SHOW, THE (Syndication) - Debmar-Mercury has confirmed the daytime talk show is ending its syndication run after four seasons. New episodes will air into the fall. The company however "is planning to explore continuing the show on a digital platform." (Deadline.com, 2/2)
SUMMER ON THE BLUFFS (Amazon) - Norman Vance Jr. has been tapped to spearhead the Sunny Hostin adaptation, succeeding original writer Elizabeth Hunter. Octavia Spencer is also no longer attached to the project. Hostin and Regina Jansen are the executive producers for Sunny Hostin Productions, 20th Television and Amazon MGM Studios. (Variety.com, 2/3)
SUPERFAKES (Peacock) - Jim McKay, Karena Evans, and Andrij Parekh have signed on to direct the crime drama series. Evans will direct the pilot, while McKay will direct multiple episodes with both as executive producers. (Variety.com, 2/5)
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE (New!) - A24 has landed the 1974 horror feature's franchise TV and film rights with "a TV series from JT Mollner being the first project out of the gate." No other details were given about the project, which would also see Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Stuart Manashil, Ben Ross, Dan Cohen, and Kim Henkel as executive producers for Image Nation, Barnstorm, Spooky Picture, and Exurbia Films. Glen Powell, Ian Henkel, and Pat Cassidy are the producers. (Deadline.com, 2/4)
TRINITY (Netflix) - Mike Dopud will recur on the upcoming drama as Waylon Kelly, "Command Master Chief in the US Navy." (Deadline.com, 2/4)
YELLOWJACKETS (Showtime) - Nia Sondaya's Teen Akilah has been promoted to series regular for the show's fourth and final season. (Deadline.com, 2/6)
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[02/09/26 - 11:01 AM]
"Celebrity Jeopardy! All Stars" Programming Update
The previously announced premiere date will be shifting two weeks and now premieres Friday, March 13 on ABC, streaming next day on Hulu.
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[02/09/26 - 09:04 AM]
A Tradition Reimagined: ESPN and Disney Launch "We're Going," The First Marketing Campaign for ESPN's Inaugural Super Bowl
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[02/09/26 - 08:52 AM]
Colin Firth Joins Cast of "Berlin Noir" Adaptation
Based on Philip Kerr's bestselling novels and executive-produced by Tom Hanks, Firth joins Jack Lowden in the upcoming series.
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[02/09/26 - 08:31 AM]
Peacock to Exclusively Stream Focus Features' "Song Sung Blue" Beginning February 13
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, in her Academy Award, Golden Globe and Actor Award-nominated role, star in Focus Features' unforgettable romance alongside Michael Imperioli, Ella Anderson, Mustafa Shakir and more.
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[02/09/26 - 08:00 AM]
Callum Vinson Signs on to Play Atreus in Prime Video's "God of War" from Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios
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[02/09/26 - 07:31 AM]
Video: "Virgin River" Season 7 - Official Trailer - Netflix
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[02/09/26 - 06:01 AM]
Video: More "Sesame Street" Coming to Netflix - Vol. 2 Official Trailer - Netflix Jr
Miley Cyrus brings us a new song and EVEN MORE fun with Sesame Street, dropping on Netflix, March 9.
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[02/09/26 - 04:00 AM]
HBO Max to Launch in the UK & Ireland on Thursday, March 26
Already available in over 110 territories worldwide, HBO Max offers the ultimate mix of best-in-class series, movies, extraordinary real-life stories and, via TNT Sports in the UK, live sport.
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[02/08/26 - 11:23 PM]
A Home for World-Class Filipino Entertainment: The Journey and What's Next on Netflix Philippines in 2026
After 10 years of being part of Filipino entertainment culture, Netflix Philippines enters 2026 with a slate that marks a striking new chapter - bigger in ambition, deeper in creative partnerships, and unmistakably Filipino at its core.
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[02/06/26 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Week of February 2-6
Updates include: Joshua Jackson, Ray Romano to lead HBO Max's "How to Survive Without Me"; FOX extends "The Floor" through season seven; and Craig Mazin to bring "Baldur's Gate" to HBO.
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[02/06/26 - 12:49 PM]
TBS Unveils First Superstar Guests for "Foul Play with Anthony Davis" with More A List Names to Come
LeBron James, Draymond Green, Jordan Chiles, and Rickea Jackson will kick off series premiere on Monday, April 6.
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[02/06/26 - 09:16 AM]
Netflix's "Untamed" Heads to Hawaii for Season 2
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[02/06/26 - 08:00 AM]
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[02/06/26 - 07:36 AM]
Peacock Exclusively Streams "Wicked: For Good" Beginning March 20
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[02/06/26 - 07:12 AM]
"Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown" Coming Soon from CNN Original Series, National Geographic International and Windfall Films
Co-produced by CNN Original Series, National Geographic EMEA and Windfall Films, the series will premiere with two episodes on Sunday, March 1 at 9:00/8:00c.
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