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[04/24/26 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 20-24
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!
9-1-1: NASHVILLE (ABC) - Ryan Phillippe has joined the cast of the series' second season: "Phillippe, who has a multi-year deal, will star as a brilliant, iconoclastic detective who moves to Nashville from New York. A seductive bad boy with a past, he'll stir up all kinds of juicy drama with our first responders while leading an investigation into a mysterious criminal tormenting Nashville on a biblical scale." (Deadline.com, 4/20)
AGENCY, THE/MOBLAND (Showtime/Paramount+) - Executive producer Jez Butterworth has signed a five-year overall deal with Universal Entertainment across TV, streaming and film. (Deadline.com, 4/24)
AMERICAN BLUE (HBO Max) - Jesse Garcia has joined the cast of the drama pilot as Kevin Martinez: "Kmart is a detective traumatized by a recent case, struggling to cope in the day-to-day." (Deadline.com, 4/21)
BERLIN NOIR (Apple TV) - The Philip Kerr adaptation has cast Amir El-Masry as Bruno Stahlecker; Stephen Campbell Moore as Christian Voight; Alex Nowak as Fritz Hart; Jacob McCarthy as Max Hart; and Amanda Lawrence as Frau Weitendorf. (Deadline.com, 4/22)
CHICAGO FIRE (NBC) - Andrea Newman is exiting the series as showrunner for its 15th season. Co-executive producer Victor Teran will assume said duties going forward. "Working at Chicago Fire, with the absolute best cast and crew in the business, has been the highlight of my career," Newman said. "Like so many others, I was inspired to get into TV writing because of Dick, so what a thrill it's been to work with him and the amazing Wolf team of Peter Jankowski, Rebecca McGill and Anastasia Puglisi. I'm so grateful to them, Derek Haas and the NBC and Universal execs who have been so supportive of the show all along the way. After 14 years, you really do become a family and working with this group will always feel like home." (Deadline.com, 4/24)
CLOSE PROTECTION (Hulu, New!) - Dean Georgaris has booked a potential drama at the streamer about "an American bodyguard protecting a British princess." Davis Entertainment's John Davis will also executive produce for Universal Television. (Deadline.com, 4/23)
CLUELESS (Peacock) - The Alicia Silverstone-led sequel series is not moving forward at the streamer. Producer CBS Studios plans to shop the project elsewhere. (Variety.com, 4/23)
COUNT MY LIES (Hulu) - Sophia Bush will recur on the limited series as Allison, "a stylish Tribeca architect and mother." (Deadline.com, 4/23)
DUTTON RANCH (Paramount Network) - Executive producer Chad Feehan is exiting the "Yellowstone" offshoot in advance of its series premiere next month. Additionally, country singer Morgan Wade has been confirmed as recurring as Carol, "a bartender at the local watering hole in Rio Paloma, Texas, who sees all." (Deadline.com, 4/24)
EMBASSY (Amazon, New!) - The streamer has acquired the six-part series starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan, and J.K. Simmons in six territories (UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand): "The series follows Layla (Kendrick), a sharp and resourceful American diplomat who faces an impossible choice to protect the U.S. Ambassador (Simmons) or follow his orders to exfiltrate a high-value asset when armed mercenaries storm the U.S. Embassy in London. She's forced to rely on her instincts and the reluctant help of her battle-hardened ex-fiancé, Connor Wright (Heughan), in the tense hours before extraction." Writer Rom Lotan and director John Strickland are behind the project with Hester Ruoff, Bart Ruspoli, Matt Mitchell, Daniel Hetzer, Jakob Neuhausser, Justin Thomson, David Tanner, Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz, and Miguel A. Palos Jr. also executive producing for AGC Television, Ascendant Fox, and Turbine Studios. Christian Alvart also directs while Aleksandar Jovanovic, Lydia Leonard, Mitya Savelau, Hasan Akil, James Murray, Luke Treadaway, Stephen Odubola, Katie McGrath, Alexander Karim, and Natalie Mendoza also star. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
ESPN JEOPARDY! (Disney+/Hulu, New!) - Joe Buck will host a sports-themed spin-off of the iconic game show: "ESPN talent will feature as contestants on the series, representing charities of their choice as they compete in a tournament-style event for a $500,000 grand prize and title of ESPN Jeopardy! champion." Michael Davies is executive producing for Sony Pictures Television. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
GEN V (Amazon) - "The Boys" spin-off series will not return for a third season. "While we wish we could keep the party going another season at Godolkin, we're committed to continuing the Gen V characters' stories in The Boys Season 5 and other VCU projects on the horizon," said VCU executive producers Eric Kripke and Evan Goldberg. "You'll see them again." Prequel "Vought Rising" will debut in 2027 while "The Boys: Mexico" remains in active development. (Deadline.com, 4/24)
GLORY DAYS (Netflix, New!) - Josh Safran has sold a new drama to the streamer: "In Glory Days, every summer, the top college baseball players are recruited to Cape Cod to try out for talent scouts from around the world for a shot at the majors. The series follows the coaches, players, and local townspeople as their futures, families, secrets, and sex lives collide during the summer of their lives." Nancy Cotton will also executive produce for Skydance Sports. (Deadline.com, 4/23)
I WILL FIND YOU (Netflix) - Vas Saranga will recur on the Harlan Coben adaptation as Dev Chopra, "a member of the FBI Fugitive Task Force." (Deadline.com, 4/22)
INTERROGATOR, THE (FOX) - Luke Kleintank will star opposite Stephen Fry in the upcoming drama as Voss, "a member of Conrad Henry's small circle of analyst/advisors. He's former Special Forces, an Army whistleblower with a strong moral code. A former Colorado farm boy, he's quiet, outdoorsy and prefers dogs to people... except for an unlikely clandestine romance with fellow team member Florence that can only stay secret for so long." (Deadline.com, 4/22)
KEY WITNESS (A.K.A. UNTITLED DEAN GEORGARIS/JOHN FOX DRAMA) (NBC) - The Emily Deschanel-led drama pilot is currently running under the title "Key Witness." (Deadline.com, 4/23)
KYLIE (Netflix) - The three-part series about Kylie Minogue has confirmed Michael Harte as director. Ventureland's John Battsek is producing. (Deadline.com, 4/22)
LISTEN FOR THE LIE (Peacock, New!) - Rachel Shukert is developing a TV series based on Amy Tintera's novel at the streamer: "It follows Lucy, who is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy's blood, making everyone think she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It's been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can't remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast Listen for the Lie, and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy's murder for the show's second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend's murder, even if she is the one that did it." Sue Naegle and Ali Krug of Dinner Party Productions will also executive produce for UCP, home to Shukert's newly extended overall deal. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
LOVE THY NADER (Freeform) - Ailee O'Neill has been tapped to run the show's second season, succeeding Rachel Tung. (Deadline.com, 4/22)
LOWDOWN, THE (FX) - Austin Amelio will recur on the show's sophomore run in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com, 4/20)
MILES HIGH CLUB (Amazon, New!) - Amazon MGM Studios is looking to bring T.L. Swan's romance book series to the small screen: "Based on the books, the series follows the Miles brothers - four devastatingly handsome billionaire media moguls whose carefully controlled empire and bachelor lifestyles are about to be upended by the fierce, brilliant women who refuse to play by their rules." Swan, Emily Eddey, Ray Mansfield and Sean McKittrick will also executive produce for Counterpoint Pictures and QC Entertainment. The search is underway for a writer. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
MILLION DOLLAR NANNIES (Freeform, New!) - The cable channel will debut a new reality series with two episodes on June 17 with the entire season dropping on Hulu on June 18: "The series follows a young group of elite nannies, who head to Ibiza to launch a new kind of agency, built by nannies, for nannies. They're promised VIP families, life-changing money and a shot at something bigger than any of them could build alone. But fierce competition, personal drama and a scandal from the past threaten to derail the dream before the summer sets." Leah Barrs, Jack McCann, Mitchell Bienvenue, Taylor Hayward, Olivia McMahon, Hannah Joy Davis, Tamaya Denae, and Sydney Siegel star in the project. Andrea Metz, Michelle Peerali, Patrick Agans, Ross Weintraub, Reinout Oerlemans, Omid Kahangi, and Brandon Panaligan are the executive producers for Hi Mom Productions, 3 Ball Productions, and Walt Disney Television. (Deadline.com, 4/22)
NANNY DIARIES, THE (Netflix) - The streamer is developing a small screen take on the book-turned-film starring Scarlett Johansson of the same name by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Amy Chozick and Jenny Bicks are behind the project: "The Nanny Diaries centers on Annie, a broke, aspiring writer in search of a story who takes a nanny job for a magnetic Upper East Side socialite, plunging into an elite world of unimaginable excess. When she lands the book deal of her dreams to go undercover and expose the salacious lives of the ultra-rich, Annie must try to keep up this double life even as she grows attached to the people and this world... and finds out what her elusive boss is actually capable of." Johansson, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Jonathan Lia, Keenan Flynn, Gary Barber, and Sean Hoagland will also executive produce for Berlanti Productions, These Pictures, Spyglass Media Group, and Warner Bros. Television. Lifetime previously attempted to mount an adaptation in 2008, as did Amy Sherman-Palladino and ABC in 2011. (Deadline.com, 4/23)
NIGHT AGENT, THE (Netflix) - Titus Welliver, Trevante Rhodes, Li Jun Li, and Elizabeth Lail have all joined the cast of the show's fourth season. Welliver will play Duval, "a special DOJ prosecutor"; with Rhodes as Dom, "Peter Sutherland's (Gabriel Basso) new partner"; Li as "Dom's wife Min"; and Lail as "Peter's ex-fiancée Zoe." (Deadline.com, 4/22)
PARADISE (Hulu) - Emmy winner Julianna Margulies has scored a top secret role on the series' third season. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
RING BY SPRING BREAK (Hulu, New!) - The streamer has ordered an unscripted series from Fremantle: "The dating series drops single Christian college students into a steamy spring break in Cabo, where finding "The One" isn't a dream ... it's a deadline. As faith battles temptations in paradise, will they leave engaged or graduate alone?" Sam Dean, Jimmy Fox, and Emily Bon are the executive producers. (Deadline.com, 4/22)
SAFE HOUSES (Apple TV) - The Jennifer Connelly/Ana de Armas-led drama has added David Lyons as Kevin Garvey, "a special ops CIA agent"; and Tobias Menzies as "Elizabeth's husband, Clarke Winters." (Deadline.com, 4/20)
SOUTHERN BASTARDS (Hulu) - The comic book-turned-TV series pilot has cast Jonathan Tucker as "the muscled and linebacker lean Esaw Goings, who's vexed by undiagnosed CTE from his playing days"; Amin Joseph as Hardy Whitworth, "a former star football player whose blown knee kept him from fulfilling NFL dreams"; Ethan Suplee as Eugene "Materhead" Maples, "loyal to his fellow assistant football coach Esaw Goings, and also helps Esaw as an enforcer for Boss' organized crime ring"; Derek Luke as Uncle Lou, "who is sharp, charismatic, and singularly focused on monetizing his nephew and star football player Demetrius' talent"; and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Vernetta, "Roberta's assertive but worried mother." (Deadline.com, 4/21)
SUMMER PEOPLE (Peacock, New!) - Emily Goldwyn has sold a new drama to the streamer: "Summer People follows three elite families and their nannies during a summer following a shocking tragedy. What everyone calls an accident, however, might just be murder. One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her." Bill Krebs will also executive produce for Universal Television. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
SUMMER SISTERS (Peacock) - The Judy Blume adaptation, originally in the works at Hulu in 2020, moved to Peacock in 2023 but currently does not have a streamer attached: "It is set in the summer of 1977 after Victoria Leonard's world changes forever when Caitlin Somers chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomes Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege, sweeping her away to vacations on Martha's Vineyard, an enchanting place where the two friends become summer sisters. Now, years later, Vix is working in New York City. Caitlin is getting married on the Vineyard. And the early magic of their long, complicated friendship has faded. But Caitlin begs Vix to come to her wedding, to be her maid of honor. And Vix knows that she will go - because she wants to understand what happened during that last shattering summer. And, after all these years, she needs to know why her best friend - her summer sister - still has the power to break her heart." Rachel Shukert and UCP are now behind the project, with Jenna Bush Hager of Thousand Voices also executive producing. Liz Tigelaar and ABC Signature were behind the Hulu incarnation. (Deadline.com, 4/21)
WHITE LOTUS, THE (HBO) - Helena Bonham Carter has exited the show's fourth season. "With filming just underway on Season 4 of The White Lotus, it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set," an HBO spokesperson told the publication. "The role has subsequently been rethought, is being rewritten and will be recast in the coming weeks. HBO, the producers and Mike White are saddened that they won't get to work with her, but remain ardent fans and very much hope to work with the legendary actress on another project soon." (Deadline.com, 4/24)
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