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[05/14/20 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, May 14
Updates include: Freeform passes on "Close Up" drama pilot; Disney+ eyes "Percy Jackson" TV series; and The CW gives postscript to its 2020-21 season schedule announcement.

[10/10/19 - 12:30 PM]
Freeform Rounds Up the Cast for Pilot "Close Up" from "How to Get Away with Murder's" Pete Nowalk and ABC Signature Studios
Plus: Natalie Chaidez joins as showrunner with Alex Kalymnios set to direct.

[10/03/19 - 11:42 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, October 3
Updates include: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna join Amazon's "Cortes"; Starz looks to bring "Blindspotting" to the small screen; and Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren re-team for "The International" at CBS.

[06/24/19 - 09:00 AM]
Freeform Orders "Close Up" Pilot from Peter Nowalk and ABC Signature Studios
In the drama, Centreville high school student Rachel Guyer is on a mission to expose the truth about her seemingly normal hometown and turn her community inside out.







CLOSE UP (FREEFORM)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/24/19 - 5/14/20
STATUS:
previously in development (2020-2021 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/14/20
DESCRIPTION:
(from Freeform's press release, June 2019) Freeform has picked up the one-hour drama "Close Up" to pilot, it was announced today by Lauren Corrao, executive vice president, Original Programming and Development. "Close Up" is a one-hour drama set in Centreville, New Jersey, a suburban town just like any other ... at least on the surface. Centreville high school student Rachel Guyer is on a mission to expose the truth about her seemingly normal hometown and turn her community inside out. Executive produced by Peter Nowalk ("How to Get Away with Murder") and written by Keith Staskiewicz ("Three Delivery"), this character-driven drama will be full of suspense, mystery and twists no one will see coming.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alexander Grant as Sean
· Anthony Keyvan as Jeremy
· Fivel Stewart as Rachel
· Jennifer Spence as Tessa
· Karin Konoval as Martine
· Megan Charpentier as Abby
· Millicent Simmonds as Jen
· Sean Blakemore as Sheriff Griff
· Van Crosby as Alex
· Yaani King Mondschein as Dr. Reddy
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alex Kalymnios as DIR (Pilot)
· Keith Staskiewicz as CRTR/EP
· Natalie Chaidez as EP
· Peter Nowalk as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Signature