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[08/15/19 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 15
Updates include: A&E to wrap "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" with two-hour special; NBCUniversal's streaming service adds two projects; and Ewan McGregor to star in Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney+.







GORMENGHAST (SHOWTIME)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/15/19
STATUS:
previously in development (2020-2021 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
script-to-series order
DESCRIPTION:
small screen take on Mervyn Peake's novels, which follow the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, gothic-like structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice
CREW INFORMATION:
· Akiva Goldsman as EP
· Barry Spikings as EP
· Dante Di Loreto as EP
· David A. Stern as EP
· Mervyn Peake as BOOK
· Neil Gaiman as EP
· Oliver Jones as EP
· Toby Whithouse as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· FremantleMedia North America