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[03/24/23 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 24
Updates include: ABC renews "Grey's Anatomy," cancels "The Final Straw"; Freevee's "Clean Slate" casts quartet; and Vice TV extends "Icons Unearthed" for six more seasons.

[11/23/22 - 11:20 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, November 23
Updates include: Ana Ortiz set as new lead of HBO Max's "More" pilot; Freevee's "Open Book" fills out cast; and David Weil to pen FTX scandal limited series at Amazon.

[10/10/22 - 11:18 PM]
Development Update: Monday, October 10
Updates include: Katelyn Tarver, John Stamos to star in Freevee's "Open Book" pilot; Damon Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr. attached to lead CBS comedy; and Showtime cancels "The Man Who Fell to Earth."

[12/09/20 - 11:00 AM]
Amazon Studios to Team with Musician, Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur Jessica Simpson with New Multi-Media Rights Deal
Premiering on Amazon Prime Video, the unscripted project is a raw and revealing multi-part docuseries that will include vivid and intimate, never-before-seen personal footage shot over the last decade and will explore the highs and lows of Simpson's life.







OPEN BOOK (FREEVEE)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
12/9/20 - 3/24/23
STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 3/24/23
DESCRIPTION:
(from Amazon's press release, December 2020) Amazon Studios and IMDb TV are also developing a fictionalized drama series inspired by Open Book and Jessica coming of age in her mid-twenties, following her divorce, on the journey to discovering herself. The scripted series will be produced by Simpson and Patrick Moran of PKM Productions, alongside Lynch and Auslander.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Elena Saurel as Kat
· Gillian Vigman as Mom
· John Stamos as Butch Thorn
· Katelyn Tarver as Sadie Sparrow
· Matthew Glave as Dad
· Natasha Leggero as Abby Barnes
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Bernstein as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Jessica Simpson as BOOK/EP
· Lacy Lynch as EP
· Lauren Auslander as EP
· Patrick Moran as EP
· Tom Kapinos as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Amazon Studios
· PKM Productions