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[05/25/22 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, May 25
Updates include: Lifetime delays "The Bad Seed Returns"; J.J. Abrams brings "Speed Racer" TV series to Apple; and Gregg Sulkin joins the cast of "World on Fire" at PBS.

[08/04/21 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 4
Updates include: Mike Richards on track to become permanent "Jeopardy!" host; Apple TV+ cancels "Little Voice"; and HBO Max shutters "Overlook" TV series.

[04/16/20 - 02:01 PM]
HBO Max Orders Three New Series from Bad Robot
The projects include a major series based on DC characters in the "Justice League Dark" Universe, details to be revealed soon.







OVERLOOK (NETFLIX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/16/20 - 5/25/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
series order rescinded by hbo max on 8/4/21; confirmed as in development at netflix on 5/25/22
DESCRIPTION:
(from WarnerMedia's press release, April 2020) HBO Max today announced it has given production commitments for three new high-octane one-hour dramas from J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath's Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television Group, marking the first new Bad Robot-produced television projects for HBO Max under the exclusive, wide-ranging content collaboration partnership formed by Bad Robot with HBO Max parent company WarnerMedia in fall 2019. The second series, "Overlook," is a horror-thriller series inspired by and featuring iconic characters from Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining. "Overlook" explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction. The project reunites Bad Robot, King and WBTV, who previously collaborated on the acclaimed psychological-horror series "Castle Rock" for Hulu.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Ben Stephenson as EP
· Dustin Thomason as EP
· J.J. Abrams as EP
· Rachel Rusch Rich as CO-EP
· Scott Brown as EP
· Stephen King as BOOK
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Bad Robot Productions
· Warner Bros. Television