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[01/25/17 - 11:12 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 25
Updates include: WGN America passes on "Roadside Picnic" pilot; Zach Braff, Jeremy Bronson land comedy pilot orders; and NBC gives green light to "What About Barb?" pilot.

[09/01/16 - 11:46 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, September 1
Updates include: Lifetime pulls the plug on "Devious Maids"; Jeremy Davies boards "American Gods" at Starz; and Marque Richardson among latest cast in Netflix's "Dear White People."

[08/11/16 - 11:14 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 11
Updates include: Thomas Gibson suspended from "Criminal Minds"; Mena Suvari cast in TV Land's "American Woman"; and Osi Okerafor bound for WGN America's "Roadside Picnic."

[08/08/16 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Monday, August 8
Updates include: Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah to depart "Saturday Night Live"; FOX passes on second season of "Coupled"; and Aaron Tracy, Andrew Lenchewski land pilot order from USA for "The Tap."

[07/15/16 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: July 14-15
Updates include: Andy Samberg, HBO reteam for "Tour de Pharmacy"; Sandrine Holt joins the cast of "MacGyver" at CBS; and Max Minghella, Ann Dowd both board Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale."

[07/08/16 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Friday, July 8
Updates include: Syfy pulls the plug on newcomer "Hunters"; W. Earl Brown, Michael Lindall tapped for WGN America's "Roadside Picnic"; and Dean Norris to recur on Netflix's "Girlboss."

[06/27/16 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 27
Updates include: Matthew Goode to lead WGN America's "Roadside Picnic"; USA gives pilot order to "Damnation"; and Jason Lewis to recur on NBC's "Midnight, Texas."

[03/07/16 - 11:38 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 7
Updates include: Jenna Fischer to star opposite Matt LeBlanc in CBS comedy pilot; Andie MacDowell to lead ABC's "Model Women"; and WGN America orders pilots for "Roadside Picnic," "Scalped" adaptations.

[09/11/15 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Friday, September 11
Updates include: Nancy Lenehan tapped as part of "The Group" at TBS; Riley Smith latest cast in FOX's "Urban Cowboy"; and Lily Rabe boards HBO's original movie "The Wizard of Lies."







ROADSIDE PICNIC (WGN)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/11/15 - 1/25/17
STATUS:
previously in development (2017-2018 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 1/25/17
DESCRIPTION:
drama based on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's science fiction novel about an alien visitation to planet Earth, whose aftermath has led to the creation of Zones in the areas where the aliens had possibly landed
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Chloe Coleman as Marie
· Felisha Terrell as Guta
· Martin Donovan as Vanlentine Pillman
· Matthew Goode as Red
· Michael Lindall as Tender
· Osi Okerafor as Captain Noonan
· W. Earl Brown as Buzzard
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alan Taylor as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Arkady Strugatsky as BOOK
· Boris Strugatsky as BOOK
· Jack Paglen as CRTR/EP
· Neal Moritz as EP
· Vivian Cannon as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Original Film
· Sony Pictures Television
· Tribune Studios