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[12/01/23 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Week of November 27-December 1
Updates include: Timothy Olyphant among latest cast in FX's "Alien" TV series; Amazon eyes "The Boys: Mexico" spin-off series; and Apple pulls the plug on "Swagger" after two seasons.
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[02/13/23 - 11:42 PM]
Development Update: Monday, February 13
Updates include: HBO Max's "The Penguin" casts quartet; Apple's "Sinking Spring" fills out cast; and "Arrested Development" to depart Netflix next month.
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[04/14/22 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 14
Updates include: Ben Rappaport, Alexandra Chando to star in NBC's "Adam & Eva" pilot; Elijah Kelley to play Sammy Davis, Jr. in limited series at Hulu; and Dominique Fishback to lead Amazon's "Hive."
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| UNTITLED SAMMY DAVIS JR. PROJECT (HULU)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
4/14/22
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12/1/23
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STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
eight-episode series order rescinded on 12/1/23 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Hulu's press release, April 2022) Sammy Davis, Jr. rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stage to become one of the most famous African American entertainers of the 1950s and '60s (and the only Black member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack). At the same time, he spent most of his career surrounded by controversy and ridicule–over his affairs with white film stars, his 1960 marriage to Swedish actress May Britt, his conversion to Judaism, his closeness to the Kennedys (and later Richard Nixon), and his problems with alcohol and drugs. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Elijah Kelley as Sammy Davis, Jr.
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Elijah Kelley as PROD
· Kimberly Harrison as EP
· Lee Daniels as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Marc Toberoff as EP
· Pam Williams as EP
· Thomas Westfall as CRTR/CO-EP
· Wil Haygood as BOOK/PROD
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
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