[05/09/17 - 02:30 PM] Development Update: Tuesday, May 9 - FOX Picks Up Marvel Drama Series "The Gifted" By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)
LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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Here are the latest projects being picked up to series by the aforementioned network for the 2017-18 season (via press release):
THE GIFTED
· Format: Action-adventure series
· Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television
· EP/W: Matt Nix
· EP/D: Bryan Singer
· EP/NW: Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory
· Logline: THE GIFTED focuses on a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
· CAST
· Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker
· Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker
· Sean Teale as Eclipse / Marcos Diaz
· Jamie Chung as Blink / Clarice Fong
· Coby Bell as Jace Turner
· Emma Dumont as Polaris / Lorna Dane
· Blair Redford as Thunderbird / John Proudstar
· Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker
· Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker
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[04/18/24 - 11:00 AM] CBS Renews Critically Acclaimed Hit "Elsbeth" for Second Season "'Elsbeth' has charmed audiences with its singular blend of delightful humor, distinctive 'how-done-it' storytelling, and the inventive, brilliant quirkiness of Elsbeth Tascioni," said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment.
[04/18/24 - 10:00 AM] HBO Original Comedy Special "Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die" Debuts May 11 "I'm so grateful that once again, HBO has put their trust in me to say what I feel into a microphone while wearing a tiny dress," Glaser said. "Someday I'll die, and when I do, I hope I'm remembered for this performance (and this dress)."