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[10/13/21 - 11:33 PM] Development Update: Wednesday, October 13 By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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ANIMAL (Netflix, New!) - Bryan Cranston, Rashida Jones, Rebel Wilson and Pedro Pascal will lend their voices to a new nature series on the streamer. The show "follows eight families of the natural world, including a mother lioness, a wild dog family, a kangaroo joey and a young giant pacific octopus." Plimsoll Productions is behind the project, due on November 10 with a second season already greenlit for 2022. Andy Serkis, Anthony Mackie, David Harbour and Uzo Aduba will narrate the sophomore run. Martha Holmes and Tom Hugh-Jones are the executive producers with Anuschka Schofield, Adrian Seymour, Alex Minton, Rob Morgan, Bill Markham and Frances Casey producing. (Deadline.com)
DIRT GIRLS (FOX, New!) - Victoria Vincent has booked a potential animated comedy at the network "set in an alienated suburban neighborhood where two unsupervised kid sisters, Lucy and Pia, find depraved ways to keep themselves entertained while dealing with the confusing, dark aspects of the encroaching adult world." FOX Entertainment's Bento Box Entertainment is producing. (Deadline.com)
HEAD, THE (HBO Max) - A second season of the series is in pre-production: "Continuing with the show's key themes of isolation and the struggle between good and evil, often highlighting the grey areas in between, Season 2 will relocate from the South Pole to an ocean freighter on a scientific mission." (Variety.com)
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (AMC) - Kalyne Coleman will recur on the Anne Rice adaptation as Grace, "Louis' (Jacob Anderson) sister." (Variety.com)
KENAN (NBC) - Kenny Smith has joined the comedy's second season as co-showrunner alongside David Caspe. Said development is part of a new overall deal Smith signed with Universal Television, ending his run at ABC Studios. (Deadline.com)
LAW & ORDER: SVU (NBC) - Octavio Pisano's Joe Velasco has been promoted to series regular on the veteran drama. (Deadline.com)
MAGGIE (ABC) - Adam Korson will recur on the midseason comedy as Daniel, "a sweet and self-deprecating Crossfit dropout who charms Maggie with his witty and thoughtful demeanor. Daniel helps Maggie have fun in the present, despite her constant anxieties about the future." (Deadline.com)
RESCUE: MIA (CBS, New!) - Juan Carlos Coto and James Hanlon have sold a potential drama to the Eye about "a legendary family of first responders that works together to rescue the citizens of Miami from emergencies and disasters, even as long-buried secrets threaten to tear apart their familial bonds." Eric Christian Olsen is also on board to executive produce for CBS Studios via his Cloud Nine Productions. (Deadline.com)
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[10/31/24 - 02:31 PM] NBC Will Groove Into the Holiday Season with "A Motown Christmas" Special Hosted by Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey The special will include performances featuring more than 25 Motown hits, performed by Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Temptations.
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[10/31/24 - 02:15 PM] ABC News Announces 72+ Hours of Coverage and Analysis of the 2024 Election with Special Programming on ABC, ABC News Live and ABC News Digital Platforms, Including the ABC News App, Hulu and Disney+ "World News Tonight" anchor and managing editor David Muir will lead the network's coverage.
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[10/31/24 - 01:16 PM] BET+ Renews Emmy-Nominated "The Ms. Pat Show" for a Fifth Season Additionally, BET Media Group also extended its overall deal with star Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams.
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[10/31/24 - 01:00 PM] It's Holiday Time at The CW! Celebrate the Season with Festive Programming Highlights include the series finale of "Superman & Lois" (December 2); the return of "Children Ruin Everything" (November 29); and "Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night" (December 15).
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[10/31/24 - 12:01 PM] Video: "Squid Game" Season 2 - Official Teaser - Netflix Heralding the return of the worldwide hit, a new chapter unfolds as Gi-hun comes back with an agenda, having given up on leaving for the US.
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[10/31/24 - 11:04 AM] Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" Three-Part Reunion Begins Thursday, Nov. 7 at 9 P.M. ET/PT Host Andy Cohen sits down with housewives Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti and new housewife Katie Ginella to revisit the epic season that saw dramatic highs and staggering lows.
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[10/31/24 - 10:01 AM] TNT Sports' "The Match: Superstars" Special Two-Night Primetime Event to Showcase Some of Biggest Names in Sports and Entertainment - Thursday, Nov. 21 and Friday, Nov. 22, on TNT & Max "The Match: Superstars" will be headlined by iconic celebrities across sports and entertainment, including Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg, Charles Barkley, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Phelps, Nate Bargatze, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Blake Griffin, competing from Breakers West Country Club in West Palm Beach, FL.
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[10/31/24 - 09:01 AM] Video: Peacock Debuts Trailer for New Original Series "Eat Slay Love" The series brings together Grammy-nominated singer Nivea and her girl gang - Eva Marcille, Tammy Rivera and London Hughes - as they journey through Vietnam to celebrate Nivea's 41st birthday and embark on new adventures.
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[10/31/24 - 09:01 AM] HBO Releases First Look Images from the New Original Drama Series "It: Welcome to Derry" The series will debut in 2025 on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
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[10/31/24 - 09:01 AM] Video: AMC Networks Releases Bewitching New Trailer for Season Two of "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" Premiering January 5 on AMC and AMC+ Starring Alexandra Daddario, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa and Alyssa Jirrels, the new season will debut Sunday, January 5 on AMC+ and AMC.
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[10/31/24 - 08:02 AM] "Saturday Night Live's" 50th Season Continues with Back-to-Back Shows This November Bill Burr (November 9) and Charli xcx (November 16) are on tap to host in the coming weeks.
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[10/31/24 - 08:00 AM] CBS Presents "The Making of Gladiator II," A Primetime Special Featuring an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Paramount Pictures Film, Monday, Nov. 18 on CBS This inside look offers unprecedented access encompassing all aspects of production, from the grand scope of the set - including reconstructing Ancient Rome - to characters, combat training, costumes, historical accuracy, scoring and more.
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[10/31/24 - 07:55 AM] Multimillion Selling Pop Band Ace of Base Reveal Their Full Story to the Present in Documentary Series "Ace of Base: All That She Wants" Premiering in US Thursday, December 5 Only on Viaplay This uncensored documentary captures Ace of Base's fascinating story - where grandiose pop dreams, charts and money collide with relentless adversity, performance anxiety and shattered friendships.
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[10/31/24 - 07:47 AM] Peacock Announces January 9 Premiere Date for the Third Season of Emmy Award Winning Reality Competition Series "The Traitors" The Emmy Award-winning competition-reality series returns for a third season with an all-new lineup of familiar faces, hosted again by the impossibly stylish and devastatingly witty Alan Cumming.
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[10/31/24 - 07:22 AM] The CW Network Brings Shoppable TV to ACC Football in Innovative Partnership with Shopsense AI Beginning November 2 with the Virginia Tech at Syracuse game, viewers will be able to shop game-day essentials and team merchandise directly from their mobile devices with technology powered by Shopsense's latest enterprise Commerce Operating System (Commerce OS).
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