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[10/05/22 - 11:10 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, October 5
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!


BIG SKY (ABC) - Lyle Lovett and Darius Rucker will drop by an upcoming episode as Tex, "an expert tracker with a quiet menace hidden beneath a courteous, gentleman-cowboy exterior"; and Possum, "a hired gun who works at night like his nocturnal namesake, and Tex's partner, for better or for worse, on this particular job," respectively. (Deadline.com)
EXCHANGE, THE (Netflix, New!) - Rawan Mahdi, Mona Hussain, Hussain al-Mahdi, Mohamed Mansour, Faisal al-Amiri, Jasem alNabhan, Maryam Salih, Asmahan Tawfiq and Abdullah Bahman will star in a new Kuwaiti drama at the streamer: "Set in Kuwait in 1988, the drama revolves around two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country." Nadia Ahmad, with Anne and Adam Sobel, are the creators while Karim Elshenawy and Jasem AlMuhanna are the directors. (Deadline.com)
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (FX) - Tom Sweet has been cast as Young Pip in the cable channel's Charles Dickens adaptation. (Deadline.com)
OBLITERATED (Netflix) - The upcoming drama has added Carl Lumbly as CIA Director Langdon, "Ava's (Shelley Hennig) boss and longtime mentor, as well as her government liaison for this mission"; David Costabile as Maddox, "a black market operative and a worthy adversary for our heroes"; Costa Ronin as Ivan Koslov, "a cunning arms dealer who uses wits and charm to stay one step ahead of the special forces team"; Lindsey Kraft as Yani, "a free-spirited lounge singer with a heart of gold and a yearning for love"; Tobias Jelinek as Ehren, "a lethally effective one-man Swiss Army Knife"; and Minnie Mills as Jen, "the daughter of special forces pilot Paul (Eugene Kim), who heads to Las Vegas for her prom after-party, but unknowingly puts herself at the center of her dad's mission." Guest stars include Virginia Madsen as Marge; Lori Petty as Crazy Susan; Clive Standen as Liam; Ivan G'vera as Vlad; Keston John as Mr. Dugan. (Deadline.com)





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· BIG SKY (ABC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· EXCHANGE, THE (NETFLIX)
· GREAT EXPECTATIONS (FX ON HULU)
· OBLITERATED (NETFLIX)





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