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[12/02/22 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Friday, December 2
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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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!
ACOLYTE, THE (Disney+) - Margarita Levieva will guest on the upcoming "Star Wars" series in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com)
EAST/WEST (CBS, New!) - Writers Yalun Tu and M. Raven Metzner are set to team with director Jet Wilkinson for a new drama at the Eye which "revolves around a pair of newly connected half-siblings - one an Asian- American medical doctor, the other a Taiwanese Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner - who utilize their sometimes clashing, sometimes complementary eastern and western expertise to solve medical mysteries alongside a team of brilliant doctors." CBS Studios is producing. (Deadline.com)
JUDGEMENT (ABC, New!) - Joey Falco has scored a pilot order from the Alphabet for a new series which "plays out over two timelines. Fifteen years from now, a woman being vetted for a Supreme Court seat recounts her experience at a prominent D.C. law firm in 2023, where the only thing more controversial than the cases was her messy love life, caught between two feuding brothers. Now, with a Supreme Court seat on the line, all of her darkest secrets are at risk of coming out, threatening her nomination, her reputation, and her marriage." Melvin Mar, Jake Kasdan and Jordan Cerf will also executive produce for 20th Television. (Deadline.com)
LOKI (Disney+) - Kate Dickie has been cast in the upcoming second season in an unspecified role. (Deadline.com)
LOS ESPOOKYS (HBO) - The series, from Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega and Fred Armisen, will not return for a third season. "We are thrilled we could deliver the unique and hilarious second season of Los Espookys to viewers finally, more than three years after the series premiere, due to pandemic delays," HBO said in a statement. "We thank Julio, Ana, and Fred for this imaginative and delightfully bizarre world they created. We are not currently planning on a third season, but we would welcome the opportunity to work with this cast and crew in the future." (Deadline.com)
MORE (HBO Max) - Gore Abrams is the latest addition to the drama pilot as Steve Wilson, "the sound tech with a heart of gold, who works on the camera crew that follows Londyn (Christian Serratos) and her family everywhere for their hit reality TV show." (Deadline.com)
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[02/12/25 - 09:35 AM]
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[02/12/25 - 09:19 AM]
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