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[09/20/24 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 16-20
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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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC) - The show's six original cast members have renegotiated their contracts with Warner Bros. Television, all securing big pay bumps: Quinta Brunson ($350,000-$400,000 range per episode), Tyler James Williams ($250,000), Sheryl Lee Ralph ($250,000), Janelle James ($200,000), Lisa Ann Walter ($200,000) and Chris Perfetti ($200,000). Also receiving a raise is William Stanford Davis ($100K an episode), who was made a regular in season two. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
AMERICAN LOVE STORY (FX) - Ryan Murphy's latest "American Story" franchise, "which recounts the story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette," is still moving forward at FX. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson remain aboard as executive producers. (Variety.com, 9/17)
ANNE RICE'S THE TALAMASCA (AMC) - William Fichtner has been cast in the series as Jasper, "a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca's London Motherhouse. Though his motives and methods are cloaked in shadow, his charm and righteous sense of purpose are as dangerous as the power he's pursuing." (Variety.com, 9/17)
BABY REINDEER (Netflix) - Emmy winner Richard Gadd has signed a multi-year first-look deal with the streamer. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
BEAST GAMES (Amazon) - A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of five unnamed contestants in the upcoming reality competition against YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon "alleging they were subjected to "chronic mistreatment," sexual harassment and more." (Variety.com, 9/17)
BOROUGHS, THE (Netflix) - The supernatural mystery drama has cast Jena Malone as Claire; Carlos Miranda as Paz; Seth Numrich as Blaine; and Alice Kremelberg as Anneliese. No other details were given. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
COLD CASE (REBOOT SERIES) (CBS) - The show's proposed revival "didn't make it past the deal-making stage." (Deadline.com, 9/18)
CRIMINAL (Amazon) - The comic book-turned-TV series has added Garrett Hedlund, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lawrence Kao, Kyle Bradley Davis, Aina Brei'yon, Robert Lee Hart, Katie Stevens, and John Pyper-Ferguson have in yet-to-be-revealed recurring roles. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
CRUTCH (Paramount+) - Kecia Lewis, Adrian Martinez, Braxton Paul and Finn Maloney are all bound for the Tracy Morgan-led comedy series. Lewis will play Antoinette, "Crutch's (Morgan) meddling sister-in-law who, much to his chagrin, has inserted herself as the de facto matriarch of the Crutchfield clan." Martinez then is Flaco, "Crutch's childhood best friend, most loyal confidant and general manager of Crutch's flooring shop. Fun-loving, optimistic and chatty, he is the yin to Crutch's yang." And Paul and Maloney are Lisa and Mase, "Jamilah's (Adrianna Mitchell) kids and Crutch's grandchildren. The 12-year-old Lisa is the conscience of the family who challenges her relatives to do the right thing - but is also 12 and thus has some preteen angst. Mase is 9 years old, curious and crafty, and serves as the default wingman for whomever is supposed to be watching him." (Deadline.com, 9/17; THR.com, 9/19)
DOCTOR WHO (Disney+) - Emmy Award winner Archie Panjabi has scored a top secret role on the upcoming season, believed to be the villain. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
FISHBOWL, THE (CBS, New!) - Nell Scovell has sold a new drama to the Eye about "a brilliant medical examiner overseeing a private room at the Manhattan morgue that investigates New York City's weirdest deaths." Aha Studios' Susan Rovner will also executive produce for CBS Studios. (Deadline.com, 9/20)
GET JIRO! (Adult Swim) - Brian Tee has scored the title role on the animated series, which "is set in a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants. A mysterious sushi master named Jiro enters a bloody culinary war and begins to craft his recipe for revenge." (Deadline.com, 9/18)
HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (Hulu) - Timothy Simons will guest on the upcoming season in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Variety.com, 9/17)
JONBENÉT RAMSEY (Paramount+) - Margo Martindale has signed onto the limited series as Nedra, Patsy's mother, who is "tough, blunt, outspoken, and unafraid to speak her mind." (Deadline.com, 9/19)
MONKEY BOY (Hulu, New!) - Joshua Allen Griffith has booked a new drama at Onyx Collective, which "follows an investigative journalist who discovers a connection between a political assassination in Central America and an unsolved murder in his hometown, the Latino enclave of East Boston, forcing him to confront a history of childhood trauma that he's been running from his entire life." The project is based on Francisco Goldman's Pulitzer Prize fiction finalist novel. Showrunner Ben Smith and Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance of Bassett Vance Productions will also executive produce for 20th Television, home of the latter's new first-look deal. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
NCIS: ORIGINS (CBS) - Mark Harmon's Leroy Gibbs will briefly appear in the prequel series' debut installment. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES (AMC) - The spin-off series has been canceled after one season. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
ORPHEUS PROJECT, THE (Amazon, New!) - Dee Johnson and Paul Keables have sold a domestic take on the Roni Yaddor, Ruth Weinberg, Gal Zaid and Michal Aviram's Israeli series "Metim Lerega" about "a group of young doctors saving lives by day and conducting dangerous experiments on themselves at night. While these experiments are helping them solve complex medical cases, they come at a dark cost, placing them at the center of a twisted conspiracy that crosses into death itself." Jack Tar Pictures' Marc Resteghini and Paper Plane Productions' Alon Aranya will also executive produce for Amazon MGM Studios. (THR.com, 9/20)
PLATONIC (Apple TV+) - Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett will recur on the comedy's second season. No character details were given. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN (Max) - The streamer has canceled the spin-off series after two seasons. "While Max will not be moving forward with a third season of Pretty Little Liars, we are so grateful to our co-creators, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, as well as the team at Warner Bros. Television, for reintroducing fans to this new iteration of liars who band together to fight the latest creepy villain terrifying Millwood," Max said in a statement. "Their unique and modern creative vision - combined with the immense talent of our cast and crew - gave the series a fun, horror-filled point of view that paid tribute to its original Rosewood roots." (Deadline.com, 9/20)
REVIVAL (Syfy) - Melanie Scrofano, Romy Weltman, David James Elliott and Andy McQueen are set to star in the Image Comics series adaptation. Scrofano plays Dana, "who is constantly having to prove her worth to a stubborn sheriff, who just so happens to be her father. And just when she is about to leave her small town for good, the events of Revival Day change that, instead sending her into her most important case to date." Weltman then is Martha "Em" Cypress, "the sheriff's younger daughter who, having led a very sheltered life due to a recurring illness, is still figuring out her place in the world. A world that for her in particular, is now turned upside down." Elliott is Wayne Cypress, "the longtime Wausau sheriff who is determined to keep his town and family as normal and safe as possible - a tall order when the dead return to life in the small town he's sworn to protect." And McQueen is Ibrahim Ramin, "scientist from the Center for Disease Control who has been stationed in Wausau to study the bizarre phenomenon that brought people back to life." (Variety.com, 9/18)
SISTERS-IN-LAW (ABC, New!) - Sherry Bilsing Graham and Ellen Kreamer have landed a multi-camera comedy at the Alphabet about "two sisters-in-law who are struggling to get along finally bond together when they are faced with a common enemy: a new third sister-in-law." The project, which has a significant penalty attached, hails from A+E Studios. (Deadline.com, 9/16)
SPIDER-NOIR (MGM+) - Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice and Amanda Schull are the latest to recur on the Nicolas Cage-led series. Character details are being kept under wraps. Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li and Jack Huston also star. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
TIME BANDITS (Apple TV+) - The streamer has canceled the film-turned-TV series after one season. (Deadline.com, 9/16)
UNTITLED AMANDA KNOX PROJECT (Hulu) - Sharon Horgan has been tapped as Amanda Knox's mother Edda Mellas in the series. Horgan's Edda Mellas is "Amanda Knox's (Grace Van Patten) desperate but optimistic mother. Their deep bond is challenged by Amanda's imprisonment, but Edda's unwavering love for her daughter propels her as she fights for Amanda's life." (Deadline.com, 9/19)
UNTITLED GERALDINE HART PROJECT (Max, New!) - Writer Eileen Myers and director Liz Garbus are spearheading a new drama for the streamer "which follows a legendary FBI agent who returns to her hometown on Long Island to clean up mob corruption and quickly finds that the rot is even deeper and darker than she thought. Before long, she finds herself facing down nefarious entities from all sides." The project is loosely inspired by Geraldine Hart's experiences as an FBI agent and police commissioner. All three will executive produce alongside Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Alissa Bachner, Dan Cogan, Nellie Reed, Anne Beagan and Stacy Sherman for Tomorrow Studios, Story Syndicate and Anne Beagan Productions. (Deadline.com, 9/17)
WATERFRONT, THE (Netflix) - The upcoming drama has cast Jake Weary as Cane Buckley, "Harlan's only son who has a complicated relationship with his father but never stops trying to do the right thing by his dad and can't seem to say no to him"; Melissa Benoist as Bree Buckley, "the intelligent and hot-tempered Buckley who formerly oversaw the fishery's finances and, like her father, has allowed alcohol to ruin her bright future"; Rafael L. Silva as Shawn Wilson, "a newly employed bartender for the Buckleys who is intrigued by the family and carries a secret that could upend the family forever"; Humberly González as Jenna Tate, "a journalist who leaves the city to return to Beaufort to tend to her ailing father"; Danielle Campbell as Peyton Buckle, "a proper Southern woman, built to sparkle"; and Brady Hepner as Diller Hopkins, "Bree's son who now lives with her ex-husband"; with Gerardo Celasco as DEA Agent Marcus Sanchez; Michael Gaston as Sheriff Clyde Porter; and Zach Roerig as Troy. Additionally, Marcos Siega will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
WHEN CALLS THE HEART (Hallmark Channel) - Melissa Gilbert is bound for two episodes of the upcoming season as Georgie McGill, who "shares a surprising past with one special Hope Valley resident." (Deadline.com, 9/14)
ZARNA (CBS, New!) - Zarna Garg and Darlene Hunt are set to team for a multi-camera comedy at the Eye about "a proud immigrant woman who's been raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they're getting older, it's time for her to focus on her own American dream." The project is set up at Warner Bros. Television with Mindy Kaling and Jessica Kumai Scott of Kaling International; Howard Klein of 3 Arts Entertainment; as well as Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein of Hartbeat also executive producing. (Deadline.com, 9/18)
ZORRO (CBS) - John Hlavin is the latest to take a stab at the classic masked vigilante, which is now set up at the Eye: "In this contemporary take, a young Latinx woman discovers that her long-deceased father was the legendary hero Zorro. She takes on his masked persona to defend the desperate citizens of her Austin, Texas community from the wealthy forces seeking to exploit them." He'll co-write the script with Rebecca Rodriguez as well as executive produce alongside Robert Rodriguez, Ben Silverman, Rodney Ferrell, Howard T. Owens, Geoff Clark, Eric Bromberg, Jay Weisleder and John Gertz for CBS Studios, Propagate and Zorro Productions. Previously incarnations were set up at The CW in 2022 and NBC in 2019. (Deadline.com, 9/19)
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