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[01/05/23 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, January 5
Updates include: AMC nixes "61st Street," "Invitation to a Bonfire"; Syfy pulls the plug on "Astrid & Lilly Save the World"; and Lisa Rinna exits "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."

[08/12/22 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Friday, August 12
Updates include: Rex Linn bound for new season of ABC's "Big Sky"; Camilla Belle, Gus Halper join NBC's "Law & Order: Organized Crime"; and Sasha Hutchings to recur on AMC's "Demascus."

[08/10/22 - 12:36 PM]
Emmy-Winner Tatiana Maslany Returns to AMC Networks to Star in and Executive Produce "Invitation to a Bonfire"
Inspired by Vera Nabokov, Maslany will portray Vera Orlov, who is more than Leo's wife; she is his editor - and his everything.

[06/30/22 - 11:12 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, June 30
Updates include: NBC revives "Magnum P.I." with two-season order; FOX pulls the plug on "Duncanville" after three seasons; and The CW cancels newcomer "Tom Swift."

[02/01/22 - 08:06 AM]
AMC Networks Greenlights Two New Series for 2023, "Invitation to a Bonfire" and "Demascus"
The first season of each AMC Studios series will include six episodes, to appear next year on AMC+ and AMC.

[08/17/21 - 09:08 AM]
AMC Studios Opens Writers' Room for Potential New Series "Invitation to a Bonfire"
From creator and executive producer Rachel Caris Love, the hour-long series is based on the novel of the same name by Adrienne Celt and inspired by the famed Nabokov marriage.







INVITATION TO A BONFIRE (TBA)
Premieres in TBA 2024 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
???
STATUS:
new in 2024/2025 (date TBA)
TIME SLOT:
not on the schedule
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (6 episodes)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
canceled by AMC on 1/5/23, may air elsewhere
DESCRIPTION:
(from AMC Networks' press release, August 2022) AMC Networks today announced that Emmy(R) Award-winner Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Orphan Black) will star in its newest series Invitation to a Bonfire, for which she also joins as executive producer, set to debut in 2023. Based on the novel by Adrienne Celt, Invitation to a Bonfire is a psychological thriller set in the 1930s at an all-girls boarding school in New Jersey. Maslany joins previously announced series regulars Freya Mavor (Skins), Pilou Asbæk (Borgen, Game of Thrones) and Ngozi Anyanwu (The Deuce). From creator, showrunner and executive producer Rachel Caris Love (Physical) the series is inspired by Vladimir and Vera Nabokov's co-dependent marriage, and follows Zoya (Mavor), a young Russian immigrant and groundskeeper, who is drawn into a lethal love triangle with the school's newest faculty member (Asbæk) - an enigmatic novelist - and his bewitching wife (Maslany).
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amy Darton as Nadine
· Freya Mavor as Zoya Andropova
· Jamie Neumann as Daphne
· Ngozi Anyanwu as Hilda
· Pilou Asbæk as Leo
· Tatiana Maslany as Vera Orlov
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adrienne Celt as BOOK
· Carolyn Daucher as PROD
· Cherien Dabis as DIR (Pilot)
· Kyle Laursen as EP
· Rachel Caris Love as CRTR/EP
· Robin Schwartz as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· AMC Studios