Last Looks: Netflix Orders Enola Holmes 3, CBS Adds CIA Series, and More!

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edited April 24 in General

The Dailies reports on the latest in development, greenlights, renewals, and cancellations.

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Enola Holmes (Netflix)

Film Development 🗒️

  • Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney are teaming up to develop a movie adaptation of Sega’s classic arcade game ‘OutRun’ for Universal. (more)
  • Netflix will wrap ‘Heartstopper’ with a feature film finale, instead of a fourth season. (more)
  • Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis will co-star in Peter Berg’s WWII football drama ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ for Netflix. (more)
  • Netflix has greenlit ‘Enola Holmes 3,’ with Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter all returning. (more)
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood join Samara Weaving in ‘Ready or Not: Here I Come,’ the sequel to the cult-favorite horror comedy. (more)
  • A live-action ‘Toys‘R’Us’ movie is in the works from Story Kitchen, aiming to capture the brand’s nostalgic magic in a modern adventure film. (more)
  • Noah Jupe will star in ‘Play Dead,’ a survival thriller from director Jaume Collet-Serra, set to film in Australia this May. (more)
  • Lionsgate has acquired ‘Renegotiate,’ a time-loop action thriller spec by Mark Townend, in a heated bidding war with major producers attached. (more)
  • Kevin Spacey and DJ Qualls will star in ‘1780,’ a Revolutionary War thriller set in the Pennsylvania wilderness and directed by Dustin Fairbanks. (more)
  • Amazon MGM is adapting James Patterson’s upcoming thriller ‘Billion-Dollar Ransom’ into a feature film with Stephen Gaghan writing. (more)
  • Steven Soderbergh is shopping a new documentary centered on John Lennon’s final interview, recorded just hours before his death. (more)

TV Development 📺

  • Netflix adds ‘Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders’ to its true-crime lineup, revisiting the infamous 1980s poisoning case. (more)
  • Fox is launching ‘The Snake,’ a new traitor-style competition show hosted by Jim Jefferies. (more)
  • Netflix is pulling back the curtain with ‘WWE: Unreal,’ a new reality series diving into the behind-the-scenes drama of the WWE writers room. (more)
  • Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri will star in ‘Prodigies,’ a new Apple TV+ romcom about two former child prodigies. (more)

Greenlights, Renewals, & Cancellations ✅ ❌

  • CBS has greenlit ‘DMV’ starring Harriet Dyer and ‘Einstein’ with Matthew Gray Gubler. (more)
  • CBS has ordered ‘CIA,’ set in the ‘FBI’ universe starring Tom Ellis. (more)
  • ‘A Shop for Killers’ is renewed for S2 at Disney+. (more)
  • ‘The Summit’ and ‘Poppas’ House’ are cancelled at CBS after S1. (more)
  • ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ is renewed at ABC. (more)
  • ‘The Golden Bachelor’ has been renewed for S2 at ABC. (more)
  • ‘Dancing With the Stars’ is renewed for S34. (more)

Business 🤝

  • Paul Feig has signed a multiyear first-look TV deal with Warner Bros. Television, shortly after inking a film deal with Lionsgate. (more)

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