Last Looks: Jon M. Chu to Direct Hot Wheels Movie, Slow Horses Renewed for Season 7, and More!

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Film Development 🗒️

• ‘The Odyssey’ recasts Cosmo Jarvis with Logan Marshall-Green due to scheduling conflicts ahead of Christopher Nolan’s shoot. (more)
• Chris Pratt will return to voice the lasagna-loving cat in a sequel to ‘The Garfield Movie.’ (more)
• Jon M. Chu will direct a live-action ‘Hot Wheels’ movie for Mattel, Warner Bros., and Bad Robot following his ‘Wicked’ success. (more)
• Theo Rossi will make his feature directorial debut with action-heist film ‘Shell Game,’ which he also co-wrote and will produce. (more)
• ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ remake adds Kenneth Branagh and Lily Gladstone alongside star-director Michael B. Jordan. (more)
• ‘Eruption’ from Michael Crichton and James Patterson is being adapted by Kaz and Ryan Firpo for Sony, following its bestseller debut. (more)
• Bella Ramsey will star in and co-lead Channel 4 thriller ‘Maya,’ with Daisy Haggard making her directorial debut. (more)
• Matt Gomez Hidaka joins Josh Trank’s horror-thriller ‘Send A Scare,’ following his breakout in ‘Eddington.’ (more)
• Paolo Sorrentino will open the Venice Film Festival with ‘La Grazia.’ (more)

TV Development 📺

• Abigail Spencer joins ‘Best Medicine’ at Fox, starring opposite Josh Charles in the ‘Doc Martin’ adaptation. (more)
• ‘Vladimir’ adds John Slattery, Jessica Henwick, and Ellen Robertson as series regulars in Netflix’s Rachel Weisz-led thriller. (more)
• Tinx will co-write and executive produce a TV adaptation of her bestselling book ‘The Shift’ for Amazon, Kapital, and 3 Arts. (more)
• Regé-Jean Page will executive produce and is set to star in Apple’s ‘Funny You Should Ask’ series adaptation from Tomorrow Studios. (more)
• ‘Every Year After’ taps Amy B. Harris as new showrunner, replacing Leila Gerstein on Amazon’s adaptation of ‘Every Summer After.’ (more)
• FX greenlights workplace comedy pilot ‘Movers’ from the ‘Reno 911!’ team, starring Robert Ben Garant, Cathy Shim, and WWE’s Becky Lynch. (more)
• Tubi has picked up sci-fi comedy ‘Demascus,’ two years after it was pulled by AMC, with a premiere set for August 7. (more)
• ‘Grantchester’ will end with S11, concluding ITV and PBS’s long-running detective drama after a decade on air. (more)
• ‘Slow Horses’ is renewed for S7 at Apple. (more)
• Keanu Reeves will host and exec produce a docuseries on the rise of the Cadillac Formula 1 team, following the success of ‘F1: The Movie.’ (more)
• Netflix dives into shark season with ‘Shark Whisperer’ and ‘All the Sharks,’ challenging Discovery and Nat Geo’s summer dominance. (more)
• ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ is getting a spinoff series told from Chief Bromden’s point of view. (more)
• David Schulner joins Fox’s ‘Memory of a Killer’ as co-showrunner on the Patrick Dempsey-led thriller. (more)
• ‘South Park’ S27 premiere is delayed as streaming deal tensions spark backlash from creators. (more)
• ‘Highlander’ adds ‘Industry’ star Marisa Abela to the cast alongside Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in Amazon MGM’s remake. (more)
• Netflix cancels ‘Pulse’ and ‘The Residence’ both after one season. (more)

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