Last Looks: Annette Bening to lead ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff, Universal developing a ‘Knight Rider’ film

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Film Development 🗒️

• Universal is developing a ‘Knight Rider’ movie with the creators of ‘Cobra Kai’ writing and producing. (more)
• Sony and Netflix are in talks to develop a sequel to animated hit ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ now Netflix’s most-watched film ever. (more)
• The Forge has acquired Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut ‘The Chronology of Water,’ starring Imogen Poots, for a December release. (more)
• Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s new film ‘Bitter Christmas.’ (more)
• Emma Roberts will star in rom-com murder mystery ‘A Murder Uncorked,’ directed by Ari Sandel and written by Karen McCullah. (more)
• Watermelon Pictures has acquired North American rights to Cherien Dabis’ Oscar contender ‘All That’s Left of You.’ (more)
• Tommy Dorfman’s Good Girl Productions is developing Torrey Peters’ bestseller ‘Detransition, Baby’ as a feature film. (more)
• Vera Farmiga will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in Stephen Chbosky’s untitled Apple film remake of ‘Weekend Rebels.’ (more)
• Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Flea and Andy Samberg will voice Neon’s animated film ‘Arco’. (more)
• Netflix is developing Evan S. Porter’s novel ‘Dad Camp’ with Kevin Jakubowski writing, produced by 21 Laps and Happy Madison. (more)
• Paramount has acquired Trevor Noah’s R-rated comedy pitch ‘The Island,’ with ‘Neighbors’ scribe Andrew Jay Cohen writing the screenplay. (more)

TV Development 📺

• Annette Bening will star in Paramount’s new ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff ‘The Dutton Ranch’ alongside Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser. (more)
• Netflix has renewed its ‘Trainwreck’ documentary franchise, including the hit ‘Poop Cruise,’ for a second season. (more)
• Hulu has ordered Alex Gibney’s untitled documentary on alleged murderer Luigi Mangione. (more)
• Prime Video is developing ‘Dorothy,’ a contemporary Wizard of Oz series from Gina Matthews with Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton as EPs. (more)
• Zack Stentz will write and showrun a TV adaptation of David Morrell’s Victorian mystery ‘Murder As A Fine Art.’ (more)
• Hulu has ordered a pilot for Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran’s YA boarding school drama ‘Foster Dade.’ (more)
• Netflix has canceled ‘The Waterfront’ after one season. (more)
• ‘Deli Boys’ is renewed for S2 at Hulu. (more)
• ABC is developing legal drama ‘The Advocate’ from writers Tawnya Bhattacharya and Ali Laventhol. (more)
• Paramount has pulled the plug on S2 of ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ despite renewing it earlier, but is moving forward with ‘Dexter: Resurrection.’ (more)
• MGM+ has renewed Stephen King’s horror series ‘The Institute’ for S2. (more)

Business 🤝

• Penske Media has sold TVLine to Static Media, with editor-in-chief Kimberly Roots continuing to lead the site. (more)
• EchoStar has struck a $23B deal to sell spectrum licenses to AT&T, aiming to resolve FCC concerns and boost finances. (more)
• Disney is suing Sling TV, claiming its new short-term “mini-bundles” violate their carriage agreement. (more)

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