The Dailies reports on the latest in development, greenlights, renewals, and cancellations.
Dirty Dancing (Lionsgate)
Film Development 🗒️
- Imagine Entertainment is developing a film adaptation of Daniel Kraus’ WWI novel ‘Angel Down,’ with the author set to write the screenplay. (more)
- Zoey Deutch will star as U.S. Women’s soccer exec Marla Messing in Netflix sports drama ‘The 99’ers,’ directed by Nicole Kassell. (more)
- Netflix has added Sally Hawkins, Victor Garber, and others to its live-action ‘Eloise,’ starring Ryan Reynolds. (more)
- A24 has added Julianne Nicholson and Coco Greenstone to Brad Pitt-led drama ‘The Riders,’ directed by Edward Berger. (more)
- Lionsgate is moving ahead with a sequel to ‘Dirty Dancing,’ with Jennifer Grey returning. (more)
- The Gotham Group has picked up the screen rights to Air Mail article ‘Tommy Supreme and the Blitz,’ for a feature adaptation. (more)
- Concourse Media is launching EFM sales on heist thriller ‘The Smack,’ starring Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, and Marisa Tomei. (more)
- Justine Triet has set her English-language debut with thriller ‘Fonda,’ starring Mia Goth and Andrew Scott. (more)
- The Giorgio Armani biopic ‘Armani — The King of Fashion,’ has set Oscar winner Bobby Moresco to direct. (more)
- A24 has cast Odessa A’zion opposite Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey in Sean Durkin’s 2000s-set romance ‘Deep Cuts.’ (more)
- Prime Video greenlit UK police thriller ‘Dirty,’ a mother-daughter crime drama from ‘Bridge of Spies’ writer Matt Charman. (more)
- Lena Headey and Chloe Fineman joined Amazon MGM’s rom-com sequel ‘Red, White & Royal Wedding,’ now in production. (more)
- Neon acquired worldwide rights to ‘4 X 4: The Event’, the new horror film from ‘It Ends’ director Alex Ullom, ahead of production. (more)
TV Development 📺
- Paramount+ has ordered a three-part docuseries, ‘The Real Wolf of Wall Street,’ promising a darker, deeper look at Jordan Belfort’s rise and fall. (more)
- Apple TV has added Richard Gere to its limited series ‘The Off Weeks,’ starring Jessica Chastain and Ben Stiller. (more)
- Antonio Banderas has joined Rosario Dawson, Scott Eastwood, and Susan Sarandon in supernatural thriller ‘Unmerciful Good Fortune.’ (more)
- Brendan Foley is penning a TV adaptation of geopolitical thriller ‘Operation: Arctic Fox,’ following the success of ‘Sherlock & Daughter.’ (more)
- Netflix has cast Regina Hall opposite Adam Driver in hostage thriller series ‘Rabbit, Rabbit.’ (more)
- History is launching YouTube spinoff ‘MonsterQuest: Origins,’ hosted by Sapphire Sandalo, starting Jan. 27. (more)
- Ji-young Yoo will recur in S2 of Apple TV’s ‘Presumed Innocent.’ (more)
- Colin Jost will return to host ‘Pop Culture Jeopardy’ as the game show moves from Prime Video to Netflix for S2. (more)
- Hulu picked up Amy DuBois Barnett’s debut novel ‘If I Ruled the World’ for a drama series adaptation, with Lee Daniels co-writing the pilot. (more)
- FilmRise acquired worldwide TV and digital rights to YouTube franchise ‘The Infographics Show.’ (more)
Business 🤝
- Liz Tigelaar has signed an overall deal with Paramount TV Studios and CBS Studios. (more)
- Fremantle drama and film chief Christian Vesper is stepping down after a decade that helped push the company into prestige TV and film. (more)
- Anonymous Content named former Ford Foundation president Darren Walker as CEO. (more)
- Production assistants on Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’ voted to unionize with Production Assistants United, marking the group’s first win in New York. (more)
- FCC chair Brendan Carr flagged potential competition concerns around Netflix’s $83B Warner Bros. Discovery deal, now under DOJ review. (more)
- Vue Cinemas averted a liquidation threat after settling a disputed unpaid bill with Coca-Cola’s European bottling arm. (more)
Are you on board with a Dirty Dancing sequel, especially with Jennifer Grey returning? Let us know in the comments.
