Last Looks: Lily Collins Will Play Audrey Hepburn, Network Pilot Casting News

The Dailies

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

Lily Collins in Emily in Paris (Netflix)

Film Development 🗒️

• Tom Hanks will play Abraham Lincoln in Starburns Industries’ ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ a live-action and stop-motion hybrid he’ll also produce. (more)
• Lily Collins will play Audrey Hepburn in a film about the making of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ from Imagine Entertainment. (more)
• Andrew Scott will star opposite Emily Blunt in ‘Walk the Blue Fields,’ with Netflix boarding the romantic drama. (more)
• Ed Skrein has been cast as villain Baldur in Prime Video’s ‘God of War,’ series adaptation. (more)
• Jared Harris has joined Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in Martin Scorsese’s Apple film, ‘What Happens at Night.’ (more)
• Sony Pictures Classics has acquired John Turturro’s Sundance crime thriller, ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ for a fall release. (more)
• ‘Venom’ is getting an animated feature at Sony, with ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines,’ filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein set to direct. (more)
• Taylor Schilling will lead NBC’s crime drama pilot, ‘What the Dead Know.’ (more)
• ‘Regency,’ CBS’ period family comedy pilot starring Rhys Darby, has added Mia Challis and Hayley Griffith to its cast. (more)

TV Development 📺

• Aimee Lou Wood is set to star as the heroine in Working Title’s new TV adaptation of ‘Jane Eyre.’ (more)
• Taylor Sheridan has retitled the Samuel L. Jackson-led ‘Tulsa King’ spinoff to ‘Frisco King,’ and will write all eight episodes. (more)
• Ryan Coogler has landed a Hulu pilot order for his ‘The X-Files’ reboot, with Danielle Deadwyler set to star. (more)
• Daniel Minahan will direct HBO Max drama pilot ‘How To Survive Without Me,’ starring Ray Romano and Joshua Jackson. (more)
• MGM+ has renewed ‘Robin Hood,’ for a 10-episode second season. (more)

Business 🤝

• Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films has signed a first-look film and TV deal with Searchlight Pictures. (more)
• Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson have signed an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios, extending their partnership beyond ‘Yellowjackets.’ (more)

Do you think the uptick in network pilots points to a renewed pilot season? Let us know in the comments.