Last Looks: Netflix Orders '13 Going On 30' Reboot, 'CIA' Renewed for Season 2
The Dailies reports on the latest in development, greenlights, renewals, and cancellations.
CIA (CBS)
Film Development 🗒️
- Ryan Gosling will star in a new Daniels film, their first since ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’ (more)
- Alison Oliver replaces Daisy Edgar-Jones to star in period thriller ‘Bad Bridgets,’ from the team behind ‘Wuthering Heights.’ (more)
- Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are leading 'Liminal,' a sci-fi thriller at Apple directed by Louis Leterrier. (more)
- Netflix wins bidding war for ‘Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage,’ with Gwyneth Paltrow attached to star. (more)
- Amazon MGM Studios lands rights to ‘Romantic Hero’, launching Jennifer Salke’s new producing banner. (more)
- 'The Comebacker,' a baseball drama from Tom Hanks and Marielle Heller, has three studios in a bidding war. (more)
- Snoop Dogg is starring in and producing 'God of the Rodeo,' a prison drama with Ridley Scott and Rosalind Ross attached. (more)
- ‘Time Out’ adds Willem Dafoe, Steve Zahn, and more to Adam Sandler’s next Netflix film. (more)
- Kirsten Dunst is joining Sydney Sweeney in 'The Housemaid's Secret,' Lionsgate's upcoming sequel to the thriller. (more)
- A24’s ‘Deep Cuts’ adds Abubakr Ali, Quintessa Swindell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Gaby Hoffmann to its ensemble. (more)
- MMA legend Georges St-Pierre is getting the biopic treatment with Thomas Soto set to direct. (more)
- Netflix is adapting Layne Fargo’s bestselling novel 'The Favorites,' with producer Cathy Schulman and writer Kate Gersten attached. (more)
- A '13 Going On 30' reboot is in the works at Netflix with Emily Bader and Logan Lerman starring and Jennifer Garner producing. (more)
- Disney’s developing ‘Stepsisters’ a live-action ‘Cinderella’ spinoff with Akiva Schaffer directing. (more)
- Jason Reitman is producing ‘71 Minutes’ at Sony after a competitive bidding war for the thriller. (more)
- Shane Black is writing (and eyeing to direct) Sony's adaptation of Don Pendleton's 'The Executioner' books. (more)
- Kirk Jones (‘I Swear’) is developing a live-action adaptation of ‘Mr Benn,’ with casting set to begin later this year. (more)
TV Development 📺
- Ryan Coogler's 'X-Files' reboot at Hulu has cast Himesh Patel opposite Danielle Deadwyler. (more)
- Netflix is developing 'All Boys,' a new drama from 'Dickinson' creator Alena Smith. (more)
- Mahershala Ali is joining Mark Ruffalo in S2 of HBO's 'Task.' (more)
- Disney+ is remaking 'The Americans' as 'The Koreans,' a big-budget Korean-language series starring Lee Byung-hun and Han Ji-min (more)
- HBO Max is developing two European medical dramas inspired by 'The Pitt,' saying the show will be the template for their international strategy. (more)
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are producing a polo-set drama series in development at Netflix. (more)
- Hulu's developing 'Capsized,' a YA drama from a 'Pretty Little Liars' EP. (more)
- Paul Walter Hauser joins the cast of Netflix's live-action 'Scooby-Doo' series. (more)
- Phoebe Dynevor is starring in 'Dirty,' a crime series at Prime Video. (more)
- Netflix lands ‘The Decorator’ after a competitive bidding war for the psychosexual drama series. (more)
- 'Wonder Man’ is getting a S2 at Disney+ after strong audience response. (more)
- ‘For All Mankind’ will wrap up with a sixth and final season at Apple TV+. (more)
- 'CIA' is coming back for S2 at CBS. (more)
- ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ will end with S2 at Paramount+. (more)
Business 🤝
- Amazon MGM Studios extends ‘Young Sherlock,’ EP Marc Resteghini’s overall TV and film deal for another three years. (more)
- Netflix raises subscription prices for the second time in a year, increasing costs across all plan tiers. (more)
- Banijay is getting into the microdrama space with 'Survival Sisters' and a slate of short-form projects. (more)
- SXSW Film & TV Festival tapped longtime critic Peter Debruge as its new director. (more)
Other News 🚨
- The Television Academy is adding prop masters as a new voting subgroup for the Emmys, a long-overdue recognition for the craft. (more)
- 'The Bold and the Beautiful' is launching its own streaming app with 9,000+ episodes from its full run. That's a lot of bold. And beautiful. (more)
- ‘Adolescence’ leads the BAFTA TV nominations with 11 nods, with ‘A Thousand Blows’ close behind at 7. (more)
- Creators Guild of America launches Mosaic, basically an “IMDb for creators” platform to track and verify digital work. (more)
- Democratic senators are pushing the FCC to investigate foreign investment concerns in the Paramount-WBD merger. (more)
- The 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' trailer crossed 1B views in four days, the first movie trailer ever to hit that mark. (more)
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