Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past week:
RENEWALS/CANCELLATION
The CW has given series renewals to the following dramas: All American, The Flash, Superman & Lois, Riverdale, Walker, Kung Fu and Nancy Drew. (TV Line)
HBO Max has given a second season renewal to And Just Like That. (TV Line)
BET has given season renewals to Tyler Perry’s Sistas’ and The Oval. (TV Line)
Netflix has pulled the plug on Archive 81 after only one season. (TV Line)
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS
Hallmark has begun production of the first movie under its new Mahogany banner. The film, titled Unthinkably Good Things, will star Karen Pittman (Luke Cage and The Morning Show) and will air on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. The movie sees a woman named Allison (Pittman) at a crossroads in her career and love life, in need of the love and support of her two friends Melina (Joyful Drake) and Reesa (Erica Ash). When they visit her in Tuscany, the reunion causes each woman to reexamine the state of her own life and relationships. While they have different personalities and perspectives, they know each other’s truths and help to make life-changing decisions. Jermaine Love and Lance Gross also star. (Variety)
Actors Ian Bohen and Khylin Rhambo will be returning for the upcoming Teen Wolf revival movie. (Variety)
Holly Robinson Peete has signed a multi-picture deal that includes exclusivity on holiday movies with Crown Media Family Networks (aka Hallmark). (Deadline)
STAGE ADAPTATION
Award-winning movie CODA is going to be developed into a stage musical adaptation at Deaf West Theatre, which is based in Los Angeles. (Variety)
TV CASTING NEWS
Actress-singer Mae Whitman (Good Girls) will play the female lead in Up Here, the upcoming Hulu musical romantic comedy series that will follow the extraordinary story of one ordinary couple, Lindsay and Miguel, as they fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves – and the treacherous world of memories, obsessions, fears and fantasies that lives inside their heads. Whitman will play as Lindsay. (Deadline)
Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets and The Addams Family) will have a mystery role in the upcoming live-action Netflix small screen adaptation of The Addams Family entitled Wednesday. Jenna Ortega (Jane the Virgin and You) will play the title role. (Variety)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW) has landed the lead role in the upcoming Peacock drama Mrs. Davis that will be an exploration of faith vs. technology with Gilpin playing a nun who goes to battle against an all-powerful A.I. (Variety)
The Supernatural prequel series The Winchesters have cast John and Mary Winchester (the parents of Sam and Dean). Drake Rodger (The In Between) will play John and Meg Donnelly (American Housewife) will play Mary. (TV Line)
HBO is developing a 7-part series based on the critically acclaimed novel A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. The story will center on a rich widow, two tailors and a young student from vastly different parts of Indian society whose lives intersect in a tiny apartment — traverses the political landscape in India from the country’s independence in 1947 through to the 21-month state of emergency called by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi between 1975 and 1977. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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