Hulu has ordered a new pilot called Crash and Burn based on a bestselling book. The streaming service, finding success in recent times with their own original content such as The Path and The Handmaids Tale, have now ordered a new pilot based on a 2013 bestseller by Michael Hassan. Created by Aaron Zelman, the […]
House of Cards creator Beau Willimon joins with Hulu for Mars series The First
The creator of the US Netflix adaptation of House of Cards, Beau Willimon, is taking his latest series over to Hulu. Having departed House of Cards after season 4, Willimon is now working on a new project entitled The First which is a drama about the first human mission to Mars. Hulu have given the […]
BBC Studios developing Ken Follett and Frederick Forsyth adaptations
Variety is reporting that BBC Studios is working on small screen adaptations of Ken Follett’s World War II novel Jackdaws and Federick Forsyth’s terrorist thriller The Kill List. Jackdaws follows a team of female insurgents in Occupied France in World War II, and was originally developed as a four-part series for the BBC, who ultimately passed […]
NBC gives series orders to Rise and For God & Country
NBC has added to new shows to its slate for next season, with Deadline reporting that the network has granted series orders to Rise and For God & Country. Rise comes from former Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and is based upon the book Drama High, which chronicles the […]
Jerry O’Connell and Sydney Poitier to headline police procedural Carter
Variety is reporting that Jerry O’Connell and Sydney Poitier have signed on to headline Carter, a new police procedural series from Sony Pictures Television Networks. The series will see O’Connell starring as “a detective on a hit American TV show who is forced to return to his hometown after an embarrassing public meltdown in Hollywood. […]
TriStar developing TV series on Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid
Deadline is reporting that Hillary Clinton’s failed bid to become the first female President of the United States could be heading to the small screen, as TriStar Television has optioned the rights to the book Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign to develop as a limited series. The official description for the book reads: “It was […]
Paramount Network orders Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone
Ahead of its launch in January 2018, Paramount Network has placed a series order for its first original scripted drama Yellowstone, which is to be written and directed by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell or High Water). The 10-episode series follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch […]
Ruth Wilson to play her own grandmother in The Wilsons
The BBC has tapped The Affair star Ruth Wilson to play her own grandmother in a new three part drama entitled The Wilsons. The story will follow Alison Wilson, husband of Alec Wilson, a British spy and bestselling novelist. When her husband suddenly dies, Alison is shocked when a woman turns up on her doorstep, […]
Herbie rides again as Disney XD reboots The Love Bug
Herbie the Love Bug looks set for a return to the screen, with TV Line reporting that Disney XD is currently in development on a new series featuring the iconic anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, which has Travis Braun (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders) writing and executive producer alongside Tom Burkhard and Matt Dearborn (Even Stevens). The series […]
YouTube places series order for Jumper TV sequel show
Back in October of last year it was reported that Doug Liman was teaming up with YouTube to develop a 60-minute TV pilot for a sequel to the 2008 sci-fi film Jumper, which would be based upon the third novel in Steven Gould’s book series, Impulse. Well, Variety is now reporting that YouTube has given […]
