EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has optioned Stephen G. Bloom’s acclaimed nonfiction book The Audacity of Inez Burns, for development as a television/streaming series. Published by Regan Arts in 2018, The Audacity of Inez Burns tells the story of Burns, an underground abortion provider and socialite in San Francisco in the early 20th century. Per the
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s Onyx Collective has ordered the four-part limited docuseries Gigante from Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger, Sabado Gigante) and Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado filmmakers Alex Fumero and Kareem Tabsch. Gigante will be streamed exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories at a future date.
EXCLUSIVE: Davionte “GaTa” Ganter is working on an animated series for Onxy Collective. The Dave star revealed that he was developing Ghetto Brilliance with the Disney-owned brand during a Deadline Contenders panel about the FX Networks comedy. GaTa, who plays Dave’s friend and hype man in the FXX series, said that Dave co-creator Dave Burd
HBO Max and Warner Bros. are looking to build a Sherlock Holmes film-TV universe in the mold of the TV series offshoots of Suicide Squad and The Batman on the WarnerMedia streamer. We hear that two potential spinoff series from the Warner Bros. movie franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are in early
EXCLUSIVE: Leonard Cohen’s relationship with muse Marianne Ihlen is going under the microscope in a 1960s-set drama co-production for Norwegian broadcaster NRK. The UK’s Buccaneer Media (Marcella, Crime) and Dag and Lilyhammer writer Øystein Karlsen’s Oslo-based Redpoint Productions are co-producing So Long, Marianne with Canada’s Connect3 Media. The 8×45 minutes series is billed by producers as
EXCLUSIVE: PAW Patrol and Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman has partnered with London indie Snipple Originals to co-create and develop ground-breaking animated kids TV shows. Under his Keith Chapman Productions banner, Chapman and Snipple will create character-driven animated IP for the upper pre-school market. The veteran UK kids TV exec is already developing Paco & the
ABC has taken in for development medical drama The Front Line, executive produced by Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s SMAC Entertainment, from writer Marc Halsey (The Resident) and ABC Signature. Written and executive produced by Halsey, The Front Line is described as a feel-good medical procedural centered around Sebastian “Bass” Clark, a professional athlete-turned-doctor who