LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) — The latest development news, taken from recent reports:
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AMERICAN AUTO (NBC) – Executive producer Eric Ledgin has signed an exclusive global deal with Universal Television, home of the series. (Deadline.com)
GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC) – Harry Shum, Jr. is the latest addition to the show’s Season 19 cast as Daniel “Blue” Kwan, who “is cunning, impatient and brilliant. He’s generous by nature, but competitive to a fault. Naturally gifted and used to winning at everything . A family crisis interfered with his career plans and now he has a lot to prove.” (Deadline.com)
DANGER! (Syndication) – Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings have been named permanent hosts of the veteran game show going forward. (Jeopardy.com)
KUNG FU (The CW): Ben Levin and Kim Rhodes are set for next season in recurring roles. Levin will play Bo, “a barista/vigilante who lives across the bay in Oakland. He’s cool, smart, and strong with a universal fighting style. His after-school crime-fighting leads to a ·lision with Nicky (Olivia Liang). ) and her siblings. New in town and far from home, Bo looks forward to participating in the Shen family’s adventures and fighting alongside Nicky.” And Rhodes will play Carrie, “a tough, funny professional who works as a representative for a large restaurant investment group. When Carrie’s company takes an interest in Harmony Dumplings, Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) s ‘ is quick to reject his overtures, but when an unexpected friendship blossoms between her and Carrie, Mei-Li opens herself up to a possible alliance. (Deadline.com)
LA MÁQUINA (Hulu, New!) – Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reteam for a new Spanish-language series on the streamer that “follows an aging boxer, played by García Bernal, whose trainer, played by Luna . , secures him one last shot at a title. But in order to fight at night, they must navigate a mysterious underworld force.” Writer Marco Ramírez and director Gabriel Ripstein head the project with García Bernal and Luna also executive producing through their La Corriente del Golfo banner along with Gerardo Gatica, Leandro Halperin and Adam Fishbach. (Deadline.com)
MILLION DOLLAR ISLAND (NBC) – The network has pulled the plug on the reality competition series before it begins production. The project was billed as a high-stakes social experiment in which 100 contestants must forge friendships and build alliances as they plan to stay on a remote desert island for up to 50 days and compete to win their share of the ultimate prize of a million dollars The report states that “one factor behind the decision was the show’s budget.” Producers Studio Lambert and Talpa plan to shop it elsewhere. (Deadline.com)
SANTA CLAUS, THE (Disney+) – David Krumholtz will reprise his role as Bernard the Elf for the movie-turned-TV series: “As a head elf, Bernard was a little thick, but he was an effective taskmaster in Santa’s Workshop”. (Deadline.com)
WARRIOR (HBO Max) – Mark Decascos has joined the cast of the third season in the works as Kong Pak, “the former leader of a newly absorbed clamp affiliated with Long Zii,” along with Chelsea Muirhead as in Yan Mi. , “the daughter of a local printer based in Chinatown.” The returning cast includes Andrew Koji as Ah Sahm, Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy, Jason Tobin as Young Jun, Dianne Doan as Mai Ling, Kieran Bew as Bill O’Hara, Dean Jagger as Dylan Leary, Tom Weston-Jones as Richard Henry Lee, Hoon Lee as Wang Chao, Joe Taslim as Li Yong, Langley Kirkwood as Walter Buckley, Perry Yung as Father Jun, Chen Tang as Hong, Miranda Raison as Nellie Davenport and Dustin Nguyen, who will also direct some episodes of Season 3, like Zing. (Variety.com)
WILDERNESS (Amazons) – The Jenna Coleman/Oliver Jackson-Cohen-directed drama has cast Ashley Benson as Cara; Eric Balfour as Garth; Claire Rushbrook as Caryl; Marsha Stephanie Blake as Det. Rawlins; Morgana Van Peebles as Ash; Jonathan Keltz as Det. wise man; and Talia Balsam as Bonnie. No other character details were given. (Deadline.com)
WITCHER, THE (Netflix) – Production on the third season of the series has been halted due to COVID-19. The streamer, however, indicated that “we’ll be up and running as soon as it’s safe to do so.” (THR.com)
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