LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) — The latest development news, taken from recent reports:
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BIG SKY (ABC) – Rex Linn has signed on for the new season as Buck Barnes, “the husband of [Reba] Sunny Barnes, McEntire’s character. The couple run Sunny Day Excursions which specializes in glamping.” (Deadline.com)
DEMASCUS (AMC) — Sasha Hutchings will reprise her role in the upcoming sci-fi comedy as Budhi Banks, “Demascus’ (Okieriete Onaodowan) smart girlfriend of 3 years. She’s committed to making their relationship work despite the blockades of Demascus”. (Variety.com)
HAUS OF VICIOUS (BET, New!) — The cable channel has picked up the eight-episode drama, starring Tami Roman as Chantel Vivian, “a fashion designer whose success is overshadowed by her narcissistic, drug-addicted husband , unresolved and dysfunctional childhood traumas With the help of her secret weapon, Jaelyn Ryan (Erica Peeples), a publicist for her Vicious Empire, Chantel works to rise through the ranks, but the behavior of her husband Kane (Redaric Williams) threatens to tear down the house that Chantel built.” Norman Nixon Jr. (Milan), Tiffany Black (Raven), Kyler O’Neal (Izzy), Brely Evans (Avery), Lyric Anderson (Tia) and Ella Joyce (Carolyn) also star in the project, which bows Wednesday. , August 17 at 8:00/7:00c. Writer Jill Ramsey, director Kim Fields, Marvin Neil, Herb Kimble and Eric Tomosunas are executive producers for RomanRamsey Productions and Swirl Films. (Deadline.com)
INVITATION TO A BONFIRE (AMC): Jamie Neumann and Amy Darton will reprise Adrienne Celt’s adaptation, which also tapped Cherien Dabis to direct the first two episodes of the series. Darton will play Daphne: “In the complex social hierarchy of the all-girl Donne School, Daphne is the undisputed queen. But her social standing, silver-spoon education and fancy clothes can’t save her from the indignities of 1930s womanhood. Daphne can dominate her. schoolgirls with unchecked power, but that’s only because she has very little real power.” And Neumann portrays Nadine: “Raised in rural Appalachia, Nadine now works in the kitchen at the Donne School, a tony boarding school for girls in New Jersey. Unbeknownst to today’s schoolgirls, Nadine was a student of Donne’s , many years earlier. , thanks to the generosity of a generous scholarship.” (Deadline.com)
LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME (NBC) – Camilla Belle and Gus Halper have been cast in the show’s upcoming third season as “New York City power couple Pearl Serrano and Teddy Silas, respectively.” (Deadline.com)
SUPASHAWTY GIRLS, FUNKAMATIC BANGBANG (Freeform, New!) – Adamma and Adanne Ebo have signed a multi-year global deal with 20th Television where they will develop new series projects. First up is the aforementioned animated comedy, which “follows Yeze and Tule as a freak lab accident turns the twin college students into idiot superheroes, and they must learn to manage their new superpowered lives with growing pains of adulthood. humanity, they’d actually rather kick a kick and save the world.” Tiffany Haddish and Melanie Clarik will also serve as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
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