Saturday, May 11, 2019

Development News - 11 More Drama and Comedy Pilots Don't Receive Series Orders at ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC

Development News - May 11, 2019

ABC's Until the Wedding, Untitled Jessica Gao, Untitled Leslie Odom Jr., Untitled Hannah Simone & Woman Up; CBS' Our House & To Whom It May Concern; FOX's Lovestruck; and NBC's Like Magic, Prism & Village Gazette.




ABC PILOTS PASSED ON
  • UNTIL THE WEDDING (Drama) - Written by Becky Mode. Directed by Susannah Grant. Executive produced by Mode, Grant, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Alon Aranya, Avner Bernheimer, Anat Weizman and Avi Zvi. Produced by ABC Studios, Timberman-Beverly Productions, Paper Plane Productions and Reshet Media. Starring Olivia Thirlby, E.J. Bonilla, Britt Lower, Michael Stahl-David, Trent Garrett, Liza Colon-Zayas, Juani Felix, Vered Blonstein, Michael Benjamin Washington, Christian Coulson and Christian Borle. Being shopped to other outlets.
  • UNTITLED JESSICA GAO PROJECT (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Jessica Gao. Directed by Jude Weng. Executive produced by Gao, Weng, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo and Samie Kim Falvey. Produced by ABC Studios, CBS Television Studios and Imagine Television. Starring Holly Chou, Cindy Cheung, Stephen Park, Kelly Hu, Helen Hong, Ki Hong Lee, Ashley Park and John Gemberling.
  • UNTITLED LESLIE ODOM JR. PROJECT (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Saladin Patterson. Directed by Fred Savage. Executive produced by Patterson, Savage, Leslie Odom Jr., Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone. Co-executive produced by Toure Roberts and Sarah-Jakes Roberts. Produced by ABC Studios and Simpson Street Productions. Starring Leslie Odom Jr., Kelly Jenrette, Alexis Fields, Hailey Kilgore, Lilah Richcreek, Milan Carter, Kezii Curtis, Brandon Severs and Somali Rose.
  • UNTITLED HANNAH SIMONE PROJECT (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Hannah Simone, Matt Fusfeld and Alex Cuthbertson. Directed by Todd Holland. Produced by ABC Studios. Starring Hannah Simone, Art Malik, Jane Leeves, Alanna Ubach, Deniz Akdeniz, Liza Treyger and Hank Chen.
  • WOMAN UP (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones. Executive produced by Lister-Jones, Liz Meriwether and Jason Winer. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Ms. Lister Films and Small Dog Picture Company. Starring Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Tawny Newsome, Gabrielle Elyse, Abby Quinn, Leon Thomas, Bryce Charles, Tate Moore and Kym Whitley.
CBS PILOTS PASSED ON
  • OUR HOUSE (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Brendan O'Brien. Directed by James Burrows. Executive produced by O'Brien, Burrows, Chris Harris, Nick Stoller and Conor Welch. Produced by CBS Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television and Stoller Global Solutions. Starring Katherine Heigl, Malcolm Barrett, Nancy Lenehan and Phil Hendrie.
  • TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Mike Metz. Directed by Mark Cendrowski. Executive produced by Metz, Cendrowski, Joe Port, Joe Wiseman and Gail Berman. Produced by CBS Television Studios and The Jackal Group. Starring Michael Angarano, Briga Heelan, Michael Cassidy, Taylor Deardon Ana Villafañe and Adhir Kalyan.
FOX PILOTS PASSED ON
  • LOVESTRUCK (Drama) - Written by Tom Kapinos. Directed by Sanaa Hamri. Executive produced by Kapinos, Hamri, Sharon Levy, Nicolas Coppermann and Francois-Xavier Demaison. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Endemol Shine North America. Starring Rachel Bilson, Steve Kazee, Richard Roxburgh, Madeline Wise, Usman Ally, Beth Riesgraf, Jeffery Self, Linda Park, Andie MacDowell and Kathleen Turner. Being shopped to other outlets.
NBC PILOTS PASSED ON
  • LIKE MAGIC (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. Executive produced by Kyle, Luu, Robinson, Matt Hubbard and Kelly Pancho. Produced by Universal Television and CannyLads Productions. Starring Jee Young Han, Freddie Stroma, Hayley Magnus, Mike Lane, Rory O'Malley and French Stewart.
  • PRISM (Drama) - Written and directed by Daniel Barnz. Executive produced by Barnz, Carol Mendelsohn, Ben Barnz and Julie Weitz. Produced by Universal Television, Carol Mendelsohn Productions and We're Not Brothers Productions. Starring Malin Akerman, Ramon Rodriguez, Chloe Wepper, David Alpay, Sara Rue, Joe Tippett, Alex Neustaedter, Brooke Smith and Mykelti Williamson. Being shopped to other outlets.
  • VILLAGE GAZETTE (Comedy, Single Camera) - Pilot presentation. Written by Amber Ruffin and Shelly Gossman. Directed by Richie Keen. Executive produced by Ruffin, Gossman, Keen, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Mike Shoemaker and Andrew Singer. Produced by Universal Television, Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions and Broadway Video. Starring Amber Ruffin and Tommy Dewey.