Our first TV news roundup of spring has, appropriately enough, a bunch of spring premiere dates and more!
Premiere dates:
May 4th: Lord of the Flies
May 7th: The Terror: Devil in Silver
May 13th: Off Campus
May 14th: Nemesis
July 16th: The Five-Star Weekend
Renewed:
Free Bert, Paradise, Cross, Patience
Other headlines:
Karyn Kusama will direct the first two episodes of Life Is Strange.
Former cast member Jake Borelli is directing an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.
Ordered to series:
Amazon Prime Video: Sally Ride series The Challenger starring Kristen Stewart
Netflix: An adaptation of Carley Fortune’s romance This Summer Will Be Different, Napa Valley romcom Uncorked from Darren Star and David Schulner, an adaptation of Andre Aciman’s Enigma Variations starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Sky: An adaptation of Frankie Boyle’s novel Meantime starring James McAvoy, Benedict Wong, Mark Bonnar, and Christopher Eccleston
In development:
Gearshift Films: An adaptation of Sher Lee’s queer YA romance Fake Dates and Mooncakes
Lion Forge Entertainment: An adaptation of Kimberly Ann Harrison’s novel Beyond the Paddock
Monarch Media: Teen musical megachurch series Youth Group
Peacock: An adaptation of Elle Cosimano’s crime novel Finley Donovan Is Killing It
Plot Point 1 Productions: Comic book adaptation Saucer Country
Universal TV: An adaptation of Elise Hart Kipness’s sports thriller Lights Out
Warner Bros TV: An adaptation of Krysten Ritter’s comedic thriller Retreat from and starring Ritter
Promoted to series regular:
The Last of Us: Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord
The Lincoln Lawyer: Cobie Smulders
Yellowjackets: Jenna Burgess
Guest stars:
Elsbeth: Patti LuPone, Michael Urie, Erich Bergen
The Studio: Madonna
Casting:
The Altruists: Hudson Williams, Jennifer Grey, Terry Chen, Elizabeth Adams, Hannah Galway, William Mapother
Assassin’s Creed: Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris, Corrado Invernizzi, Nabhaan Rizwan, Claes Bang, Sandra Guldberg-Kampp, Youssef Kerkour, Mirren Mack, Louis McCartney
Baywatch: Ashley Moore, Kylar Miranda, Luke Eisner, Nadia Gray, Charlie McElveen
Charlie Chan: Tzi Ma, Rae Dawn Chong, Aileen Wu
The God of the Woods: Maya Hawke
The Last of Us: Jason Ritter, Patrick Wilson, Michelle Mao, Kyriana Kratter
The Lincoln Lawyer: Diane Guerrero, Teresa Maria, Richard Cabral, Steve Howey, Patty Guggenheim, Corbin Bernsen, Chris Diamantopoulos, Iker Garcia
The Morning Show: Jesse Williams, Reneé Rapp
Presumed Innocent: Judith Light
Reasonable Doubt: Taylor Polidore Williams
The Rockford Files: Felix Solis
Scooby-Doo: Tanner Hagen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Maxwell Jenkins
Sweetpea: Rish Shah, Tamsin Greig, Taj Atwal, Jenny Walser
What the Dead Know: Lorenza Izzo
The White Lotus: Max Greenfield, Kumail Nanjiani, Chloe Bennet, Charlie Hall, Jarrad Paul
Untitled NBC PI comedy pilot: Jane Levy, Mary Shalaby, Langston Kerman
(Image courtesy of Amazon Prime Video.)
