Caffeine – TV News – June 21st Edition

Caffeine – TV News – June 21st Edition

This week’s TV news brings us TWO new series orders for adaptations of bestselling novel series and more!

Premiere dates:

July 12th: The Westies

August 20th: Outer Banks

September 23rd: Brothers

Renewed:

The Four Seasons, Rivals, Bloodaxe, Nightsleeper

Canceled:

The Boroughs

Ordered to series:

Netflix: An adaptation of Hannah Grace’s hockey romance novel Icebreaker
Peacock: An adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s hit science fantasy series Dungeon Crawler Carl

Acquired for the U.S.:

Starz: Russell T Davies thriller Tip Toe

In development:

ABC: An adaptation of Andrew Mayne’s biologist procedural series The Naturalist
BBC Studios: A live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service series
Bell Media: Romantic thriller We Never Happened
Hulu: A TV version of graphic novel RetroActive, New York real estate drama The Pinnacle from George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth, Virgin Islands comedy Rock City from Janelle James
Vice Studios: A scripted series about sports ownership from Pablo Torre

Not moving forward:

Hulu: The untitled Onyx real estate drama pilot

Casting:

The Audacity: Miriam Shor
Bet: Saweetie
Conviction: Linda Emond, Zainab Jah, Ashley Zukerman, Jose Zuniga
Count My Lies: François Arnaud
Dirty: Samantha Morton
Fallout: Emily Mortimer, Manny Jacinto, Thomasin McKenzie
The God of the Woods: Tracy Letts, John Gallagher Jr., Lola Kirke, Colton Ryan, Camila Canó-Flaviá, Tristan Leander Green, Cliff Chamberlain, Lynden Miles Ley, Dannie McCallum, Andrew Polk, Chris Henry Coffey, David Furr, Joseph Adams, Brooklyn Shuck
Harry Potter: Peter Serafinowicz
Only Murders in the Building: David Tennant, Nicola Coughlan, Jodie Whittaker, Jim Broadbent, Richard Ayoade, Adrian Lukis, Kathryn Hunter
Sex Criminals: Pamela Adlon, BD Wong, Kumail Nanjiani
Twisted Metal: Mark Hamill
Untitled Apple TV Dakota Fanning thriller: Grace Gummer

(Image courtesy of Netflix.)

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