TV Development for 3/22/16: Hulu Lands Rights to ‘Curious George’, TV Land Rebooting ‘Heathers’, E! Greenlights ‘Mariah’s World’
Other TV development news includes, ABC Studios nabs Calendar Girl novel for series and Lionsgate developing a transgender series based on a book. (SSN)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw To Star, Gina Prince-Bythewood To Helm ‘An Untamed State’
Gina Prince-Bythewood will direct and Gugu Mbatha-Raw will star in An Untamed State, an adaptation of Roxane Gay’s debut novel that the director will co-write with the author for Fox Searchlight. (DH)
Ben Affleck’s ‘Live by Night’ Gets 2017 Release Date
Warner Bros. has dated a quartet of films including Ben Affleck’s Live by Night, which Affleck directed and adapted from a Dennis Lehane best-seller and will bow Oct. 20, 2017. (THR)
Mae Whitman Is Coming To ‘Gilmore Girls’
Mae Whitman has joined Netflix’s Gilmore Girls revival in the ultimate TV mom crossover between Gilmore Girls and Parenthood. (VUL)
Bob Pilon Named Head Of Social Impact Team At Participant Media
Participant Media has hired Bob Pilon to lead its social impact team, bringing to the multi-media company a veteran of multiple non-profit operations, including the ONE Campaign, the international organization co-founded by U2’s Bono. (VAR)
‘Dirty Dancing': Bruce Greenwood Cast As Dr. Jake Houseman In ABC Remake
Bruce Greenwood has been tapped to play Houseman patriarch Jake opposite Debra Messing’s Marjorie in ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake. (TVL)
New ‘Deepwater Horizon’ Images Reveal Mark Wahlberg In Oil Rig Disaster Drama
Summit Entertainment has released a number of new images from Deepwater Horizon, a disaster drama that tells the true story behind the 2010 BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Peter Berg. (COLL)
‘Town Called Panic: Return to School’ Wins Shorts Grand Prize At NY Children’s Fest
The New York International Children’s Film Festival has announced the winners of its 2016 edition. The Grand Prize winners were live-action feature Birds of Passage and stop-motion animated short A Town Called Panic: Return to School. (AM)
Trailer Buzz: ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’
Epic new trailer for The Huntsman: Winter’s War with Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain and Emily Blunt. (IW)