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Fox has boosted development to cover American Idol’s exit and fill nearly 40 hours or programming. So this year’s order of 11 pilots is up from last year’s 6. That said, Fox isn’t really looking to take risks. Let’s take a look at what’s in the works in our preview of Fox’s Drama Pilots.
Oscar nominated director Lee Daniels is set to direct The Apollo Theater Film Project, an authorized history of New York’s famed Apollo Theater. The film is being produced by White Horse Pictures.
The film will tell the story of the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, one of the most famous theaters in the world and a driving force in shaping America’s music and cultural landscape.
Former Law & Order star is headed back to Fox, where he will star opposite Queen Latifah in a currently untitled pilot from Empire co-creator Lee Daniels.
Lee Daniels is re-teaming with Pam Oas Williams to develop The Queen, based on the 2013 article from Slate’s executive editor Josh Levin titled ‘The Welfare Queen’. Daniels, who previously worked with Williams on The Butler, will produce.
Lee Daniels is looking to add Tracy Morgan to his Richard Pryor biopic. Morgan is in talks for the role of comedian Redd Foxx. Mike Epps will star as the titular comedian.
After several studios and incarnations, the Richard Pryor biopic is moving forward, and Mike Epps is the man for the job.
A round-up of this week’s pilot and series TV casting and sales!
“New music, new money, new power” is the theme of Empire’s second season, with Jamal taking over the family business while Lucious is behind bars.
“New music, new money, new power” is the theme of Empire‘s second season, with Jamal taking over the family business while Lucious is behind bars. Empire returns September 23rd on Fox.
The director/producer has signed on to direct the horror for Relativity.
Logline: Centers on a high school football player whose career was just starting to take off when he was falsely accused of rape and sentenced to five years in prison.
Logline: A woman and her family undergo an exorcism when they appear to be beset by demonic possession.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
Michael B. Jordan has also entered the mix for the lead role.
The story of Eugene Allen, an African-American, who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986.
Chronicle of the life of famous comedian Richard Pryor.
“Precious” director in talks to helm Joplin biopic.
Follows the story of the slacker son of a newspaper editor and publisher in Florida, who gets wrapped up in investigating the murder of a rural sheriff.
Logline: Follows the story of the slacker son of a newspaper editor and publisher in Florida, who gets wrapped up in investigating the murder of a rural sheriff.
Logline: Set in 1920s Tampa, story centers on a family of cigar rollers, whose lives were changed by the power of the literature in thanks to the imported Cuban tradition of lectors reading to workers.
Logline: Set in the 1930s, the story centers on nine African American teens who were wrongly accused of a heinous crime against a white woman, and sentenced to death. But, with the help of several organizations, the case was appealed, and would go on to become one the biggest cases against racism in federal courts to date.
Logline: The story of Eugene Allen, an African-American, who worked as butler in the White House, serving eight presidents from 1952 to 1986.