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2019 HBO Pilots & Series Orders
Comedy
AVENUE 5 (Picked up to series)
Space tourism comedy set 40 years in the future when the solar system is everyone’s oyster.
Studio HBO
Team Armando Iannucci (w, d, ep), Kevin Loader (ep), Simon Blackwell (ep), Tony Roche (ep), Will Smith (ep)
Cast Nikki Amuka-Bird, Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Suzy Nakamura, Rebecca Front, Lenora Chrichlow, Ethan Phillips, Hamesh Patel, Kyle Bornheimer (recurring), Jessica St. Clair (recurring)
BETTY (Ordered straight to series)
FKA Untitled Skateboarding Project
Follows a diverse group of young women navigating their lives through the predominantly male-oriented world of skateboarding in New York City.
Studio Arfin Material/Untitled Entertainment
Team Crystal Moselle (w, d, ep), Lesley Arfin (w, ep), Igor Srubshchik (ep), Jason Weinberg (ep), Michael Sherman (co-ep), Matthew Perniciaro (co-ep), Rodrigo Teixeira (co-ep), Izabella Tzenkova (p), Lizzie Nastro (p)
Cast Dede Lovelace, Ajani Russell, Moonbear, Rachelle Vinberg and Nina Moran
THE UNDOING (Ordered straight to series, six episodes)
Grace Sachs is living the only life she ever wanted for herself: She’s a successful therapist on the brink of publishing her first book, has a devoted husband and also young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. Weeks before her book is published, a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and herself.
Studio David E. Kelley Productions/Blossom Films/Made Up Stories
Team David E. Kelley (w, ep, sr), Nicole Kidman (ep), Per Saari (ep), Bruna Papandrea (ep), Susanne Bier (d, ep) Stephen Garrett (ep), Celia Costas (ep)
Cast Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Donald Sutherland, Noah Jupe, Edgar Ramirez, Lily Rabe, Noma Dumezweni
Drama
EUPHORIA (Picked up to series)
Follows the true story of a teenager who was murdered outside a club, chronicling the lives of the teens from the club a year after the tragedy and the paths they take to cope and escape reality through drugs, sex and violence in an effort to make sense of an uncertain future. Based on the Israeli format.
Studio A24 Television
Team Sam Levinson (w, ep), Drake (ep), Future the Prince (ep), Ron Leshem (ep), Daphna Levin (ep), Tmira Yardeni (ep), Ravi Nandan (ep), Kevin Turen (ep), Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein (ep), Mirit Toovi (ep), Yoram Mokadi (ep), Gary Lennon (ep), Augustine Frizzell (d, co-ep)
Cast Zendaya, Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Eric Dane, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Angus Cloud, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Hunter Schafer, Sydney Sweeney, Algee Smith, Austin Abrams
DEMIMONDE (Ordered straight to series)
Epic and intimate sci-fi fantasy drama previously have described as revolving around a world’s battle against a monstrous, oppressive force.
Studio Warner Bros. TV/Monkeypaw Productions/Bad Robot Productions
Team J.J. Abrams (w, ep), Ben Stephenson (ep)
Cast TBA
THE GILDED AGE (Ordered straight to series)
(Moved from NBC) The American Gilded Age in 1885 was a period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new money, which is being reflected again today. Against this backdrop comes young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Southern general, who moves into the home of her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. Accompanied by the mysterious Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her stupendously rich neighbors, led by a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife struggling for acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set. Will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path in this exciting new world that is on the brink of transformation into the modern age?
Studio HBO/Universal Television
Team Julian Fellowes (w, ep), Gareth Neame (ep), Michael Engler (d, ep)
Cast Christine Baranski, Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Denée Benton, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson, Simon Jones, Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel, Jack Gilpin, Jeanne Tripplehorn (guest), Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara (recurring), Donna Murphy (recurring), Michael Cerveris (recurring), Debra Monk (recurring), Katie Finneran (recurring), Celia Keenan-Bolger (recurring), Kristine Nielsen (recurring), John Douglas Thompson (recurring), Patrick Page (recurring), Douglas Sills (recurring), Amy Forsyth (recurring), Taylor Richardson (recurring), Kelley Curran (recurring), Ben Ahlers (recurring)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (Ordered straight to series)
'Game of Thrones' prequel set 300 years before the events of the Emmy-winning series tells the story of House Targaryen. Based on George R.R. Martin’s novel 'Fire & Blood.'
Studio HBO
Team Ryan Condal (w, ep, sr), Miguel Sapochnik (d, ep, sr), George R.R. Martin (ep), Vince Gerardis (ep)
Cast Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE (Ordered straight to limited series)
Follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America. Based on Wally Lamb’s book.
Studio FilmNation Entertainment
Team Derek Cianfrance (w, d, ep), Mark Ruffalo (ep), Wally Lamb (ep), Ben Browning (ep), Glen Basner (ep), Gregg Fienberg (ep), Anya Epstein (ep), Lynette Howell Taylor (ep), Jamie Patricof (co-ep)
Cast Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Rosie O'Donnell, Archie Panjabi, Imogen Poots, Juliette Lewis, Kathryn Hahn, John Proccacino, Aisling Franciosi, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel, Philip Ettinger, Michael Greyeyes
INDUSTRY (Ordered straight to series)
Set in the cutthroat world of international finance as seen through the eyes of ambitious twentysomethings struggling to secure their futures. It follows a group of young graduates competing for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London – but the boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends. As members of the group rise and fall, they must decide whether life is about more than the bottom line.
Studio Bad Wolf
Team Mickey Down (w, ep), Konrad Kay (w, ep), Lena Dunham (d, ep), Jane Tranter (ep), Lachlan MacKinnon (ep), Ryan Rasmussen (ep)
Cast TBA
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (Ordered straight to series)
Atticus Black teams with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. Based on the novel by Matt Ruff.
Studio Warner Bros. TV/Bad Robot Productions
Team Misha Green (w, ep, sr), Jordan Peele (ep), J.J, Abrams (ep), Ben Stephenson (ep), Bill Carraro (ep), Daniel Sackheim (d, ep), Yann Demange (d, ep)
Cast Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Courtney B. Vance, Wunmi Mosaku, Aunjanue Ellis, Jamie Harris, Abbey Lee, Michael Kenneth Williams, Erica Tazel, Mac Brandt, Tony Goldwyn (guest), Jamie Chung (recurring), Jordan Patrick Smith (recurring)
MARE OF EASTTOWN (Ordered straight to limited series)
A small-town Pennsylvania detective investigates a local murder at a time when her own life is crumbling around her.
Studio HBO/wiip
Team Brad Inglesby (w, ep, sr), Gavin O’Connor (d, ep), Kate Winslet (ep), Gordon Gray (ep), Paul Lee (ep), Mark Roybal (ep)
Cast Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Cailee Spaeny, David Denman, John Douglas Thompson, Guy Pearce, Patrick Murney, Ben Miles, James McArdle, Sosie Bacon, Joe Tippett, Neal Huff, Mackenzie Lansing, Kate Arrington, Ruby Cruz, Elisa Davis, Enid Graham, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Izzy King, Jack Mulhern, Anthony Norman, Drew Scheid, Madeleine Weinstein
THE NEVERS (Ordered straight to series)
A gang of Victorian women finds themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies and a mission that might change the world.
Studio HBO
Team Philippa Goslett (ep, sr), Jane Espenson (w, ep), Doug Petrie (w, ep), Bernie Caulfield (ep)
Cast Laura Donnelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Ann Skelly, Ben Chaplin, Pip Torrens, Zackary Momoh, Amy Manson, Nick Frost, Rochelle Neil, Eleanor Tomlinson, Denis O’Hare, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Elizabeth Berrington, Ella Smith, Viola Prettejohn, Anna Devlin, Martyn Ford
THE OUTSIDER (Ordered straight to series)
A seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case. Based on the Stephen King novel.
Studio MRC/Aggregate Films/Temple Hill Entertainment
Team Richard Price (w, ep), Jack Bender (ep), Jason Bateman (d, ep), Michael Costigan (ep), Marty Bowen (ep), Andrew Bernstein (d, ep)
Cast Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson, Yul Vázquez, Jeremy Bobb, Marc Menchaca, Hettienne Park (recurring), Michael Esper (recurring), Derek Cecil (recurring)¸Max Beesley (recurring)
PERRY MASON (Ordered straight to limited series)
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, which is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression, it follows the origins of legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason’s relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and, just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself. Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Studio Team Downey
Team Rolin Jones (w, ep, sr), Ron Fitzgerald (w, ep, sr), Robert Downey Jr. (ep), Susan Downey (ep), Amanda Burrell (ep), Joe Horaceck (ep). Matthew Rhys (p), Tim Van Patten (d, ep)
Cast John Lithgow, Matthew Rhys, Tatiana Maslany, Juliet Rylance, Andrew Howard, Eric Lange, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root, Justin Kirk (recurring)
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (Ordered straight to miniseries)
Imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism. Based on the Philip Roth novel.
Studio Annapurna Pictures
Team David Simon (w, ep), Ed Burns (w, ep), Joe Roth (ep), Jeffrey Kirschenbaum (ep), Nina K. Noble (ep), Megan Ellison (ep), Sue Naegle (ep), Susan Goldberg (ep)
Cast Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Anthony Boyle, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Malis, John Turturro
RUN (Picked up to series)
Ruby lives a humdrum existence until one day she gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey with her oldest flame.
Studio Entertainment One/DryWrite/Wigwam Films
Team Phoebe Waller-Bridge (ep), Vicky Jones (w, ep), Emily Leo (ep), Kate Dennis (d, ep)
Cast Merritt Wever, Domhnall Gleeson, Tamara Podemski, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (recurring)
UNTITLED GAME OF THRONES PREQUEL (Not going forward)
Set thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, it chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: From the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend -- it’s not the story we think we know.
Studio Warner Bros. TV/Monkeypaw Productions/Bad Robot Productions
Team Jane Goldman (w, ep, sr), George R.R. Martin (ep), Vince Gerardis (ep), Daniel Zelman (ep), James Farrell (ep), Jim Danger Gray (ep), Sara Lee Hess (ep), Chris Symes (co-ep)
Cast Naomi Watts, Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo, Miranda Richardson, Marquis Rodriguez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, Dixie Egerickx
UNTITLED LAKERS PROJECT (Picked up to series)
FKA Showtime
Chronicles the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties—a team that defined its era, both on and off the court. Based on Jeff Pearlman’s nonfiction book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s."
Studio
Team Adam McKay (d, ep), Max Borenstein (w, ep), Kevin Messick (ep), Jim Hecht (w, ep), Jason Shuman (ep), Scott Stephens (ep), Rodney Barnes (co-ep)
Cast Jason Clarke, John C. Reilly, QuincyIsaiah, Solomon Hughes, DeVaughn Nixon, Molly Gordon, Rob Morgan, Spencer Garrett, Kirk Bovill, Delante Desouza, Gaby Hoffmann, Hadley Robinson
WE ARE WHO WE ARE (Ordered straight to series)
Coming-of-age story about two American teenagers who, along with their military and civilian parents, are living on an American military base in Italy. Centers on friendship, first-love and all the unknowns of being a teenager, which could happen anywhere, but in this case, happens to be in this little slice of America in Italy.
Studio Wildside
Team Luca Guadagnino (w, d, ep, sr), Lorenzo Mieli (ep), Mario Gianani (ep), Nick Hall (ep), Sean Conway (ep), Riccardo Neri (ep), Francesco Melzi d’Eril (ep), Paolo Giordano (w), Francesca Manieri (w)
Cast Chloë Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, Alice Braga, Faith Alabi, Spence Moore II, Corey Knight, Tom Mercier, Sebastiano Pigazzi, Ben Taylor, Francesca Scorsese, Jordan Kristine Seamon, Kid Cudi
THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS (Ordered straight to limited series)
The true story of how Richard Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect. Based in part on public records and the book 'Integrity' by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
Studio HBO/wiip
Team Alex Gregory (w, ep), Peter Huyck (w. ep), David Mandel (d, ep), Frank Rich, Ruben Fleischer (ep), David Bernad (ep), Paul Lee (ep), Nne Ebong (ep)
Cast Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux
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