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Big Sky will be back to solve more crimes. ABC has renewed the drama for a second season. It marks the Disney-owned network's second renewal in 24 hours, having renewed The Good Doctor for a fifth season Monday. Elwood Reid, exec producer of The Chi and The Bridge, has been set as showrunner for Season 2. Reid came on…

Based on the 2016 bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx of Brokeback Mountain fame, National Geographic's scripted drama series Barkskins is a savage trip back in time to the wild frontiers of the late 17th century. Set in the wooden settlement of Wobik, now the Canadian province of Quebec…

It’s not often that Hollywood takes on stories set during the 17th century of New France aka the early Quebec North Americana territory. Arguably, you’d have to go back to the early 1990s, when such movies as Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans and Bruce Beresford’s Black Robe even came close to the era. This…

EXCLUSIVE: In another example of deepening integration between Disney divisions, Barkskins will become the first new National Geographic series to get a next-day release on Hulu. The historical fiction limited series, created by Elwood Reid, is sprinting in the final stretch to the screen. Ten days ago, Nat Geo…

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic has greenlighted Barkskins, a scripted drama series based on the 2016 bestselling novel of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx (The Shipping News, Brokeback Mountain) which traces the story of America’s deforestation. The network has given a 10-episode to the project, which hails…

Fox has given a put pilot commitment to Forrest’s Treasure, an hour-long drama from The Chi executive producer Elwood Reid, McG (Lethal Weapon), the Gotham Group and 20th Century Fox TV where McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision has a deal. Written by Reid with McG set to direct, Forrest’s Treasure is described as a…

Fox has lined up a second drama from Peter Berg’s Film 44. An untitled hourlong project written by The Bridge co-developer/executive producer Elwood Reid has received a script commitment with significant penalty. Described as a “high-octane character drama,” the project follows the woman with the most lethal mind in…

Empire producer Imagine TV is putting the final touches on a pitch for The Perfect Kill, a cable drama series based on the book by decorated CIA agent Robert B. Baer, whose portrayal in Syriana, an adaptation of his book See No Evil, earned George Clooney an Oscar. The Bridge co-developer/showrunner Elwood Reid has…