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Matt Lopez's Latinx family drama Promised Land is the latest hourlong project to secure a pilot order at ABC. Previously known as American Heritage, the project is an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California's Sonoma Valley. ABC bought the project pre-emptively…

EXCLUSIVE: The Disney live action team is in early development on a reboot of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day with Matt Lopez writing. 21 Laps and Jim Henson Company, who produced the first film, will return as producers. The film will be developed for Disney+. The original film is based on…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC is developing American Heritage, a drama from writer Matt Lopez (Bedtime Stories). The network bought the project preemptively with a put pilot commitment. Written by Lopez, American Heritage is an epic drama about two Latinx immigrant families vying for wealth, power, and the American Dream in…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired the rights to the Matt Lopez spec script Wraith with Sebastian Hofmann attached to direct and Lopez on board to write. The spec is based on the bestselling novel Cyberstorm with Emile Gladstone on board to produce. Based on the self-published novel by Matthew Mather, the novel follows…

Warner Bros is putting the wheels in motion on new Father of the Bride movie, with Matt Lopez penning the script. This latest reboot will revolve around a Latinx family, a first for the franchise. This marks the third retelling of the story that began with the Spencer Tracy original in 1950 and was most recently…

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal International Studios, Germany’s RTL and France’s TF1 have given the green light to Gone, a 12-episode procedural drama series starring The Good Wife and Sex and the City alum Chris Noth. The series, which eyes a launch in winter 2017-2018, was created by Matt Lopez (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)…

NBC is putting a twist on the hot procedural drama genre this season with Dreamer, from Matt Lopez (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) and John Glenn (Allegiance). The network has given a script plus penalty commitment to the project, a high-concept procedural from Universal TV, where Lopez and Glenn are under overall…

In a highly competitive situation, Caesar, a sprawling contemporary drama from Matt Lopez and John Glenn, has landed at ABC with a put pilot commitment. The project, which reimagines Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar in modern-day Los Angeles, is described as a tale of power, sex and revenge — themes right in ABC’s…

NBC has put in development Justice, a legal drama project from Matt Lopez and John Glenn. Written by Lopez, who is a former lawyer, Justice tells the story of larger-than-life District Attorney Logan Archer, a brilliant and relentless prosecutor who takes on crime while harboring some deep, dark secrets. Lopez and…

EXCLUSIVE: Feature writer Matt Lopez is formalizing his foray into television with a two-year overall deal at Universal Television. The pact, Lopez’s first overall TV arrangement, stems from One Kick, a drama project he developed at NBC through Uni TV this season. "Matt writes with texture and layers and creates…