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The CW is building out its “Drew-niverse,” established by the network’s hit series Nancy Drew, putting in development a series based on the classic book series Tom Swift, with a twist. The project, which will feature a Black, gay lead in the title role, hails from Nancy Drew co-creators/executive producers Josh Schwart…

Producers of the CW's new series Nancy Drew solved one mystery right off the bat at today's TCA panel: The ghost is real. The ghost is Dead Lucy, who wore the crown of Horseshoe Bay's Sea Queen for just one night in the year 2000 before dying at age 17. Yes, she is not a mere figment of the imagination in the series…

In the spirit of Riverdale, The CW’s new take on the classic Nancy Drew is darker, more supernatural and little sexier than the teen sleuth that we are used to. Comic-Con fangirls and fanboys were treated to a sneak peek at the pilot episode of the new series from showrunner Melinda Hsu-Taylor as well as executive…

EXCLUSIVE: A famous teenage sleuth is eyeing a return to TV. The CW has put into development a drama inspired by the classic Nancy Drew mysteries, from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire and CBS TV Studios. Written by Noga Landau (The Magicians), the untitled project is centered on 18-year-old Nancy Drew…

In a week that sees Marvel's The Punisher and Warner Bros' Justice League debuting on the small and big screens, respectively, the November 21 launch of Marvel's Runaways is a refreshingly different and successful take on the super-powered genre. As you would expect with Jeph Loeb and the Marvel TV team bringing…

The CW kicked off its 2017 pilot season pickups with nods to its most prolific producer Greg Berlanti, whose company is behind five CW series this season, and to its biggest IP title this year, Dynasty, a reboot of the iconic 1980s soap from Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The projects come…

The CW is returning to the primetime soap arena in a big way, taking a shot at rebooting one of the iconic series in the genre, the Aaron Spelling-produced Dynasty. The network has put in development the high-profile project, which hails from the duo behind one of the CW’s biggest soaps, Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwa…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is getting into the Marvel business with an order to Runaways, a drama series based on the fan-favorite Marvel Comics books. It comes from Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage, Marvel Television and ABC Signature. The order is for a pilot plus additional scripts with an eye toward a…

The potential for season five, Marissa's death and who almost played the popular characters were all hot topics at The O.C. reunion during the ATX TV Fest Sunday. Series creator Josh Schwartz, executive producers Stephanie Savage and Leila Gerstein and music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas were all on hand to discuss…

A decade after adapting Cecily von Ziegesar Gossip Girl book series into the successful CW show, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are taking on the Calendar Girl book series. ABC Signature, ABC Studios’ cable division, has optioned Audrey Carlan's steamy 12-book series for Schwartz and Savage’s studio-based Fake…

ABC is developing Read Bottom Up, a comedy project from ABC Studios-based producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of Fake Empire and Ben Karlin. I hear the network took the project — based on the novel by Neel Shah and Sloane Crosley about love in the digital age — off the table with a put pilot commitment. Read B…

In their first writing collaboration since creating Gossip Girl nine years ago, producing partners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are set to write and executive produce The Party, a drama project for ABC and ABC Studios. Like Gossip Girl, which was based on young-adult books, The Party is an adaptation of an…