The Afterparty
“Star Trek” and “Cowboy Bebop” alum John Cho will round out the wedding-set second season ensemble cast of Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s hit murder mystery comedy series “The Afterparty” at the Apple TV+ service.
Elizabeth Perkins, Zach Woods, Paul Walter Hauser, Poppy Liu, Anna Konkle, Jack Whitehall, Ken Jeong and Vivian Wu also star as series regulars alongside returnees Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson and Zoe Chao. [Source: Deadline]
Reality Bites
Peacock is developing a TV series ‘reframing’ of the Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller-led 1994 Gen-X indie classic “Reality Bites” with writer Helen Childress attached to pen the update and executive produce alongside Jenna Bans, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Danny DeVito and Casey Kyber.
The new take is centered on the driven, idealistic Lelaina Pierce and her three best friends as they leave college and try ‘adulting’ in the 1990s with the world around them on the brink of a seismic shift. [Source: THR]
Early Edition
CBS will not be moving forward with its gender-flipped reboot of the classic Kyle Chandler-led 1990s drama “Early Edition”. The update shot a pilot with Alice Eve taking on the lead role of a journalist who starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today. Charles Michael Davis, Jay Ali, and Fiona Rene also starred in the pilot. [Source: TV Line]
Zorro
“Elite” star Miguel Bernardeau will lead the cast of Secuoya Studios’ contemporary ten-episode “Zorro” series for Amazon Prime. Javier Quintas directs the series which will shoot around the Canary Islands and has Bernardeau as Diego de la Vega, a landowner and the masked hero of the people. [Source: Variety]
