Showtime is not moving forward with a number of projects, including a Gattaca series adaptation as well as the Mandy Patinkin-led series Seasoned.
Gattaca was first reported as being in development at Showtime back in March, while Seasoned was ordered to series at the network in April. In addition, Showtime is also no longer moving forward on development of the projects Split and Sweetness.
All of the projects were produced by outside studios, which sources say was the reason they were scrapped. Those studios will all have the option to now shop the projects to other outlets.
This is the latest round of development cuts at Showtime and Paramount as a whole in recent months. Once Chris McCarthy added Showtime to his purview, it was reported in March that Showtime had significantly pared down its development slate. Meanwhile, it was announced earlier this week that Paramount+ was canceling and removing a number of shows, including Star Trek: Prodigy and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.
Likewise, it was recently confirmed that the long-running Showtime series Billions will end with its upcoming seventh season.
McCarthy has laid out a strategy focused on building franchises around well-known Paramount IP, similar to how Taylor Sheridan has established the so-called Dutton-verse at Paramount+ based around his Paramount Network series Yellowstone. To that end, spinoffs of Billions are already in the works, while there are also talks of new shows featuring characters from Dexter.
Seasoned would have starred Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, with the six-episode series said to be inspired by their real-life relationship. It was produced by Jax Media. Gattaca, based on the film of the same name, hailed from Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, and Craig Borten with Sony Pictures Television producing. Gansa and Gordon previously co-created the hit Showtime series Homeland. Sony TV was also behind Sweetness, which was written by Emerald Fennell and executive produced by Nick Stoller. The show was described as a female-driven anthology.