Dolly Parton's six in-development screen projects to proceed after her death

Dolly Parton died in Nashville on August 25, 2026. Her team confirmed the next day that six in-development projects — a biopic, a docuseries, a scripted series, an avatar show, a musical documentary and a Billy the Kid animated series — will proceed along a roadmap Parton helped build before her death. The projects were in various stages of development, per Deadline.