Scripted


News round-up: WBD Lat Am picks up ‘Shasha & Milo’; Peacock orders ‘Monk’ special; Disney+ cancels ‘Willow’

WBD Lat Am picks up ‘Shasha & Milo’ Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America has picked up CGI action comedy, Shasha & Milo. The 25 x 22-minute and 12 x 2-minute shorts show, aimed at 6-9-year-olds, follows 12-year-olds, Shasha and Milo, as they juggle school and their home lives, along with their secret new role as the Crescent Island Guardians. Imbued with […]

Idris Elba & Mo Abudu strike co-pro partnership to champion African & Diaspora talent

Luther: The Fallen Sun star Idris Elba and Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu have partnered to jointly develop and co-produce a TV and film slate offering talent from Africa and its Diaspora new paths into the industry. Through their respective production companies, Green Door Pictures (Hijack) and EbonyLife Media (Reclaim, Dada Safaris), they will create […]

BBC acquires Australian comedy ‘Colin From Accounts’ for UK

UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Australian scripted comedy series Colin From Accounts for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The series, which was originally commissioned for the Foxtel Group in Australia, is produced by Easy Tiger Productions and CBS Studios and was acquired by the BBC from Paramount Global Content Distribution. It was unveiled to […]

Gunpowder & Sky hires Fly on the Wall’s Catti Alvarez & Abominable’s Natalie Gergely

LA-based prodco Gunpowder & Sky has landed Fly on the Wall Entertainment’s Catti Alvarez and Abominable Pictures’ exec Natalie Gergely. Alvarez becomes VP of unscripted development having been director of development at Fly on the Wall, where she had credits on Crime Scene Kitchen for Fox and Million Dollar Mile for CBS. Gergely joins as […]

Apple TV+ orders Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson half-hour comedy

Apple TV+ is reuniting True Detective stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in a new half-hour comedy from Schitt’s Creek producer David West Read. The untitled 10-episode show is being produced by Skydance Television and will be exec produced by Read, Harrelson and McConaughey. The “heartfelt odd couple love story” revolves around a “strange and […]

Dare Pictures hires 59%’s Cassandra Johnson-Bekoe to head scripted development

UK indie Dare Pictures has appointed 59% exec Cassandra Johnson-Bekoe to the newly created position of head of scripted development. Reporting to Dare Pictures founder & CEO Derren Lawford, writer, producer and script editor Johnson-Bekoe steps into the role with immediate effect in which she will focus on developing the company’s scripted slate. She will […]