Scripted round-up: Netflix saves ‘Star Trek Prodigy’; Iceland’s Siminn moves into ‘The Darkness’; Jeff Norton’s Waterside strikes Marcela Citterio

Star Trek: Prodigy

Netflix saves Star Trek Prodigy

Netflix has beamed up Star Trek: Prodigy, four months after the animation was scrapped by Paramount+.

The show will be added to the streamer later this year, with a second season already in the works from creators Kevin and Dan Hageman.

Star Trek: Prodigy was axed in June as part of a tax-saving move, with Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies also pulled.

The cancellation of the animation came as a surprise as Paramount had been promoting itself as being home to the Star Trek franchise, while the second season was also already in post production.

Netflix confirmed the move on X (formerly Twitter), with the Star Trek account also posting news stating: “The crew of the U.S.S. Protostar are beaming down to @Netflix.”

Siminn moves into The Darkness

Icelandic broadcaster Síminn has greenlit English-language drama The Darkness, with CBS Studios, Stampede Ventures and Truenorth set to produce.

The six-episode coproduction will shoot in Iceland and is based on the thriller series by Ragnar Jónasson, which follows Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir as she investigates a shocking murder case whilst coming to terms with her own personal traumas.

Sam Shore writes, with Paramount Global Content Distribution selling outside of Iceland. Lena Olin (Enemies, Hilma) stars, with Lasse Hallström (Chocolat) directing.

Jeff Norton’s Waterside strikes Marcela Citterio

Corus Entertainment’s Waterside Studios, the firm led by Jeff Norton, has unveiled two new development deals.

The studio is set to produce live-action television adaptations of Marcela Citterio’s The Girl Who Didn’t Want To Be A Princess and Uma Ghost, with both aimed at a young adult demo.

Norton said: “The stories are complementary yet completely different, but audiences can expect premium, family entertainment with comedic elements and unsuspecting plot twists.”

The Girl Who Didn’t Want To Be A Princess follows 18-year-old Aurora who is a Formula 1-obsessed girl with albinism whose life takes a dramatic turn when she falls in love with poor Tiziano, who is actually a prince from a neighbouring island in disguise.

Uma Ghost, meanwhile, tracks a millionaire rebel who gets caught vandalising her school and is sent to live with a new family, where she is forced to sleep in the room of their late daughter Uma and who discovers her role is to help the family heal.