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Syfy greenlights Superman prequel pilot
US cable channel has moved its Superman prequel Krypton from development to pilot stage. Damian…
Content in Moone Boy indie output deal
Content Media Corp. has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Dublin-based producer Deadpan Pictures, the…
France Télévisions buys Brazilian drama
France Ô has acquired Brazilian ‘super-production’ Trail of Lies from Globo. The France Télévisions-owned channel…
Marcella co-creator joins Tony Wood indie
Marcella co-creator Nicola Larder has joined the ITV show’s production company, Buccaneer Media, as executive…
Mediaset, Azteca join Globo drama copro
Mediaset España and Mexico’s TV Azteca are the latest channel groups to board the first…
Sonar developing The Birth of the Pill
US prodco Sonar Entertainment has optioned rights to non-fiction title The Birth of the Pill:…
E4, TNT coproducing comedic drama
The UK’s E4 and US cable channel E4 are coproducing a comedic drama about a…
Fox order Seth MacFarlane comedy drama
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a 13-episode live-action comedy-drama from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane….
Amazon prescribes to Doctor Thorne drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British period drama Doctor…
Hulu and MGM to tell The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu has greenlit an adaptation of Margaret Atwood novel The Handmaid’s Tale. The streaming service…
‘Cutting edge’ DC-based indie prodco launches
A new development and production company based in Washington, D.C., is aiming to create shows…
Merman poaches 42 drama exec
Sharon Horgan’s production company, Merman, has hired Daniel Walker from UK-based production and management firm…
Netflix preps Daredevil spin-off The Punisher
Netflix will launch a dedicated Punisher series after the vigilante character appeared in another of…
CBS cuts Good Wife format deal
There will be a South Korean version of legal drama The Good Wife after CBS…
IM Global teams with Depp, Branson for music drama
IM Global will produce a drama about legendary music producer Rick Hall, in association with…
Netflix’s Wet Hot Summer prequel gets sequel
Netflix has commissioned a sequel series to its Wet Hot American Summer Wet Hot American…
BBC names new comedy commissioning editor
UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed ex-CPL Productions producer Alex Moody as commissioning editor, comedy….
BBC, Netflix to remake Watership Down
Global streamer Netflix and British pubcaster the BBC will remake Watership Down, with John Boyega…
USA originals chief to exit, scores UCP deal
USA Networks executive VP, original programming Jackie de Crinis is stepping down to take an…
Roots planted in 50 territories
The remake of epic miniseries Roots has sold into 50 territories. Distributor A+E Networks has…
Go90 has finger on original EDM musical Pulse
New mobile on-demand service Go90 has ordered a twelve-part mystery drama-musical set around the Berlin…
In the spotlight: Stephen Poliakoff
British writer and director Stephen Poliakoff’s award-winning work spans more than three decades on both…
HBO hires for Nordic original programming push
HBO Nordic has appointed a new commissioning editor and VP, original programming as it gets…
Gordon Ramsay creates prodco, All3 JV
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has created a studio and scored a joint venture production pact…
BBC Worldwide launches Asia SVOD service
BBC Worldwide is launching a multi-genre SVOD platform in Singapore this year, with plans to…
Easton Ellis SVOD original for debuting Fullscreen
An original series from author Bret Easton Ellis will topline the original series set for…
eOne expands pact with Private Eyes pair
Entertainment One Television has expanded its relationship with scritped producers Shawn Piller and Lloyd Segan…
Blumenfeld, Bodle create £3m incubator
Veteran execs Remy Blumenfeld and Justin Bodle have created a £3 million (US$4.3 million) production…
MENA creative boom beckons
Artistic experimentation in the Middle Eastern scripted market is booming. TBI assesses a new form…
‘Netflix effect’ forces shorter windows
Release windows for drama programming are shortening dramatically in key territories, with a ‘pronounced change’…