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Syfy greenlights Superman prequel pilot

US cable channel has moved its Superman prequel Krypton from development to pilot stage. Damian…

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Content in Moone Boy indie output deal

Content Media Corp. has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Dublin-based producer Deadpan Pictures, the…

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France Télévisions buys Brazilian drama

France Ô has acquired Brazilian ‘super-production’ Trail of Lies from Globo. The France Télévisions-owned channel…

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Marcella co-creator joins Tony Wood indie

Marcella co-creator Nicola Larder has joined the ITV show’s production company, Buccaneer Media, as executive…

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Mediaset, Azteca join Globo drama copro

Mediaset España and Mexico’s TV Azteca are the latest channel groups to board the first…

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Sonar developing The Birth of the Pill

US prodco Sonar Entertainment has optioned rights to non-fiction title The Birth of the Pill:…

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E4, TNT coproducing comedic drama

The UK’s E4 and US cable channel E4 are coproducing a comedic drama about a…

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Fox order Seth MacFarlane comedy drama

US broadcaster Fox has ordered a 13-episode live-action comedy-drama from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane….

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Amazon prescribes to Doctor Thorne drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British period drama Doctor…

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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…

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‘Cutting edge’ DC-based indie prodco launches

A new development and production company based in Washington, D.C., is aiming to create shows…

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Merman poaches 42 drama exec

Sharon Horgan’s production company, Merman, has hired Daniel Walker from UK-based production and management firm…

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Netflix preps Daredevil spin-off The Punisher

Netflix will launch a dedicated Punisher series after the vigilante character appeared in another of…

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CBS cuts Good Wife format deal

There will be a South Korean version of legal drama The Good Wife after CBS…

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IM Global teams with Depp, Branson for music drama

IM Global will produce a drama about legendary music producer Rick Hall, in association with…

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Netflix’s Wet Hot Summer prequel gets sequel

Netflix has commissioned a sequel series to its Wet Hot American Summer Wet Hot American…

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BBC names new comedy commissioning editor

UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed ex-CPL Productions producer Alex Moody as commissioning editor, comedy….

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BBC, Netflix to remake Watership Down

Global streamer Netflix and British pubcaster the BBC will remake Watership Down, with John Boyega…

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USA originals chief to exit, scores UCP deal

USA Networks executive VP, original programming Jackie de Crinis is stepping down to take an…

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Roots planted in 50 territories

The remake of epic miniseries Roots has sold into 50 territories. Distributor A+E Networks has…

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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…

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In the spotlight: Stephen Poliakoff

British writer and director Stephen Poliakoff’s award-winning work spans more than three decades on both…

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HBO hires for Nordic original programming push

HBO Nordic has appointed a new commissioning editor and VP, original programming as it gets…

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Gordon Ramsay creates prodco, All3 JV

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has created a studio and scored a joint venture production pact…

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BBC Worldwide launches Asia SVOD service

BBC Worldwide is launching a multi-genre SVOD platform in Singapore this year, with plans to…

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Easton Ellis SVOD original for debuting Fullscreen

An original series from author Bret Easton Ellis will topline the original series set for…

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eOne expands pact with Private Eyes pair

Entertainment One Television has expanded its relationship with scritped producers Shawn Piller and Lloyd Segan…

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Blumenfeld, Bodle create £3m incubator

Veteran execs Remy Blumenfeld and Justin Bodle have created a £3 million (US$4.3 million) production…

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MENA creative boom beckons

Artistic experimentation in the Middle Eastern scripted market is booming. TBI assesses a new form…

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‘Netflix effect’ forces shorter windows

Release windows for drama programming are shortening dramatically in key territories, with a ‘pronounced change’…