Scripted


Chicken Soup & Sonar’s Ellender unveil drama arm to fuel AVOD strategy

US-based producer, distributor and AVOD operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has formed a new scripted division to be led by former Sonar Entertainment CEO David Ellender.  Halcyon Television’s formation comes less than a month after CSSE acquired Ellender’s Sonar Entertainment, which had been behind shows such as The Son for AMC, Mr Mercedes […]

HBO Max ponders ‘Love And Death’ with Elizabeth Olsen & David E Kelley

WarnerMedia streamer HBO Max has ordered a limited true crime drama series from Big Little Lies creator David E Kelley, with Elizabeth Olsen to star and Nicole Kidman to exec produce. Love And Death will be produced by Lionsgate Television and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, with Kelley writing and exec producing through David E. […]

Discovery+ eyes drama with ‘Bright Futures’ adaptation

Discovery+ could be about to expand into drama after it emerged the unscripted streamer is developing an adaptation of recently released novel, Girls With Bright Futures. The book, which was released in February and is written by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman, explores a college admissions scandal in Seattle. There is no writer on the […]

Amazon’s IMDb TV unveils huge development push across unscripted & drama

Amazon-owned AVOD IMDb TV has unveiled a slew of original scripted and unscripted programming in development, following the retail giant’s first-ever NewFronts presentation. Unscripted shows in the works include Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, a five-part mini-series following the country music star along the road to success. Michael Monaco directs the series, which is […]

Banijay Rights appoints EVP of EMEA to replace Tim Mutimer

Banijay Rights has promoted Claire Jago to EVP of EMEA sales & acquisitions to replace Cineflix-bound Tim Mutimer. Jago, who was most recently SVP of Nordics at Banijay Rights, takes on responsibility for the team and activity across the entire region, reporting to the division’s CEO, Cathy Payne. Her appointment comes six weeks after Mutimer […]

Spain’s Atresmedia acquires Nippon TV’s drama format ‘Mother’

Money Heist broadcaster Atresmedia has picked up Spanish rights to Nippon TV’s globetrotting scripted format Mother. The Japanese format will be remade in Castilian Spanish later this year, marking the eighth international deal for the drama. Mother has already been licensed to CJ E&M (South Korea), MF Yapim (Turkey), STB TV (Ukraine), JSL Global Media (Thailand), […]

NBCU’s Peacock snags nine million subs, explores int’l expansion

NBCUniversal (NBCU) streamer Peacock added nine million subscribers in the first quarter of the year and is exploring international expansion. The Comcast-owned company attributed the growth to the addition of iconic US sitcom The Office as a Peacock exclusive, along with the deal to acquire the WWE Network in a deal worth a reported $1bn. […]