Scandinavia-based Eccho Rights’ latest Turkish drama for the international market is Aka Film’s series for Show TV, Black Heart. The scripted programme follows a brother seeking justice for the cold-blooded murder of his journalist sister, who was close to exposing a powerful media tycoon as a corrupt gangster. The brother exploits a young orphan girl […]
The TV adaptation of fantasy novel Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit will get a 4K screening at MIPTV next month. The series, from Japanese pubcaster NHK, has been three years in the making. Set in an imaginary land at a time in which the spirit and human worlds become intertwined, it follows the adventures of […]
European paycaster Sky and former Discovery Networks International CEO and president Mark Hollinger have bought stakes in UK production outfit Sugar Films. It is the first major industry news regarding Hollinger since he left Discovery’s international arm more than two years ago. He will become Sugar’s chairman as part of his investment into the company. […]
Pascal Breton’s production and distribution group Federation Entertainment will give new Scandi crime drama Bordertown its international launch at MIPTV. Federation produces the Finnish cop drama alongside Finnish prodco Fisher King for Finnish pubcaster YLE. The series is still in production, but there will be footage for buyers and it has been selected as one of […]
Endemol Shine International is launching buzzy Turkish drama Intersection at MIPTV, and the three leads will be in Cannes to promote the show and attend a screening. The series played on the Fox TV channel in Turkey (entitled Kordugum), where it has been hailed as a new kind of action-telenovela. Set in Istanbul, the 13x1hr series […]
Amazon has bagged exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who, the iconic UK sci-fi series. In terms of streaming in the US, Netflix and Hulu has carried current and older episodes of Doctor Who but those deals ran out earlier this year meaning there had been no legitimate streaming option for fans for several weeks. […]
Lionsgate and Joel Silver’s prodco are developing New People, a family drama about a transgender girl and her family. Independent US studio and movie producer Silver’s Silver Pictures Television confirmed they had a script/development deal and were working up the series for US cable net Freeform (fka ABC Family). The series is based upon the […]
Australian-produced a sci-fi web drama Airlock has been repurposed and will run as a TV movie on the Australian Syfy channel. The series stars Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin) as a security officer investigating events after a derelict spaceship docks with an isolated space station, revealing a dead crew and a band of […]
Key German distributors, including ZDF Enterprises and WDR Mediagroup, are prepping for a MIPTV during which there will be a Focus on Germany initiative. ZDF Enterprises, one of the sponsors of the German-themed activities alongside Red Arrow International, will launch a raft of drama in Cannes, and is also sponsoring the MIPDrama Screenings on Sunday, […]
Queen Victoria will appear in Cannes on ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s MIPTV slate. Victoria, a new period drama for ITV and PBS, will be offered to buyers and has been selected to premiere at the first MIPDrama Screenings on Sunday, April 3. In the US, PBS has revealed it will air the series in the […]
