French pay-TV operator Canal+ has linked up with sibling production house Studiocanal and Canada’s Quebecor Content on the first drama series to come from award-winning director Xavier Dolan. The Night Logan Woke Up is a five-part psychological thriller adapted from Michel Marc Bouchard’s eponymous hit theatre production, which is set in the 1990s and tracks the […]
Canada’s Quebecor Content has commissioned a French-language version of hit ITV reality dating format Love Island. The show will be co-produced by Productions Déferlantes in collaboration with Quebecor Content, and shot on Grand Canary Island. This marks the 19th local adaptation of the format, following recent commissions in Spain, Nigeria and Italy. The Love Island […]
BBC returns to Mallorca Files The BBC has extended its big budget daytime drama The Mallorca Files into a 10-part second season, ahead of the show’s premiere at the end of the month. The series, co-produced by Cosmopolitan Pictures and Clerkenwell Films, is set on the eponymous Spanish island and revolves around a UK detective […]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting its first international adaptation. NBCUniversal International Formats has licensed the hit comedy series to Quebecor Content-backed prodco ComediHa!, based out of Quebec City in Canada. A broadcaster has not yet been disclosed, though shooting is to begin this summer. The deal marks the first international version of the Golden Globe and […]
Canadian broadcaster TVA is getting its own French-language version of NBC game show The Wall. TVA stablemate Quebecor Content has acquired rights to the show from Endemol Shine International. The series has been a ratings hit in the US, where NBC debuted it in primetime. A subsequent access prime version in France for has also […]
TVA owner Quebecor Content has acquired high-concept CBS procedural Limitless. The CBS Television Studios-, K/O Paper Products- and Critical Content (fka Relativity Television)- produced show will air on Quebec network TVA and SVOD platform Club illico, beginning on a currently undefined date. The show has been a major new season ratings hit for US broadcaster […]
