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News round-up: Prime Video returns ‘The Bad Guy’; Acme & Lightbox team on ‘Mr Doodle’; CBS orders ‘Young Sheldon’ spin-off

Prime Video returns ‘The Bad Guy’ Amazon streamer Prime Video has returned Italian original drama The Bad Guy for a second season. The show is directed by Giuseppe G. Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana, created by Ludovica Rampoldi, Davide Serino and Giuseppe G. Stasi, and written by Fortunata Apicella, Giacomo Bendotti, Giordana Mari, Ludovica Rampoldi, Davide […]

How the TV industry is financing drama in a choppy market

As scripted execs hit London TV Screenings this week, Richard Middleton explores the industry’s next moves as it navigates a streamer-induced squeeze on spending in the US and across Europe. Anyone hoping that the start of 2024 would bring blessed relief from the storm of the last 12 months is likely to have been left […]

Hulu joins France TV, ZDF & Rai drama ‘The Kollective’, with A+E distributing

Hulu has picked up US rights to The Kollective, the upcoming thriller about the journalist group that was commissioned in 2022 by France Télévisions, Rai and ZDF. The 6 x 60-minute drama, which has started filming, is being produced by Mediawan-owned Submarine (Undone) and created by Gomorrah‘s Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, along with the […]

Council Of Europe unveils projects to receive $3.3m from new Pilot Programme

Council Of Europe’s new Pilot Programme for series co-productions has unveiled seven shows that will receive €3m ($3.3m) in funding, following a call for projects last year. Successful projects include The Kollective, the drama created by Femke Wolting, Maddalena Ravagli, Leonardo Fasoli that is being produced by Submarine Productions and Menuetto Film for the Alliance […]

Federation Studios brings YA drama ‘We Are Legend’ to market

Federation Studios has picked up Italian young adult fantasy series We Are Legend for distribution and will be bringing the show to Content London this week. The show was produced for broadcaster RAI and Amazon streamer Prime Video Italia by Italian production company Fabula Pictures (part of Federation Studios), in collaboration with Rai Fiction and […]

Rai links with Endemol Shine Italy for AI-powered entertainment format ‘Fake Show’

Rai in Italy has ordered a comedy entertainment show that uses AI to create unpredictable scenarios within the format. Fake Show – Diffidate Delle Imitazioni is from Banijay’s Endemol Shine Italy and sees celebrities showcasing their improv skills, impersonating characters, dialects, objects, sounds and their fellow showbiz counterparts. Alongside the famous faces is a comedic […]

News round-up: BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’; France TV, RAI & RTBF enter ‘The Age Of Anger’; ‘Baltic Crimes’ sells into 95 countries

BritBox Int’l & Acorn TV pick up ‘Granite Harbour’ BritBox International in the US and Canada and Acorn TV in Australia and New Zealand have picked up British crime drama Granite Harbour, following deals with Eccho Rights. Produced by LA Productions, in association with Dopamine, the series launched on BBC1 and BBC Scotland in December […]

Show of the Week: The Sea Beyond – Season 3

Back for a third season, Italian young-adult prison drama The Sea Beyond is continuing its runaway success with new trials and tribulations ahead for the inmates of the Naples youth detention centre. “Rosa Ricci, in a quest for vengeance, commits a crime to enter the IPM and kill Carmine Di Salvo, who she thinks killed […]

BBC & Rai partner on animation ‘Super Happy Magic Forest’

UK and Italian pubcasters the BBC and RAI have co-commissioned Super Happy Magic Forest, a new animated series based on the picture books of the same name by Matty Long. The 52 x 11-minute 2D animated series has also secured a pre-sale with Canal+ and is produced by Tiger Aspect Kids & Family with Movimenti […]

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