Kristin Brzoznowski

Banijay Rights has licensed the Swedish crime thriller Bäckström to AMC Networks in the U.K., Canada and U.S. for its Acorn TV streaming service.

The series Súbete A Mi Moto, based on the story of the band Menudo, will premiere in the U.S. on the EstrellaTV network.

Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens and Constance Wu are on board for the new Amazon original dramatic anthology series Solos.

Frances Flannery, a Fifty Fathoms alum, is to join Wild Mercury Productions, a Banijay UK company, as head of development.

Apple TV+ has ordered WeCrashed, a new limited series based on the hit podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork, with Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway to star and executive produce.

Stockholm-based MOPAR Studios has tapped Jessica Pope, who joins from Carnival Films, as its creative director of drama.

Synchronicity Films, producer of the drama series The Cry, has signed an exclusive first-look deal with All3Media International for all upcoming scripted TV projects.

A+E Studios and ITV Studios America in association with Groundswell Productions are working on the definitive TV adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

Cineflix alum Julien Leroux has set up Paper Entertainment, focusing on developing, financing and producing TV content in partnership with international talent and producers.

Jamie Dornan has been cast to lead the new drama series The Tourist, which is being produced by Two Brothers Pictures for BBC One, Stan, HBO Max and ZDF.