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Mansha Daswani

Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. She can be reached on mdaswani@worldscreen.com.

Making A Suitable Boy

December 7, 2020

Aradhana Seth, an executive producer on A Suitable Boy, offers up some insights on the adaptation, which premieres on Acorn TV in the U.S. and Canada today.

HBO Max Orders Ava DuVernay’s DMZ

November 20, 2020

HBO Max has ordered the four-part limited series DMZ from Roberto Patino, Ava DuVernay and Warner Bros. Television, based on the comic series from DC.

Starz Sets Eleanor of Aquitaine Series

November 18, 2020

Lionsgate TV and Colin Callender's Playground are developing a slate of drama series inspired by "extraordinary women of history" for Starz, beginning with an adaptation of Alison Weir's acclaimed biography Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life and its companion novel, Captive Queen.