Shyamalan, Moffat, Morgan Lead MIPCOM Film & TV Crossroads Session

PARIS: Screenwriter, director and producer M. Night Shyamalan, Doctor Who executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat and Intruders' Glen Morgan will head a MIPCOM conference session on original content creation.

The session, Film and TV Crossroads, will feature a roster of creators exploring what drives the best in entertainment content these days.
 During a panel entitled Cult to Mainstream: Film & TV Crossroads Case Studies, Shyamalan will present the ten-episode event series Wayward Pines, which is being debuted in Cannes by FOX International Channels Content Sales.



Shyamalan will be joined by Moffat, who in addition to his Doctor Who credits is also co-creator and executive producer of Sherlock, and Morgan, showrunner/writer of the paranormal series Intruders, who also co-wrote The X-Files. They will be joined by Ben Donald, executive producer at BBC Worldwide, who is currently working on the sci-fi drama The Refugees.

The conference program also features a keynote delivered by Kevin Beggs, the chairman of Lionsgate Television Group, who oversees all scripted and non-scripted programming for broadcast, cable and digital platforms worldwide. A second Film & TV Crossroads keynote will come from Axel Kuschevatzy, head of international film production at Telefonica Studios, and noted film, TV producer and scriptwriter. The conference sessions will be followed by the Fresh TV Fiction presentation, which will explore the hottest new territories where the latest in fiction trends and hits of tomorrow are to be found.