World Screen

NEW YORK: Wings of Love co-stars Seda Bakan and Kadir Doğulu recently met with World Screen Newsflash’s Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari to discuss the characters they portray and share their thoughts as to why Turkish dramas have been garnering so much international attention.

MIAMI: A doctor who helps terminally ill patients die on their own terms takes center stage in Mary Kills People, which Entertainment One (eOne) is showcasing at NATPE.

NEW YORK: Mata Hari co-stars Vahina Giocante and Christopher Lambert met with World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani to discuss the series and what makes the central character so compelling.

MIAMI: SOMOS Distribution has closed a deal for the exclusive rights in the U.S. Hispanic market for the Greek series Stolen Dreams, which is currently airing in its fifth season on the Mega channel in Greece.

SINGAPORE: A trio of thrillers leads MarVista Entertainment’s ATF slate, including Cold Zone, a disaster film about a scientist who discovers an impending flash-freezing storm that threatens to destroy the entire planet.

SINGAPORE: Jericho Rosales, the so-called “Asian prince of drama,” stars in I’ll Never Say Goodbye, which ABS-CBN International Distribution is highlighting at ATF.

SINGAPORE: From Turkish producer Ay Yapim, Insider and Brave and Beautiful are two of the leading dramas that Eccho Rights will be talking to Asian buyers about at ATF.

SINGAPORE: HBO Asia’s ATF slate includes Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So and Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying, which mark the first time the channel is producing an anthology of martial-arts action TV movies.

SINGAPORE: From Oscar-winning director/producer Antoine Fuqua comes Ice, an ATF highlight for Entertainment One (eOne) that tells the story of two feuding family businesses in the diamond industry.

NEW YORK: Willow Grylls, co-founder of New Pictures and an executive producer on The Missing, spoke to World Screen Newsflash's Anna Carugati about the show's fresh chapter, New Pictures' approach to the thriller genre and why audiences enjoy this type of series so much. Watch the interview here.