World Screen

CANNES: Since launching the dramas The Break and Bordertown at MIPTV, Federation Entertainment reports that both titles have generated “a lot of interest” from global buyers.

NEW YORK: Morven Christie, who stars as the female lead in The A Word, and producer Marcus Wilson met with World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani to discuss how the series approaches the topic of autism and why this show has the ability to resonate with audiences around the world.

NEW YORK: Harlan Coben and Nicola Shindler, executive producers on The Five, sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani to discuss the series and their new indie outfit.

NEW YORK: Producers Terri Edda Miller and Andrew W. Marlowe met with World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati to talk about Take Two and share what they were able to bring from their Castle experience to the new project.

The co-creator, who also directed and co-wrote the scripted series, speaks about the K-drama’s milestones, the relationship between the characters and plans for the coming seasons.

NEW YORK: Writer William Broyles, Jr. sat down with World Screen Newsflash's Anna Carugati to discuss the genesis of SIX and the rigorous preparation the actors and the team behind the drama went through to ensure an authentic emotional portrayal.

BUDAPEST: MISTCO has been appointed as the exclusive sales agent for Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), and is headed to NATPE Budapest with a range of Turkish dramas to offer CEE buyers.

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash's Mansha Daswani met with actor Patrick Fugit and Sharon Tal Yguado, the executive VP of global programming at FOX International Studios, to discuss the genesis of Outcast and some of the universal themes found within the series.

The trend-trackers at The WIT shed light on which new dramas coming to U.S. networks’ fall schedules are generating the most buzz. The reboot of the ’80s series MacGyver stirred up the most social-media buzz of all the new shows coming to CBS …

LOS ANGELES: The one "designated survivor" (this year) of vertical integration is the intrepid indie player Entertainment One (eOne), which has clinched two network pick-ups, both on ABC, Designated Survivor and Conviction.