World Screen

LONDON: Sister Pictures is a brand-new independent production company launched by Jane Featherstone, former chief executive of Kudos, co-chairman of Shine UK and executive producer of dramas such as Spooks, Humans, River and Broadchurch.

LONDON/MUNICH: DIRECTV Latin America has acquired the one-hour drama Spotless, which stars Marc-André Grondin (C.R.A.Z.Y), Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds), Miranda Raison (24: Live Another Day) and Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey).

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2015 issue of World Screen. Ben Kingsley mesmerized audiences with his nuanced and powerful performance in Gandhi, which won him an Academy Award for best actor. Born in the U.K. and trained in …

MIAMI: GMA Worldwide is presenting the relationship drama Beautiful Strangers, which teaches viewers that forgiveness is a better response to anger than revenge, to international buyers at NATPE.

MIAMI: At NATPE, TRT—Turkish Radio and Television Corporation is putting a spotlight on the historical drama Resurrection (Dirilis Ertugrul), which tells the story of Ertugrul, the son of Suleyman Shah, who is considered to be the grandfather of the Ottoman Empire.

MIAMI: From the creator of The Walking Dead comes the drama series Outcast, a lead title from FOX International Channels Content Sales.

TORONTO: Wildhorse Studios and Macmillan Entertainment are developing the new series Shadows on the Hudson, based on the book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer.

PASADENA: FOX has ordered a pilot for 24: Legacy, a potential new installment of the drama franchise, this one without lead character Jack Bauer.

SEATTLE: Amazon has secured an in-season content licensing deal with PBS to make Prime Video the exclusive premium subscription streaming home for the drama Mercy Street.

UNIVERSAL CITY: USA Network has given a series pickup to Falling Water, a drama from executive producers Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead) of Valhalla Entertainment, Blake Masters (Brotherhood) and the late Emmy Award winner Henry Bromell (Homeland).