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This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. For eight years, with the brilliant yet damaged Dr. Gregory House at its helm, the medical drama House made audiences ponder ethical issues and why people do what …

Matthijs Wouter Knol, director of the European Film Market, discusses the upcoming Drama Series Days, which are part of the activities of the Berlinale’s European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents.

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.