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November 16, 2015 Top Stories

Joel Silver in TV Deal with Lionsgate

November 16, 2015

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has inked a multi-year first-look television deal with producer Joel Silver and his outfit Silver Pictures Television. Silver, known for feature films like the Lethal Weapon and Matrix franchises, previously worked on the television shows Veronica Mars …

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November 16, 2015 Top Stories

CTV Orders Six-Part Murder Mystery

November 16, 2015

TORONTO: The first novel in Giles Blunt's best-selling John Cardinal Mysteries book series serves as the basis for Cardinal (working title), a new murder-mystery drama ordered by CTV from Sienna Films and Entertainment One. The serialized six-parter kicks off production in …

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November 16, 2015 Top Stories

Filming Begins on New Season of In the Club

November 16, 2015

LONDON: Filming has begun on a second season of the BBC One drama In the Club from BAFTA-winning writer Kay Mellor. The contemporary drama puts a spotlight on pregnancy, imminent birth, love and the changing nature of relationships that babies …

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November 17, 2015 Top Stories

Last Panthers Lands Australian Slot

November 17, 2015

SYDNEY/LONDON/MUNICH: SBS Australia has picked up the rights to The Last Panthers, a six-part crime drama commissioned by Sky and CANAL+. Jointly distributed by STUDIOCANAL and Sky Vision, the drama starring Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan and John Hurt …

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November 18, 2015 Top Stories

ZDFE to Distribute Swedish Miniseries Viva Hate

November 18, 2015

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has picked up the global distribution rights, excluding Scandinavia, for Viva Hate, a miniseries from Swedish production company Anagram Film & TV. Set in Sweden during the early 1990s, Viva Hate tells the story of Daniel, …

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November 18, 2015 Top Stories

Eccho Rights Sends Stone in the River to Macedonia

November 18, 2015

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights has signed an agreement with Macedonia’s Kanal 5 for the Hungarian thriller series Stone in the River. Stone in the River centers on a tourist boat with 116 people on board that disappeared from a river near …

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November 19, 2015 Top Stories

Turkish Drama Ezel Heads to Nigeria

November 19, 2015

MUMBAI: The India-based TV-content sales agency GoQuest Media Ventures has licensed the Turkish crime drama series Ezel into Nigeria. GoQuest Media Ventures licensed the drama from Eccho Rights, which distributes the show internationally. Ezel will become the first Turkish drama …

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November 19, 2015 Top Stories

New ABC Family Series from Once Upon a Time Creators

November 19, 2015

BURBANK: ABC Family has added to the slate of originals that will premiere under its new Freeform rebranding in 2016 with a straight-to-series order for Dead of Summer, a horror series set at a summer camp in the late '80s. …

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November 20, 2015 Top Stories

Cold Feet Follow-Up Leads New ITV Drama Commissions

November 20, 2015

LONDON: ITV in the U.K. has given the go-ahead to several new drama projects, including the return of its popular ’90s series Cold Feet. The dramedy will reunite the original cast members, with series creator and writer Mike Bullen executive …

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