World Screen

BURBANK: ABC Family has greenlit pilot production for the drama Famous in Love, starring Bella Thorne. Based on a novel of the same name written by Rebecca Serle, Famous in Love follows Paige, a college student who gets her big …

LONDON: ITV has commissioned the three-part drama The Secret, from Hat Trick Productions. Starring James Nesbitt, The Secret tells the story of a real-life double murder. Nesbitt portrays Colin Howell, a respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who became …

LOS ANGELES: Marvel Television is set to co-produce two new series based on separate comic-book properties: Legion for FX Networks and the tentatively titled Hellfire for FOX. Co-produced with FX Productions, Legion will tell the story of a man diagnosed as …

LONDON: IMG and The Ink Factory have secured network partners in territories around the globe for the upcoming television adaptation of John le Carré's best-selling book The Night Manager. International partners for The Night Manager include Tele München Gruppe for …

TORONTO: CraveTV is set to premiere the drama series Billions early next year, day and date with Showtime in the U.S. The series, which stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, is slated to debut on January 17 at 10 p.m., …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America has optioned the rights for Brian Panowich's novel Bull Mountain, which is being adapted into a scripted television show. Bull Mountain centers on a small-town sheriff who is trying to distance himself from his family's …

SEATTLE: The first season of The Royals has become available for streaming via Amazon's Prime Video, starting today. Prime members can stream or download the show at no additional charge to their membership, and Prime members in the U.S. will …

LOS ANGELES: FOX has ordered a full season of the drama series Rosewood. Created by Todd Harthan, the medical procedural is produced by Temple Hill in association with 20th Century Fox Television. It is set in Miami and follows the …

SYDNEY: Australia's Channel Seven has commissioned a second season of 800 Words, a popular family drama series starring Erik Thomson. 800 Words follows George Turner (Thomson) and his teenage children Shay (Melina Vidler) and Arlo (Benson Jack Anthony) as they …

NEW YORK: World Screen’s Anna Carugati interviewed Showtime’s David Nevins and CBS Global Distribution Group’s Armando Nuñez in the Grand Auditorium at MIPCOM, where the two executives discussed the expansion of the premium channel’s brand and content across the globe. …