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Amazon U.K. Picks Up Into the Badlands for Streaming

October 23, 2015

LONDON: The upcoming AMC martial arts drama Into the Badlands, which stars Daniel Wu, has been licensed by Entertainment One (eOne) Television to Amazon as a U.K. exclusive for Prime Video. The series is loosely based on the Chinese classic …

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Season Two of DIRECTV Drama Kingdom Goes Digital

October 23, 2015

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have teamed up to make episodes from the second season of the DIRECTV drama Kingdom available on all digital platforms the day after their initial broadcast. The series …

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Limitless Gets Full-Season Pickup

October 26, 2015

BURBANK: The drama Limitless has received a full-season, 22-episode order from CBS. Limitless ranks as this season's number two new series, delivering 11.43 million viewers. The freshman drama won its Tuesday 10 p.m. time slot in viewers every week since …

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Scripted Lines Up New Keynotes, Buyers & Commissioners

October 26, 2015

NEW YORK: Carlton Cuse (The Strain, Colony) and Entertainment One Television’s John Morayniss are set to deliver keynotes at the upcoming Scripted event, which has also amassed a slew of new buyers and commissioners for its 30 Minutes With session. …

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AMC Global Takes The Night Manager

October 27, 2015

NEW YORK: AMC Global has picked up the international broadcast rights for the TV adaptation of John le Carré’s novel The Night Manager, starring Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. The six-part drama is currently in production. A co-production between AMC, …

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The Enfield Haunting Heads to Hulu

October 27, 2015

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Hulu has landed a deal with Entertainment One (eOne) for the exclusive U.S. streaming rights for the three-part supernatural drama The Enfield Haunting. The drama is based on real events that took place during the fall of 1977. …

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More From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series for El Rey Network

October 27, 2015

SANTA MONICA/AUSTIN: Miramax's supernatural crime drama From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series has been renewed for a third season on El Rey Network. From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series is a reimagining of Robert Rodriguez's hit film from the 1990s. …

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MarVista Completes Filming on Great Plains Movie

October 27, 2015

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment, Strike Accord and the Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO) have finished principal photography on the dramatic thriller Great Plains. Starring Tara Buck (True Blood), Great Plains centers on a tough cowgirl who risks everything to …

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U.S. Theatrical Release Planned for BBC’s Sherlock Special

October 27, 2015

NEW YORK: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, a special episode of the hit BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, is slated to screen in select theaters across the U.S. on January 5. The feature-length cinema screening will be shown …