Alison Skilton

Picturestart has acquired the film and television rights for Wattpad author Rachel Meinke’s book Along for the Ride.

Blumhouse and iHeartMedia have teamed up to produce a series of podcasts for potential future film and television development, the first of which is set to launch early next year.

Dynamic Television has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for Shudder’s new Creepshow series, which the company is set to present at MIPCOM.

Inter Medya’s The Pit (Çukur) is set to be featured in the popular Turkish video game Zula, with a map from the series as well as some of its characters slated to be added to the game.

Two Korean dramas, Encounter and Gangnam Beauty, are set to bow on ABS-CBN in the Philippines today, August 5.

Billed as an “environmental thriller,” Globo and Maria Farinha Films’ Aruanas takes a different approach to educating viewers about climate change.

Paramount Network has greenlit Sony Pictures Television’s Coyote, with Emmy-winning actor Michael Chiklis set to star and executive produce.

BBC One has recommissioned the Peter Bowker family drama The A Word for a third season, and filming on the series has begun.

Endemol Shine Group has aligned with start-up immersive entertainment studio Maze Theory to create a virtual reality game for drama series Peaky Blinders.

Russia’s NTV is expanding its presence in the Middle East with the new availability of its period drama Aria of the Doomed, which has been dubbed in Arabic, on the regional VOD platform TenTime.