Kristin Brzoznowski

AMC Networks has licensed the rights for the six-part thriller Spy City to launch the series in the U.S. on its streaming service AMC+ on April 15.

Passion Distribution has picked up the international rights for the new drama series Bregus (Fragile) from Fiction Factory, producers of the multi-award-winning Hinterland.

Cineflix Rights has secured the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the Israeli police-corruption drama Manayek from Yoav Gross Productions.

ZDF Enterprises is set to co-produce the second season of the drama and catastrophe thriller Sløborn, which it will also distribute globally.

EndemolShine Fiction has renewed its exclusive co-development and co-production partnership with Black Sheep Films.

Apple TV+ has ordered The Crowded Room, with Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) set to write and executive produce and Tom Holland to star.

ZDF Enterprises has landed a number of new deals for the two-part drama Ottilie von Faber-Castell, signing up broadcasters across Europe as well as the North American AVOD streamer Globi.

Paper Entertainment, founded by Julien Leroux to develop, finance and produce global television content, has made its first hire.

Sinéad Keenan (Little Boy Blue), Lola Petticrew (Bloodlands), Amy James-Kelly (Gentleman Jack) and Genevieve O’Reilly (The Dry) are on board for the BBC One drama Three Families.

World Screen Newsflash hears from Tatiana Elf, creator of FAST; producer Pietari Vappula; and Ulrike Schröder, VP of acquisitions and co-productions at Global Screen, for a behind-the-scenes look at how the series came together and what gives the show its international appeal.