Kristin Brzoznowski

Tod Productions and STV Productions have optioned The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics, a new true-crime book written by journalist and author Jeremy Craddock.

The writer and creator talks about the four-part drama that made a splash with its U.K. run on Channel 4 earlier this year and has now arrived Stateside on Acorn TV.

The Chinese platforms iQIYI, Youku and Tencent Video have licensed My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name, the second season of the Italian-language drama based on Elena Ferrante’s best-selling book series, from Fremantle.

The Ink Factory has added to its creative team, with former BBC Drama Studios and Big Light Productions development producer Maggie Boden joining as director of development.

UKTV’s VOD service, UKTV Play, has secured the exclusive rights to the police procedural drama The Bill in a deal with Fremantle.

HBO Max has given production commitments to three new dramas from J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television Group, including Overlook, which is inspired by and features iconic characters from Stephen King's The Shining.

ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has sold the Acorn TV drama Queens of Mystery to a slew of international broadcast partners, among them Sky Germany and ProSiebenSat.1.

USATV Productions’ Bagrat and Vaagn Sargsyan, former News Corp executive Marty Pompadur and E! founder Larry Namer have teamed up to launch the new crime drama Nova Vita.

Quibi is developing Good Boys and True, a new drama from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Katy Keene), based on his play.

HBO Europe has ordered At Home (En Casa), an anthology series about isolation from five Spanish directors who currently find themselves isolated amid the coronavirus pandemic.