Kristin Brzoznowski

A number of dramas from the ABS-CBN catalog, including I’ll Never Say Goodbye, have been licensed into Southeast Asian countries as distribution deals have been inked with companies in Vietnam and Myanmar.

Newen Distribution has picked up the Spanish series The Room, which will be broadcast on Forta stations and HBO Spain in 2019.

Two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson (The Children Act, Late Night) has signed on for Years and Years, a new BBC One drama from writer Russell T Davies.

Power showrunner Courtney A. Kemp has signed an exclusive multiyear development and production deal with Lionsgate.

Eccho Rights has finalized two new deals for the Turkish series New Bride, which will air in Mexico on Imagen and throughout Central America, Paraguay and Ecuador on Albavision.

Netflix is ramping up its investment in German content, announcing five new originals out of Germany—from epic tales of the past and future to contemporary crime dramas, coming-of-age stories and family sagas.

CBS Studios International (CBSSI) has inked a co-production agreement for the new Israeli drama District Y with creator and writer Leora Kamenetzky (Fauda, False Flag) and L. Benasuly Productions (Fauda, Hatufim).

Principal photography is now underway on The Sisterhood, the latest movie from Incendo.

Babou Ceesay (Damilola, Our Loved Boy, Best of Enemies) and Jill Halfpenny (Three Girls, In the Club) are to lead the cast of the new four-part drama Dark Mon£y for BBC One.

Golden Globe Award-winning and Oscar- and Emmy Award-nominated actor Steve Carell (The Big Short, The Office, Foxcatcher) has joined the cast of Apple’s untitled morning show drama.