Kristin Brzoznowski

LOS ANGELES: ABC has given a ten-episode straight-to-series order to the thriller Somewhere Between, a murder mystery based on a Korean format.

LONDON: Horror Channel will soon become the exclusive U.K. broadcaster for Star Trek: The Original Series.

PARIS: Federation Entertainment and Authentic Prod are teaming up to adapt Michel Bussi’s novel Le Temps est Assassin (Time is a Killer) for television.

LONDON: Viasat World has locked in deals with both NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television, bringing the dramas House of Cards and Blacklist: Redemption, among others, to the international pay-TV broadcaster.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and YouTube have announced the start of production on the pilot for the action thriller Impulse, based on the Jumper book series.

LOS ANGELES: Julia Roberts has signed on to star in an upcoming limited series based on Maria Semple's book Today Will Be Different.

LONDON: Jane Featherstone's Sister Pictures has optioned the TV rights for the novel The Power, written by Naomi Alderman.

SANTA MONICA: Skydance Media has entered into an exclusive, multiyear overall deal with writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island, Terminator Genisys) for TV production.

STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL: Eccho Rights has announced two new deals on the Turkish drama series Elif, which has now been sold into 16 territories globally.

LOS ANGELES: IM Global Television has made an equity investment in the first season of the Entertainment One (eOne) series ICE.