Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: BBC One and Agatha Christie Productions have struck a deal that will see seven new adaptations of the legendary author's works being produced over the next four years.

LONDON: Catalyst Global Media has optioned Frances Hardinge’s novel Cuckoo Song to adapt as a special event TV miniseries.

LONDON: The fantasy drama American Gods, based on the Neil Gaiman novel, will launch exclusively for Amazon Prime members in Germany, Austria, the U.K. and Japan in 2017.

PARIS: Mata Hari, which tells the story of the infamous dancer, courtesan and World War I spy of the same name, has been lined up for the Sunday night MIPCOM 2016 World Premiere TV Screening.

TORONTO: Canada's Global has commissioned another season of the original detective drama Private Eyes from Entertainment One (eOne).

CULVER CITY: Rupert Grint, best known for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, has been cast in the Crackle drama series Snatch, based on the Guy Ritchie movie of the same name.

SILVER SPRING: Acorn Media Enterprises has aligned with Blinder Films, DCD Rights and RTÉ to co-produce the new Irish legal drama Striking Out.

LONDON: The crime series The Last Panthers has been acquired by DirecTV Latin America.

LOS ANGELES: NBC is going into development on a new one-hour drama from Breaking Bad and The Path actor Aaron Paul and John and Thomas Sonntag.

BURBANK: The CW is in development on a series adaptation of the iconic 1987 film The Lost Boys.