Kristin Brzoznowski

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has five new prime-time network titles on its slate for MIPCOM, including the Kiefer Sutherland-led Designated Survivor.

TEL AVIV: Keshet International (KI) has picked up the global distribution rights for the Croatian crime drama The Paper.

LONDON: Emily Head has joined the ITV serial drama Emmerdale to play the character of Rebecca White, the sister of Chrissie and aunt of troubled teen Lachlan.

NEW YORK: Vince Gilligan and Michelle MacLaren, the pair behind Breaking Bad, are working with Octavia Spencer on a limited series for HBO about cult leader Jim Jones.

TEL AVIV: Brazil’s Globosat has licensed two dramas from the Armoza Formats scripted catalog: Hostages and Street Justice.

SINGAPORE: The Asian entertainment channel GEM will simulcast Guard Center 24, marking the first time that international audiences can watch a Japanese drama at the same time as it is broadcast in Japan.

TORONTO: Production is now underway on the third and final season of the original Canadian drama X Company, which will air on CBC in winter 2017.

ATLANTA: TNT has extended its renewal of The Last Ship, adding a fifth season.

LOS ANGELES: The Jackal Group’s Gail Berman and Joe Earley are planning to bring Chloe Benjamin’s novel The Immortalists, which hasn't even been published yet, to TV as a cable drama.

LONDON: The second season of the Irish drama Red Rock has been picked up by the BBC.