Kristin Brzoznowski

LOS ANGELES: FX Networks has greenlit a first season of Legion, based on the X-Men comics character David Haller.

LOS ANGELES: Hulu has acquired the HBO Europe drama Umbre, which is being made available for AVOD streaming in the U.S.

COPENHAGEN: Principal photography is about to begin on DR's new drama series Rides Upon the Storm, which comes from Borgen creator Adam Price.

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights has signed a deal with DLT Entertainment for a U.K. adaptation of the Argentine drama Perfidia.

LONDON: ITV and Hulu are going straight to series with the drama Harlots, set against the backdrop of 18th century Georgian London.

LONDON: STUDIOCANAL has licensed Harlan Coben's original thriller series The Five to Israel's Yes DBS.

LOS ANGELES: FX has ordered a fifth and sixth season of The Americans, which will wrap up its series run in 2018.

LONDON: BBC Drama has made three new commissions, one of which is for a series about the life of Dame Barbara Windsor.

NEW YORK: EPIX is prepping Get Shorty, a one-hour drama series that reimagines Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name that was also made into a feature film.

LONDON: all3media international has closed a U.S. deal for season one of Hinterland, an original for S4C in Wales.