Kristin Brzoznowski

NEW YORK: Samuel Barnett (Twelfth Night, The History Boys, Penny Dreadful) has been cast in the title role of BBC America’s new original scripted series Dirk Gently.

MUNICH: TANDEM Productions is working with Terri Edda Miller and Andrew W. Marlowe, best known for their work on the hit series Castle, on the detective drama Take Two.

TORONTO: CBC has acquired the broadcast rights to air seasons three, four and five of the hit drama Blackstone.

BURBANK: Sky 1 has scored the U.K. television rights for the Carlton Cuse drama Colony in a deal with Legendary Television.

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has added to its catalogue the scripted drama Forgive Me from Emotion Pictures.

PARIS: Federation Entertainment has locked in a new round of deals for the CANAL+ spy thriller The Bureau.

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has placed the martial arts drama Into the Badlands into more than 260 territories around the world, including deals with Amazon in the U.K. and Germany and HBO in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

LONDON: Intersection, produced by Endemol Shine Turkey, has been given a second-season order by FOX Turkey.

BEVERLY HILLS: Richard Eyre’s adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s play The Dresser, starring Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins, has been slated to premiere on Starz on May 30 at 9 p.m.

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has inked a multiyear, multi-series deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution that includes the exclusive streaming video-on-demand rights for Blindspot and Lucifer.