Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: Filming has started on what will be the fifth and final season of the crime drama Ripper Street, ahead of its exclusive release on Amazon's Prime Video later this year.

BURBANK: ABC has launched its first scripted virtual reality experience to coincide with the midseason premiere of its hit drama Quantico.

STUDIO CITY: Rod Roddenberry, son of the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth have joined the new Star Trek series as executive producers.

LONDON: Later this month, Channel 4 will debut its new drama The People Next Door, produced by Raw TV (The Imposter, Cyber Bully).

MILAN: Infinity, Mediaset’s VOD service, has inked a deal with Keshet International for Prisoners of War, making it the first-ever Hebrew-language show available in Italy.

LONDON: The six-part series The Last Panthers has been licensed by Fox Networks Group Bulgaria and Balkans to air on FOX Crime.

BEVERLY HILLS: Ian McShane (Deadwood, Ray Donovan) has been cast as Mr. Wednesday in the upcoming TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s contemporary fantasy novel American Gods, which is produced by FremantleMedia North America for Starz.

NEW YORK: AMC has greenlit a new anthology drama, The Terror, which counts Ridley Scott (The Good Wife, The Man in the High Castle) and David Zucker (The Good Wife, The Man in the High Castle) among its executive producers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has ordered a pilot script for The Black 22s (working title), which is being executive produced by two-time Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo (Selma).

NEW YORK: Singer/actress Vanessa Williams has been cast in the lead role of VH1's upcoming scripted series inspired by Star Jones's book Satan's Sisters: A Novel of Fiction.