Mansha Daswani

Producers and directors of some of the titles in the running for best drama at the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAAs) Gala Final in Singapore weighed in on the storytelling process and scripted trends at a panel today moderated by World Screen’s Mansha Daswani.

Viddsee Studios is adapting the Korean short film Human Form into a series called Alienated for launch on Mediacorp's platforms in Singapore next year.

Tomorrow Studios has optioned CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective, the Japanese crime drama format from Envision Entertainment and Nippon TV, for a U.S. adaptation.

Disney+ has given the greenlight to its first Nordic commission, ordering an adaptation of award-winning Swedish author Mikael Niemi’s To Cook a Bear.

Clapperboard has landed a commission from Channel 5 for the psychological thriller Love Rat.

MGM+ and Prime Video have ordered a slate of live-action shows based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, beginning with Silk: Spider Society, with The Walking Dead alum Angela Kang tapped as showrunner of the new series.

Amazon Freevee has clinched a deal with Fremantle to bring the beloved soap Neighbours back to screens, with the reboot set to premiere exclusively on the AVOD platform in the U.S. and the U.K.

Laura Lankester and Will Johnston have been tapped as joint CEOs of Lookout Point.

The executive VP of operations and corporate development talks about the independent studio’s approach to financing scripted projects today.

TV Drama recaps some of the biggest drama stories to emerge out of MIPCOM last week.