Mansha Daswani

LONDON: Syfy channels outside of the U.S. are set to launch the hybrid VR short-form scripted series Halcyon on September 22.

ISTANBUL: Ten years since they last appeared in a TV series together, Turkish power couple Halit Ergenç and Berguzar Korel are set to star in a new drama on Kanal D.

LOS ANGELES: CBS Television Studios has named Bryan Seabury as its new senior VP of drama development for broadcast and cable programming.

LOS ANGELES: The third season finale of Penny Dreadful marked the conclusion of the BAFTA-winning show on Showtime.

LONDON: ITV Encore has ordered a second season of The Frankenstein Chronicles, starring Sean Bean, from Rainmark Films.

TORONTO: Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel Alias Grace is being turned into a six-hour miniseries by Noreen Halpern's Halfire Entertainment for CBC and Netflix.

LONDON: Olivier Marchal's CANAL+ original thriller Section Zéro from EuropaCorp Television, Bad Company and Umedia has been acquired by Channel One in Russia.

LONDON: ITV has given the go-ahead to two additional films starring Rowan Atkinson as the French fictional detective Jules Maigret from the books by Georges Simenon.

LONDON/SILVER SPRING: The Agatha Christie 1925 short story The Witness For The Prosecution is to be adapted for BBC One, with Acorn Media Enterprises on board as the U.S. co-production partner.

The actress discusses the series and the success of Turkish drama on the international stage.