Mansha Daswani

Herbert L. Kloiber's Night Train Media (NTM) has acquired Eccho Rights from CJ ENM, with Fredrik af Malmborg set to remain as CEO of the drama distributor and holding a "substantial" holding in the company.

Fremantle has licensed to the BBC the Spanish-language thriller Señorita 89 and the German drama KaDeWe—Our Time is Now for launch in the U.K. later this year.

Buccaneer Media, the outfit behind Marcella and Whitstable Pearl, is adapting the Elizabeth Macneal novel The Doll Factory for Paramount+.

EndemolShine Scripted, a Banijay Benelux label, is producing a new Dutch drama for Viaplay chronicling the aftermath of the May 2000 explosion in a fireworks warehouse in Enschede.

The Korean drama series If You Wish Upon Me is set to arrive on Viu across 16 markets on August 10.

The Last Party, the latest thriller from Clare Mackintosh, has been optioned by 5 Acts Productions.

Story Films, the outfit behind The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, is prepping a four-part drama about the rise and fall of trader Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank. 

All3Media International has sealed deals in Australia, China, the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland for The Control Room, a new BBC One drama from Sherlock producer Hartswood Films.

Lindsay Salt is exiting Netflix's U.K. commissioning team to become the director of drama at the BBC.

The Nordic noir classic The Killing has been adapted for MBC Group's Shahid streaming platform by Charisma Pictures.