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Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain, Jerry Maguire, Bridget Jones movies) is starring in the new Netflix social thriller What/If from creator Mike Kelley.

Tom Bateman (Vanity Fair, Jekyll and Hyde) and Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) are among those cast in ITV’s epic drama Beecham House, co-created, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha.

HBO has given a series order to Watchmen from Lost and The Leftovers EP Damon Lindelof.

Jack Thorne (National Treasure, Kiri, Cast Offs) is working on the third in his trilogy of timely four-part dramas for Channel 4 and Hulu.

TNT has ordered The Angel of Darkness, a limited series based on the sequel to Caleb Carr’s The Alienist.

Eccho Rights has licensed the historical drama Trotsky, which charts the rise of the Bolshevik revolutionary, to channels in Denmark and Mexico.

The Colombian action series Wild District, which stars Juan Pablo Raba (Narcos, 7 Años, Los 33, Six), is set for an October 19 premiere on Netflix for members in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Keshet International (KI) has secured an agreement with Tata Sky for the Israeli drama Prisoners of War (Hatufim), which marks India’s first deal for a Hebrew-language series.

iflix has launched its first Malaysian original drama series, KL Gangster: Underworld (KLGU), which chronicles Kuala Lumpur’s criminal underbelly.

Hulu has renewed the hit limited series Castle Rock, a psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, for a second season.