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Fremantle has tapped Kirk Ellis to write for its new TV series Bibi, based on the personal and political life of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.

Starz has ordered a new season of the dance drama series Step Up from creator and executive producer Holly Sorenson and Lionsgate Television.

Black Bear Pictures (The Imitation Game, Mudbound, Suburbicon) has optioned the rights to Naoise Dolan’s debut novel, Exciting Times, ahead of its U.S. release on June 2.

Apple has given a straight-to-series order to Hedy Lamarr, a limited series starring and executive produced by Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and written and executive produced by Sarah Treem (The Affair, House of Cards, In Treatment).

Nova, a provider of bundled home entertainment and communication services in Greece, has signed an exclusive first-run agreement for Greece and Cyprus with STUDIOCANAL.

Entertainment One (eOne) has licensed the hit police drama The Rookie into more than 180 territories worldwide, including recent sales to WOWOW in Japan and TV 2 in Norway.

The Lighthouse has optioned the global television rights to Juno Dawson's trilogy of novels: Clean, Meat Market and Wonderland.

Global Agency has inked a deal to bring Daydreamer, a romantic drama starring Can Yaman, to one of Italy’s Mediaset Group channels.

GoQuest Media has secured distribution deals for the Ukrainian drama Ruby Ring in Africa and Macedonia.

DNA, the new crime thriller series created by Danish writer Torleif Hoppe (co-creator of The Killing), will be airing in the U.K. later this year on the BBC.