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LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has secured the TV rights for Peter Nichols' best-selling novel The Rocks, with the series adaptation to be directed by Tom Harper (War & Peace, Peaky Blinders, Misfits).

CANNES: Karen Shakhnazarov, one of Russia’s most renowned film directors, has given new life to a classic tale in Anna Karenina, which is being presented by Russia Television and Radio/Sovtelexport.

CANNES: The cast and producers of the new drama series The Last Emperor, which MISTCO is presenting to the international market, will take part in a special screening on the first day of MIPTV.

CANNES: Fredrik af Malmborg, the managing director of Eccho Rights, calls Phi a “really exciting and very revolutionary project.”

NEW YORK: On the Tuesday of MIPTV, World Screen’s Anna Carugati will introduce the special screening of Maltese, presented by ZDF Enterprises, with a conversation between the co-producers.

LONDON: Fulwell 73 is developing a new drama series loosely based on the exploits of superstar DJs Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold and Nicky Holloway, all of whom are attached to the project.

SILVER SPRING: Acorn has secured exclusive North American rights for two more seasons of the hit dramedy Doc Martin from DRG.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has licensed the original HISTORY drama Knightfall into a slew of global markets, including Australia, China and Israel.

CANNES: The story in Surviving Escobar, Alias JJ, on offer from Caracol Television, spotlights John Jairo Velásquez (alias JJ) after he became the last survivor of the Medellín cartel.

STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL: Eccho Rights has signed a distribution deal with Turkey’s Surec Film for the comedic drama New Bride, which it will launch to the international market at MIPTV.