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LOS ANGELES: FX has ordered a pilot for Mayans MC, a drama that marks the next chapter in the Sons of Anarchy saga.

BEIJING: The Chinese streaming platform iQIYI is working with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to adapt the U.S. drama Chosen as a three-part series in the Mandarin language.

LONDON: Oliver Kent has been appointed to the newly created post of head of continuing drama series for BBC Studios Scripted.

LONDON: The Swedish-French drama Midnight Sun has clinched a U.K. slot and is now set to debut on Sky Atlantic in early 2017.

TEL AVIV: Amazon Prime Video will be the exclusive premium subscription streaming home for The A Word in the U.S., following a pact with Keshet International (KI).

LONDON: Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has commissioned its first scripted drama for the region, with the espionage thriller The Nine (working title).

SINGAPORE: From Oscar-winning director/producer Antoine Fuqua comes Ice, an ATF highlight for Entertainment One (eOne) that tells the story of two feuding family businesses in the diamond industry.

STOCKHOLM: The Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4’s SVOD service C More has made a two-season commitment to a spy thriller series based on Swedish author Jan Guillou’s best-selling Hamilton books.

VANCOUVER: Thunderbird is working with David Salzman to develop a TV series based on the New York Times best-selling Decker-Lazarus mystery novels from author Faye Kellerman.

DUBAI: The catalog of 4K content available on STARZ Play across the MENA region now includes the original series Power and The Girlfriend Experience.