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NEW YORK: AMC has greenlit a new anthology drama, The Terror, which counts Ridley Scott (The Good Wife, The Man in the High Castle) and David Zucker (The Good Wife, The Man in the High Castle) among its executive producers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has ordered a pilot script for The Black 22s (working title), which is being executive produced by two-time Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo (Selma).

NEW YORK: Singer/actress Vanessa Williams has been cast in the lead role of VH1's upcoming scripted series inspired by Star Jones's book Satan's Sisters: A Novel of Fiction.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned a three-part drama that spotlights the life of English footballer Bobby Moore and his wife, Tina.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) is working on a scripted true-crime series, The Von Bülow Affair, based on the infamous trial of British socialite Claus Von Bülow for the murder of his wife, Sunny.

NEW YORK: Tony Jordan, creator and writer of the period drama Dickensian, tells World Screen Newsflash how he went about reimagining the world of Dickens and the characters that inhabit it.

SINGAPORE: Viki is premiering its first Singaporean-produced drama, Perfect Girl from BananaMana Films, to global audiences this March.

BURBANK: Nicholas Meyer, who directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, has joined the upcoming Star Trek series as a consulting producer and writer.

EDMONTON: The Canadian pay-TV network Super Channel has slated its new original psychological thriller Slasher for an April 1 debut.

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights has secured three new deals on the Turkish drama Gonul, which is headed to Kosovo, Macedonia and Israel.