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LOS ANGELES: FX has ordered a first ten-episode installment of Trust, which will be directed by Danny Boyle.

PARIS: STUDIOCANAL’s drama series Section Zéro is being featured at the inaugural MIPDrama Screenings, in addition to a range of other highlighted activities the company will be involved in at the market.

EDMONTON: The 13-part Starz original limited series The Girlfriend Experience is set to premiere on Super Channel in Canada on April 10 at 9 p.m., a day-and-date launch with the U.S.

PARIS: Federation Entertainment and Finnish producer Fisher King Production have joined forces for the new Scandinavian crime series Bordertown, commissioned by YLE.

NEW YORK: AMC has renewed the martial arts drama Into the Badlands for a ten-episode second season, set to premiere in 2017.

NEW YORK: James Purefoy, co-star of Hap and Leonard, tells World Screen Newsflash about the 1980s-set show, billed as a “darkly comic swamp noir” with two unlikely best friends, a get-rich-quick scheme and plenty of eccentric characters.

PARIS: MIPTV has revealed the 12 international drama series that will be screened at the inaugural MIPDrama Screenings, taking place April 3.

LOS ANGELES: Academy Award winner Geena Davis has been cast as a series regular in the FOX drama pilot The Exorcist.

LONDON/MUNICH: Red Arrow Entertainment has aligned with indie producer Nevision in a new co-development deal.

NEW YORK: Best-selling author Harlan Coben is launching his own independent production venture, in partnership with RED Production Company.