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BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s Telefe has partnered with Diego Maradona to produce a scripted series based on the life of the famous soccer player.

LONDON: Man In An Orange Shirt, a two-parter produced by Kudos for BBC One, marks the first original TV drama from best-selling British novelist Patrick Gale.

MUNICH: Beta Film has picked up the rights for the Nazi-refugee drama Light of Elna, directed by Sílvia Quer (Velvet, Grand Hotel).

LOS ANGELES: Roddenberry Entertainment's sci-fi/speculative fiction project Holoscape has been optioned by Storyoscopic Films.

LONDON: The prison drama Wentworth has been commissioned by Belgian commercial broadcaster Vier (Flanders) for a local Flemish-language adaptation.

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine Studios has inked an exclusive, multiyear deal with Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram’s Ritchie/Wigram Productions.

LONDON: Big Light Productions, which is behind such dramas as The Man in the High Castle, has brought in Jamie Hall to serve as COO.

MAINZ: Japan’s Tohokushinsha Film Corporation has licensed the third season of the crime series Bron/Broen (The Bridge) from ZDF Enterprises.

LOS ANGELES: FOX has made a put pilot commitment for a new Marvel action-adventure series, with Matt Nix (APB, Burn Notice) attached to write the script.

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Internacional’s series The White Slave continues to sell around the world, with new pickups announced in Slovenia and Afghanistan.