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ISTANBUL: The fraught relationship between an aspiring screenwriter and a famous actor sets up the premise for Relationship Status: It’s Complicated, a series that Calinos Entertainment will be promoting at DISCOP Istanbul.

LONDON: BBC Two is bringing back its drama Murder with a new set of three hour-long films, co-created by Robert Jones and Kath Mattock.

Mansha Daswani surveys leading distributors about the financing and distribution strategies needed to roll out high-end drama across the globe.

PALO ALTO: Director Doug Liman (Live, Die, Repeat; Bourne Identity) is working with Condé Nast Entertainment and Jaunt on Invisible, a scripted action-adventure series that will feature virtual reality.

LONDON: Filming has begun in Northern Ireland on BBC One’s new drama series My Mother and Other Strangers, which stars Hattie Morahan (The Outcast, Beauty and the Beast).

NEW YORK: VH1 has greenlit a scripted series inspired by Star Jones's 2011 book Satan's Sisters, set within the world of daytime television.

CULVER CITY: Crackle and Legendary Digital Media have started production on Dead Rising: Endgame, a sequel to Dead Rising: Watchtower.

LOS ANGELES: HBO has already renewed the Mick Jagger-Martin Scorsese drama Vinyl for a second season.

LOS ANGELES: Barbara Hall, the creator and executive producer of Madam Secretary, has secured a new two-year overall deal with CBS Television Studios.

LONDON: Filming has begun on a second season of the thriller The Missing for BBC One and Starz, with Tchéky Karyo returning as a series lead and David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes joining the cast.