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BEVERLY HILLS: Sean Harris (The Borgias, Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation), Yetide Badaki (Aquarius, Masters of Sex) and Bruce Langley (Deadly Waters) have been cast as series regulars in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods.

LONDON: Stan Lee's Lucky Man has been commissioned for a second season by Sky 1, which will air the season-one finale of the original British drama on Friday.

BURBANK: After 11 seasons as SSA Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore is exiting the hit CBS show.

NEW YORK: On the Tuesday of MIPTV, World Screen’s Anna Carugati will lead the panel Beyond the Hype: German Drama Series Going Global, featuring executives from ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, UFA Fiction and RAI Cinema.

LONDON: Endemol Shine Group will be heading to MIPTV 2016 with the three leads from its Turkish drama series Intersection.

CANNES: Three of Kanal D’s top-performing titles are For My Son, War of the Roses and Sunshine Girls, and at MIPTV the company will be looking to place these shows with more broadcasters globally.

TORONTO: Bravo in Canada is making the slavery-era drama Underground available with a digital sneak peek on March 30, ahead of its official April 6 premiere.

NEW YORK: Elijah Wood (The Trust, Cooties, Wilfred) has been cast in BBC America’s new original scripted series Dirk Gently, set to premiere in the fall.

BURBANK: A series inspired by the best-selling novel Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family is in development at Freeform with Lionsgate and Silver Pictures Television.

LOS ANGELES: Game of Thrones actress Gwendoline Christie is joining Elisabeth Moss in the second season of the BBC Two and SundanceTV co-production Top of the Lake.