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Winter Debut Set for ABC Miniseries on Bernie Madoff

November 13, 2015

BURBANK: ABC has slated a February premiere for Madoff, a two-part television event starring Richard Dreyfuss as convicted conman Bernie Madoff. The four-hour scripted special is inspired by ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross’s reporting from his book The …

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Production Kicks Off on Spy Series for EPIX

November 13, 2015

NEW YORK: Production has begun on the ten-part contemporary espionage series Berlin Station, set to premiere on premium TV network EPIX in 2016. The series is produced by Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. Shooting will take place in Berlin, and the …

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Joel Silver in TV Deal with Lionsgate

November 16, 2015

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has inked a multi-year first-look television deal with producer Joel Silver and his outfit Silver Pictures Television. Silver, known for feature films like the Lethal Weapon and Matrix franchises, previously worked on the television shows Veronica Mars …

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CTV Orders Six-Part Murder Mystery

November 16, 2015

TORONTO: The first novel in Giles Blunt's best-selling John Cardinal Mysteries book series serves as the basis for Cardinal (working title), a new murder-mystery drama ordered by CTV from Sienna Films and Entertainment One. The serialized six-parter kicks off production in …

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Filming Begins on New Season of In the Club

November 16, 2015

LONDON: Filming has begun on a second season of the BBC One drama In the Club from BAFTA-winning writer Kay Mellor. The contemporary drama puts a spotlight on pregnancy, imminent birth, love and the changing nature of relationships that babies …

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Last Panthers Lands Australian Slot

November 17, 2015

SYDNEY/LONDON/MUNICH: SBS Australia has picked up the rights to The Last Panthers, a six-part crime drama commissioned by Sky and CANAL+. Jointly distributed by STUDIOCANAL and Sky Vision, the drama starring Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, Goran Bogdan and John Hurt …

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ZDFE to Distribute Swedish Miniseries Viva Hate

November 18, 2015

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has picked up the global distribution rights, excluding Scandinavia, for Viva Hate, a miniseries from Swedish production company Anagram Film & TV. Set in Sweden during the early 1990s, Viva Hate tells the story of Daniel, …

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Eccho Rights Sends Stone in the River to Macedonia

November 18, 2015

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights has signed an agreement with Macedonia’s Kanal 5 for the Hungarian thriller series Stone in the River. Stone in the River centers on a tourist boat with 116 people on board that disappeared from a river near …

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Turkish Drama Ezel Heads to Nigeria

November 19, 2015

MUMBAI: The India-based TV-content sales agency GoQuest Media Ventures has licensed the Turkish crime drama series Ezel into Nigeria. GoQuest Media Ventures licensed the drama from Eccho Rights, which distributes the show internationally. Ezel will become the first Turkish drama …