Global Presales for Sky Originals Fortitude 2, Britannia & Riviera

LONDON: Sky Vision has secured presales for three dramas from Sky Original Productions, including Riviera.

Riviera has been presold to Movistar in Spain and VRT in Belgium. The eight-part thriller, set in the French Riviera, stars Julia Stiles. Riviera was also part of a package that was presold to Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, alongside Fortitude 2 and Britannia.

The Arctic-set crime thriller Fortitude 2, starring Dennis Quaid, has been sold to Direct TV in Latin America, Movistar in Spain, BBC First in Africa, OTE in Greece, RUV in Iceland, Sky New Zealand, VRT in Belgium, DBS in Israel, Viacom 18 in India and Fox Asia.

Britannia, set in 43AD when the Roman Imperial Army returns to battle the Celtics, has been presold to Amazon for the U.S., HBO Europe and STARZ Play, which serves 19 countries across the Middle East and North Africa.

Leona Connell, the director of sales at Sky Vision, said: “Sky Vision is proud to be handling distribution rights to some premium drama series this year and these presales are testimony to the quality of the scripts and talent associated with these shows. Our clients, broadcasters and SVOD platforms, have rightly identified Fortitude [season] two, Britannia and Riviera as event dramas which will make a real impact in their prime-time schedules and provide great marketing opportunities.”