Tag: Fremantle

Fremantle has secured a two-year, first-look deal with Nine Hours, the new production label set up by All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger and partner Luke Rivett.

Fremantle has named Seija-Liisa Eskola as head of scripted in Finland.

Christian Vesper has been promoted to CEO for global drama at Fremantle, a newly created role.

Richard Johns’ Argo Films has teamed with David Oyelowo (Selma, Les Misérables, Spooks) and his Yoruba Saxon Productions for Biafra, a six-hour event series being developed with the BBC.

BBC has commissioned the real-time thriller Nightsleeper from Fremantle’s Euston Films for BBC One and iPlayer.

Fremantle has acquired the independent production company Passenger, behind the Sky drama This England, which now becomes a fully-owned label.

M-Net and Fremantle are bringing back the mystery crime thriller Reyka for a second season.

Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch has been optioned by Fremantle and Passenger’s Richard Brown, the producer behind This England, True Detective, Catch-22 and Outlaw King.

Amazon Freevee has clinched a deal with Fremantle to bring the beloved soap Neighbours back to screens, with the reboot set to premiere exclusively on the AVOD platform in the U.S. and the U.K.

BAFTA winner Joe Wright (Darkest Hour, Atonement, Cyrano) has joined the Sky original drama series M. Son of the Century, about Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, as director.