Atlas Media Corp has closed an exclusive deal to option Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America, written by best-selling author Michael Benson.

Big Little Fish Television has appointed Peter Usher as its first creative director.

Downey’s Dream Cars (w.t.), a new docuseries in which actor Robert Downey Jr. transforms classic cars into eco-friendly vehicles, is set to launch on discovery+ later in 2022.

Love Nature has launched on Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain, France and the Netherlands.

Ample Entertainment has appointed Kathryn Vaughan as the company’s head of current and alternative development.

Channel 5 has greenlit the docuseries The Chernobyl Disaster, as well as Michael Palin: Into Iraq, which offers a window into the country nearly 20 years after the start of the Iraq War.

Glass Entertainment Group (GEG) is set to adapt its new podcast Betrayal into a television series.

Kate Phillips has been appointed to the newly created role of director of unscripted at the BBC.

ZDF Studios has secured the international distribution rights for Mysteries of the Bible, a brand-new documentary that sets out to reveal the greatest enigmas of the religious text.

CNN Films and HBO Max have commissioned Little Richard: I Am Everything (w.t.), a new documentary about the genre-defying artist.