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Black Spot: Amazon Prime Acquires French Drama-Thriller Series
Groupe AB's Black Spot (Zone Blanche) is set to mark Amazon Prime Video's first foray into globally streaming French television programming, with word on Monday that the streaming service has acquired rights to the French drama-thriller Directed by Thierry Poiraud and Julien Despaux and created by Mathieu Missoffe, the series premiered at the Berlin Film[...]
Flight 410: ABC Lands Plane Thriller From The Last Ship's Jill Blankenship
Looks like the skies are about to get a whole lot more unfriendly, as The Last Ship writer-producer Jill Blankenship and American Crime executive producer Michael McDonald are set to develop the airplane conspiracy thriller Flight 410 for ABC. Courtesy of ABC Written and executive produced by Blankenship, Flight 410 is also executive produced by McDonald through[...]
shoot the messenger
Co-created by Jennifer Holness and Sudz Sutherland, the eight-part thriller also stars Alex Kingston (Doctor Who), Lucas Bryant (Haven) and Lyriq Bent (Netflix's She's Gotta Have It). Set to premiere Monday, February 26th, 2018 at 10 p.m ET/9 p.m CT, here's the official trailer and synopsis for WGN America's Shoot the Messenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11SiW-CG3b8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is[...]
Castle's Stana Katic Returns In Amazon Thriller Drama Series Absentia
Amazon is about to be the new home for Castle star Stana Katic's return to television, acquiring the rights to Sony Pictures Television Network's crime thriller drama Absentia Set to premiere on the streaming service in 2018, the 10-episode series premiered at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in June and was broadcast on Sony's AXN channels during[...]
Stephan James. Credit: Jesse Grant, via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
With production expected to begin in April 2018, Horowitz and Bloomberg will write the series, with Esmail directing. Homecoming is a psychological thriller centering on caseworker Heidi (Roberts) and solider Walter (James), the latter assigned to the former in a secret government facility Walter is a young military veteran with an underlying confidence and quiet sense[...]
Dark: Netflix Releases Official Trailer For German Mystery Series
Coming off positive reactions at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and ahead of its December 2017 release date, Netflix has released the official trailer for Dark, the 10-part German mystery thriller created by showrunners Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese (Who Am I?). Shot in suburban Berlin earlier this year, Dark is described as: "Set in a[...]
White Dragon: Amazon Lands Mystery Crime Series With John Simm
Amazon Prime continues to expand its international programming line-up, securing the rights to ITV's eight-part conspiracy theory thriller White Dragon from Two Brothers Pictures Written by newcomers Mark Denton and Jonny Stockwood and directed by Paul Andrew Williams (Broadchurch), the series stars John Simm (Doctor Who, Mad Dogs) and Emilia Fox (Merlin) and will premiere[...]
Counterpart: J.K. Simmons Sees Double In Starz's Sci-Fi Spy Series
In what looks like a mash-up of The Americans, 1984, "The Mirror Universe" stories from Star Trek and Fringe, Starz is giving us out first extended look at sci-fi spy thriller Counterpart The 10-episode series is set to debut on Sunday, January 21st on the cable network, and you can check out the first trailer[...]
House Of Cards: Netflix Suspends Season 6 Production
Coming less than 24 hours after the announcement that Season 6 would be the political thriller's final season, Netflix has announced that it is suspending production on House of Cards' sixth season effectively immediately In light of recent allegations leveled against star Kevin Spacey, the following statement was released by both Netflix and Media Rights[...]
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If that were the case, we would have to wait a few more years because it took me four-and-a-half years to write and record this [season]." During the Television Critics Association's press tour event earlier this summer, Showtime CEO David Nevins made it known that at the time the cable giant currently had no plans to[...]
Origin: YouTube Red Launching Sc-Fi Series From 'The Crown' Producers
Space is about to get a little more crowded, as YouTube Red has acquired the rights to sci-fi thriller Origin from Left Bank and Midnight Radio in association with CiTVC and Sony Pictures Television-International Production. The streaming service is set to release the 10-episode series some time in 2018. Created, written and exec produced by Mika Watkins, Origin finds[...]
Zoo: CBS Cancels Drama Series After Three Seasons
Looking at the key 18-49 demo, the most recent season finale drew a 0.5 rating: though steady with the season premiere, the rating is actually down from the season two finale rating of 0.7. Premiering in Summer 2015, CBS described the series as: ZOO, based on the #1 bestselling novel by James Patterson, is a global thriller about[...]
your honor showtime
CBS TV Studios' legal thriller drama series Your Honor might not be setting up shop at The Eye Network, but it's still staying within the family: Showtime has made a series commitment to the Scripted World-produced project, which is based on the Israeli series Kvodo (Your Honor). Written by award-wining British TV writer/playwright Peter Moffat (Criminal[...]
crosswind gail simone
Looks like Syfy is venturing into the body-swapping business, as the cable network announced plans to develop Image Comics' creator-owned comic book Crosswind as a television series. Written by Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Clean Room) with art by Cat Staggs (Supergirl, Smallville), the comic book is being shepherded to the small screen by Vanessa Piazza[...]