AMC Networks’ Acorn TV announced the commissioning of a second season of the popular British crime drama Whitstable Pearl with Acorn Media Enterprises from Buccaneer Media (Marcella, Crime). Based on the much-loved novels, “The Whitstable Pearl Mysteries” by Julie Wassmer, the second six-part series (6 x 45’) sees the return of Kerry Godliman (Ricky Gervais’ After Life) in the lead role as Pearl Nolan. Howard Charles also returns as DCI Mike McGuire and Frances Barber as Dolly Nolan, Pearl's … [Read more...] about Acorn TV commissions second season of ‘Whitstable Pearl’ from Buccaneer Media
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Abacus Media Rights, Revelation Films join forces for 10-part series ‘The Real Manhunter’
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group, has linked up with leading UK independent producer Revelation Films to launch a ten-part series The Real Manhunter, written and presented by former Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Colin Sutton. With a 30-year police career in the UK, Colin Sutton led many of the highest-profile murder investigations of his generation – of the 37 murder cases he investigated, 35 were solved with convictions, an extraordinary success … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights, Revelation Films join forces for 10-part series ‘The Real Manhunter’
Woodcut Media, Keshet International announce the fifth season of crime series ‘Britain’s Most Evil Killers’ and ‘World’s Most Evil Killers’ for Sky Crime
Indie producer Woodcut Media and international producer and distributor Keshet International have reached another milestone with the announcement of Season 5 of the hit franchise series Britain’s Most Evil Killers and World’s Most Evil Killers, commissioned by SKY Crime. The new season is scheduled to TX on the channel as of the 10th of November 2020. UK viewers and audiences worldwide continue to enjoy this true crime series which delves into the gripping real-life stories of some of the most … [Read more...] about Woodcut Media, Keshet International announce the fifth season of crime series ‘Britain’s Most Evil Killers’ and ‘World’s Most Evil Killers’ for Sky Crime
Abacus Media Rights announces further sales of the CBC original supernatural drama ‘Trickster’
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), a member of the Amcomri Media Group, announced North American deals for the Canadian supernatural coming-of-age drama Trickster, from Cardinal producers Sienna Films. The CBC series has been sold to The CW Network and AMC Networks’ Sundance Now and Shudder. Trickster (6 x 60’), based on the best-selling trilogy “Son of a Trickster” written by Eden Robinson, had its world premiere at TIFF in September. The US premiere of Trickster is planned for 12 January … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights announces further sales of the CBC original supernatural drama ‘Trickster’
Lucy Lawless drama, ‘My Life Is Murder’, gets new season through DCD Rights, Acorn TV, and Greenstone Partnership
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has raised significant production finance and secured distribution rights to a new season of the murder mystery drama series My Life Is Murder starring Lucy Lawless (Top of the Lake, Spartacus, Xena: Warrior Princess). This new season of the ratings-hit crime drama has been greenlit by a consortium consisting of AMC Networks’ streaming service Acorn TV, which will take a package of English-speaking rights (North America, the UK, and Australia premiere … [Read more...] about Lucy Lawless drama, ‘My Life Is Murder’, gets new season through DCD Rights, Acorn TV, and Greenstone Partnership
True crime documentary series ‘The Night Caller’ pre-sales from Abacus Media Rights
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), the new distribution company headed by Jonathan Ford, has sold the shocking Australian true crime story The Night Caller, a STAN Original Production, to AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now in the US and Canada, Sky’s home of true crime documentaries – Sky Crime – in the UK, and DR in Denmark ahead of its official launch at MIPCOM. The Night Caller (4 x 1 hour) depicts and explores a killer’s harrowing legacy – of tragedy, grief, responsibility, and … [Read more...] about True crime documentary series ‘The Night Caller’ pre-sales from Abacus Media Rights