After months of negotiations, Gérard Depardieu has officially signed on to play the lead in Marseille, Netflix's upcoming eight episode original series which is being hailed as a tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city. 
At the Sherlock panel at San Diego Comic Con, the BBC and co-producer PBS released a new image and the first trailer for the upcoming Victorian era special, which is expected to debut on BBC One this Christmas and on PBS in the U.S. in 2016. 
Acorn TV – the North American streaming service owned and operated by RLJ Entertainment – has secured the exclusive U.S. streaming rights to Partners In Crime, BBC One's upcoming Agatha Christie series starring David Walliams (Little Britain) and Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife). 
Cinemax has released the first images from Outcast, their upcoming exorcism drama from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, his production company Skydance Productions and Fox International Studios. 
Sky1 has unveiled their slate of original content for the year ahead. At an event held earlier today in London, the satcaster revealed an ambitious line up of new and returning content which includes ABC's reboot of The Muppets, which will premiere later this year; as well as previously announced projects Lucky Man, from Stan Lee (starring, amongst others, James Nesbitt); comedy After Hours, starring Ardal O'Hanlan, John Thomson and Jaime Winstone; and the Rob Lowe fronted NBC co-production You, Me & The Apocalypse. 
Less than 24 hours after ITV announced plans to produce miniseries Tutankhamun, Channel 5 has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Tut, the six-hour Ben Kingsley fronted event series which is being produced for the US Spike network. The series will debut on Channel 5 this Summer. 
ABC's Secrets & Lies has found a UK home. UKTV has closed a deal with Disney Media Distribution to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the drama series for their flagship entertainment channel Watch, TVWise has learned. The show's 10 episode first season will premiere on Watch this September.