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Drama Series About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle And Harry Houdini In The Works At ITV & Fox?

By Patrick Munn | March 19, 2015 - 10:14 pm | No Comments

ITV and Fox have reportedly landed a new drama series about the unlikely friendship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini. The two broadcasters, as well as Canada's Shaw Media, have handed out a 10 episode straight-to-series order to Houdini and Doyle, a drama about the two men investigating supernatural crimes which hails from House showrunner David Shore and Sony Pictures Television.

CBS’ ‘Extant’ Adds Lyndon Smith & Necar Zadegan In Recurring Roles

By Patrick Munn | March 19, 2015 - 8:22 pm | No Comments

CBS is continuing to rebuild the cast of Extant. Lyndon Smith and Nacar Zadegan have been tapped to join the cast of the network's summer drama series starring Halle Berry for its upcoming second season. The duo will recur in a handful of episodes when the show returns to CBS this July.

Disney Channel’s First UK Production ‘Evermoor’ Picked Up For Full Series

By Patrick Munn | March 19, 2015 - 12:01 am | No Comments

Disney Channel is moving forward with their first UK production Evermoor. Disney EMEA has handed out a full series order to the project, which began its life as a four episode miniseries starring Naomi Sequeira. The full series has received an order for 20 episodes and is working under the title The Evermoor Chronicles, which is envisioned as a follow up to the original mini.

Fox Renews ‘Sleepy Hollow’ For Third Season, Clifton Campbell Set As New Showrunner

By Patrick Munn | March 18, 2015 - 6:56 pm | No Comments

Fox is sticking with Sleepy Hollow. The network today announced that they had renewed the drama series starring Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie for a third season. Fox has ordered 18 episodes for next season, matching the episode order that Sleepy Hollow received for its second run.

Amazon’s ‘Bosch’ Renewed For Second Season

By Patrick Munn | March 18, 2015 - 4:07 pm | No Comments

Amazon has renewed their first original drama series Bosch, starring Titus Welliver and Lance Reddick, for a 10 episode second season, set to air in 2016.

Pat Younge, Lucy Pilkington & Narinder Minhas Launch Production Company Sugar Films

By Patrick Munn | March 18, 2015 - 10:14 am | No Comments

Former BBC Productions' Chief Creative Officer Pat Younge has teamed with BBC Worldwide's Lucy Pilkington and Diverse Productions' Narinder Minhasto to form Sugar Films, a new production company which will produce both television and digital content.

Dominic Purcell Boards The CW’s Proposed Arrow/The Flash Spin-Off

By Patrick Munn | March 17, 2015 - 9:44 pm | No Comments

In what is his first series regular role since Prison Break, Dominic Purcell has joined the cast of The CW's proposed Arrow/The Flash spin-off which is described as a "team up" show, featuring recurring players from both Arrow and The Flash, as well as other characters from the DC Comics universe.

History UK Inks Starz Deal For Pirate Drama ‘Black Sails’

By Patrick Munn | March 17, 2015 - 2:40 pm | No Comments

History UK has closed a deal with Starz Worldwide Distribution to acquire the linear broadcast rights to Starz's pirate drama series 'Black Sails', The show's 8 episode first season will premiere on History UK later this year.