‘Medici’ From Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Gets Series Order, Dustin Hoffman & Richard Madden To Star

Medici CastFrank Spotnitz's latest drama project Medici: Masters Of Florence is moving forward. The period piece set during the Italian Renaissance has landed an eight episode straight-to-series order from Italian broadcaster RAI and is set to enter production later this month in Italy. Dustin Hoffman (Luck) and Richard Madden (Game Of Thrones) are attached to star. Read More

Michael O’Neill On ‘Extant’ Exit: “It Was A Surprise”

After playing the duplicitous Alan Sparks on the first season of 'Extant', Michael O'Neill suddenly found himself out of a job when CBS execs and the series producers decided to change direction in season two of the sci-fi thriller. TVWise recently caught up with O'Neill and got his take on what went down. Read More

Aardman Lines Up Global Deals For Acamar Films’ ‘Bing’

The better part of a year after coming on-board as the international distributor, Aardman Animation has lined up a number of international licensing deals for Acamar Films' Bing. Aardman - who handle distribution in all territories except the USA and Japan - has sold the kids series to Lagadere Group's Gulli and TiJi in France, Clan in Spain, Portugal’s Canal Panda, Norwegian broadcaster NRK, New Zealand’s TVNZ, and HOP in Israel. Read More

Dave Renews ‘Taskmaster’ For Two More Seasons

TaskmasterUKTV's Dave channel has handed out a two season renewal to breakout original series Taskmaster, featuring Greg Davies and Alex Horne. The total pick-up is for ten episodes, split across seasons two and three, which will air in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Read More

FX Renews ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ For Second Season

SDRRFX is staying in business with former Rescue Me star Denis Leary. The cable network has renewed Leary's comedy series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, from FX Productions and Fox 21 Television Studios, for a ten episode second season, which is set to air in 2016. Read More