Lionsgate has boarded Costa, the supernatural crime drama that hails from Gaby Chiappe, Alex Perrin and BlackBox Multimedia. Lionsgate will co-produce and serve as the international distributor for the series. 
Peaky Blinders helmer Otto Bathurst and his production company One Big Picture have boarded Frankenstein, a new adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic novel that hails from BlackBox Multimedia and Stone Village TV. 
BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media have teamed together to develop an adaptation of Jess Ryder's novel The Ex-Wife. The producers are eyeing the adaptation as a TV series, rather than as a one-off. The Ex-Wife follows newlywed Tasha, who has the perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl. She'd be set if it wasn't for Jen, her husband's ex-wife who just won't leave them alone. Catherine Steadman (Downton Abbey) is penning the adaptation.