SXSW: The BBC and Working Title Television have partnered with Delhi Crime filmmaker Richie Mehta for an adaptation of EM Forster’s A Passage to India that promises to turn the classic novel “on its head.”

Amsterdam-based Millstreet Films, the producer behind Dutch royal drama Máxima, has hired the show’s director Saskia Diesing as its creative producer.

Agatha Christie, the so-called 'Queen of Crime,' has been brought back to life using AI technology as part of a new collaboration between BBC Studios and Agatha Christie Limited.

TorinoFilmLab has confirmed the projects that will take part in the next edition of its SeriesLab screenwriting development programme, and unveiled details of a partnership with the European Writers Club.

Federation Studios has partnered with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) to build a strategic alliance to offer a fast-track for creators, producers, investors and distributors to access markets in Asia and Europe.

SERIES MANIA: European broadcasting collective New8 has unveiled a slate of eight new projects, including a Belgian drama set during the Second World War and an Icelandic crime series that centres on the killing of a champion racehorse.

SERIES MANIA: James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Rabbit Track Pictures is turning Suzanne Heywood’s memoir Wavewalker into a four-part drama, with Jack Thorne writing the scripts.

SERIES MANIA: French-Japanese coproduction Tokyo Crush has picked up the top prize at Series Mania’s annual Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

SERIES MANIA: The European Writers Club has announced eight new projects for its third pilot season, as CEO Thomas Gammeltoft called for greater collaboration “in these fragmented and challenging times.”

SERIES MANIA: Former Channel 4 drama boss Caroline Hollick has criticised Gwyneth Paltrow for her “irresponsible” comments after the Oscar-winning actor recently claimed intimacy coordinators (IC) would “stifle” her.