Leaving a mark

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Patrick Dempsey and Alessandro Borghi, stars of new Sky Italia drama series Devils, plus directors Nick Hurran and Jan Maria Michelini, discuss the financial thriller from Lux Vide, Orange Studio and Sky Studio, based on the best-selling novel by Guido Maria Brera and sold by NBCUniversal Global Distribution.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Laura Carmichael, of Downton Abbey fame, talks new Australian psychological drama The Secret She Keeps, in which she co-stars with Jessica De Gouw for Lingo Pictures’ Network 10 adaptation of Michael Robotham’s novel. The six-part thriller is distributed by DCD Rights.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Ken Watanabe discusses bringing Kazuo Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World to the small screen, with the celebrated actor taking the lead in Japanese public broadcaster NHK’s one-off adaptation of the novel, distributed globally by NHK Enterprises.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Max Conze discusses the German media giant’s joint-venture streaming service Joyn and the decision to double down on local major entertainment shows and put global production and distribution business Red Arrow Studios under strategic review.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Mark Lewis Jones, Genevieve Barr and Adrian Scarborough talk about their roles in new Channel 4 and Hulu miniseries The Accident, the final instalment in writer Jack Thorne's trilogy preceded by National Treasure and Kiri. Also starring Sarah Lancashire, the show is produced by The Forge and distributed by All3Media International.

C21INTERVIEW: Pontus Edgren and Fatima Varhos of Swedish producer FLX discuss their new financial thriller Blinded for TV4 and C More. Directed by Jens Jonsson and starring Julia Ragnarsson and Matias Varela, the series marks All3Media International’s first major investment in a Scandinavian-language drama and comes from the SF Studios-owned company behind Netflix’s inaugural Swedish drama Quicksand.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Star Trek and TJ Hooker star William Shatner talks about his new eight-episode mystery series The UnXplained, from The Curse of Oak Island producer Prometheus Entertainment for US cablent History, which distributor A+E Networks International is now making available to overseas buyers.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Film UA head of development and coproduction Kateryna Vyshnevska and distribution chief Igor Storchak discuss Love in Chains, a new Ukrainian period drama the pair hopes will help raise the profile of the country’s scripted output on the global stage, following series including The Sniffer and Hide & Seek.