The transmedia paradigm

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Cate Blanchett, co-creator, exec producer and star of Stateless, and Alastair McKinnon, MD of NBCUniversal International Studios-owned producer Matchbox Pictures, discuss their new ABC drama about four strangers whose lives collide at an immigration detention centre in the middle of the Australian desert.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: As Amazon Prime Video continues to step up its international output, Aparna Purohit, head of Indian originals, and Nicole Morganti, head of unscripted Italian originals, discuss developments within their own markets and the significance of home-grown shows like Made in Heaven, The Forgotten Army and Celebrity Hunted.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Courteney Monroe, president of National Geographic Global Television Network, details what the Disney-owned factual giant has lined up in 2020 – building on its success in feature docs after Free Solo; the next instalment in its Genius scripted franchise; and flagship natural history programming featuring, among others, Jane Goodall. This C21TV show is brought to you by Sunny Side of the Doc.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Dorte Høgh and Ida Maria Rydén, writers and creators of When the Dust Settles, and director Milad Alami talk about their new drama for Danish public broadcaster DR, which follows the interconnected lives of a group of people before and after they are involved in a tragic terror attack.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Director Lenny Abrahamson and producer Ed Guiney discuss their adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People for the BBC and Hulu, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal as a pair of lovestruck teenagers growing up in Ireland.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Actor, writer, musician and comedian Tim Minchin discusses Upright, the Australian comedy-drama in which he stars as a man on a quest to take a piano across the country who is thrown together with a teenager on a mission of her own. Produced by Lingo Pictures, the series was co-commissioned by Foxtel and Sky in the UK.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli, exec producers of Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, discuss the new NBC police drama based on Jeffrey Deaver’s series of novels about a paralysed forensic criminologist who works with a young cop to catch a serial killer. The show comes from Universal Television, Sony Pictures Television and Keshet Studios.

THE C21 INTERVIEW: Julie McNamara, executive VP of original content for CBS All Access, discusses new series Star Trek: Picard, and how the streamer has expanded its own universe, going beyond its origins as a complement to its parent’s flagship broadcast network.