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SERIES MANIA FEATURES

SERIES MANIA NEWS

Still ‘lots of interest’ in sale of French broadcaster M6, CEO David Larramendy tells Series Mania

Disney+ in France turns to broadcast partnerships and puts ‘quality over quantity’

Euro pubcaster collective New8 unveils WWII drama, Icelandic crime series among eight new copros

Arte France partners with Movistar Plus+ on Spanish coup d’état drama series

ITV Studios’ Ruth Berry ‘confident’ digital label Zoo 55 will hit $155m revenue target

James Norton, Kitty Kaletsky prodco adapts Wavewalker with Adolescence writer Jack Thorne

Prime Video calls for international premium scripted and female-skewing content

Turkey’s Inter Medya picks up rights to eight miniseries from Acun Medya streamer EXXEN

‘No panic to fill slots’ at Sky when HBO content exclusivity deal ends this year

Paramount’s Darkness spreads to Channel 4 at Series Mania as execs discuss Skydance merger

French-Japanese romantic comedy Tokyo Crush takes Series Mania copro pitch prize

EWC’s Gammeltoft calls for collaboration in ‘challenging times’ as latest projects unveiled

Supacell producer voices ‘huge concern’ for diverse storytelling in US under Trump

Global scripted commissions down 25% from Peak TV levels, Ampere reveals

North Road’s Caroline Hollick brands Paltrow’s intimacy coordinator dismissal ‘irresponsible’

Series Mania execs hail resurgence of high-end TV as demand for premium dramas rises

Germany’s Beta Film gets distribution rights to crime drama Cecilie Mars

Banijay France combines drama outfits Shine Fiction and Banijay Studios France

Gaumont’s The Deal wins inaugural Series Mania Buyers Choice award

Yes Studios unveils Artza, Yes TV’s Arab Spring action-drama Embassy Down

US studio AGC Television fully financing Kaley Cuoco mystery thriller Vanished

Elephant, Keshet’s TF1 spy thriller State of Alert to premiere at Lille via Newen Connect

Béatrice Nouh returns to Mediapro Studio Distribution after two years at Onza

Digital Originals drama copro Moonbird from Tasmanian prodco Kutikina and Sheoak heads to Series Mania

SERIES MANIA PODCAST

Series Mania: Long Bright River’s Amanda Seyfried; Supacell’s Sheila Nortley; Sky’s Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Meghan Lyvers and Nils Hartmann

Mar 27, 2025 00:51:50

SERIES MANIA: Actor Amanda Seyfried, showrunner Nikki Toscano and writer Liz Moore on new Peacock crime thriller Long Bright River [02:43]; Sheila Nortley, producer of Bafta-nominated Netflix drama Supacell on her concerns over Donald Trump's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion policies [12:31]; and Sky's Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Meghan Lyvers and Nils Hartmann on The Day of the Jackal and more [27:48].

Series Mania: Long Bright River’s Amanda Seyfried; Supacell’s Sheila Nortley; Sky’s Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Meghan Lyvers and Nils Hartmann

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