Your comprehensive round-up of the key news from Series Mania Forum 2023
SERIES MANIA: If you’re on your way back from Lille, just returned or have been keeping track of the event online, catch up with C21’s extensive coverage of the event using these links.
HBO boss Casey Bloys outlines strategy for new Warner Bros Discovery streamer
Sky Studios’ CEO Frot-Coutaz plots path through saturated market
France TV head laments demise of Salto after FCA merger investigation
Prime Video plans further Citadel spin-offs, considers similar franchises
Highlights from Series Mania Forum
Saar Yogev, Shira Hadad, Dror Mishani, David Crean and Hörður Rúnarsson
Netflix DACH content VP Katja Hofem bemoans diverse talent shortage
Arte outlines copro strategy as it meets Girl Who Learned How to Kneel
Beta MD Moritz Von Kruedener urges collaboration to tackle economic crisis
TF1 will promote French culture as alternative to streamers, says Belmer
House of Talkies preparing next project after Netflix success Trial by Fire
Netflix France gives En Place a second season
Paramount+ ‘won’t sacrifice local originals’ as it commits to franchise spin-offs
Eva Longoria to produce, direct Latino adaptation of comedy format Call My Agent
Israeli creatives Levy, Leshem call for int’l support in battle against censorship
Quebec’s ALSO Productions seeks partner for reboot of Portrait-Robot
Dr Death showrunner admits regret at ‘losing focus’ on the story’s victims
Beta Group hands out development awards at SeriesMakers, confirms second edition
Disney+ France announces Vincent Lambert doc, thriller based on de Vigan book
Sky Studios to develop and commission more prestige drama, tentpole IP projects
Creative vision is key says Shindler as she collects Woman in Series Award
Ukrainian war drama wins Series Mania coproduction pitch in Lille
Black Sheep seeks broadcast, distribution partners for drama series Innermost
US writers’ strike could benefit European distributors claim industry execs
HBO drama The Last of Us forecast to lead a trend for gaming adaptations for TV
Series Mania buyers weigh up strategies in battle to reach young audiences
Eddie Redmayne to lead series version of Day of the Jackal from Sky, Peacock
Nordic nets bag their first Turkish drama series after Eccho Rights deals
Fall and rise of Swedish musician David Jassy dramatised in Nevis drama project
Ilkkas Creative Studio partners with Finnish publisher WSOY for international stories
ZDF Studios brings German streaming hit Dear Vivi to buyers in Lille
Israel’s Yes Studios gives voice to The Confidante-inspired Unsilenced
Upgrade, ACT 4, Drugi Plan join forces for Icelandic-Croatian Volcano
International broadcasters shake hands over Sky’s supernatural Christian
Sagafilm’s The Minister wins another term in the Nordics with S2 greenlight
Saffron Cherry to develop Julia Chapman’s Dales Detective books for TV
Buccaneer, Hans Rosenfeldt dramatising CJ Tudor’s The Chalk Man
Spotlight on coproduction in Lille
Herszberg on how drama has changed and what to expect in Lille
Girl power the dominant force at Series Mania
