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Audible says its Harry Potter launch will usher in a new era in audiobooks and has backed its adaptations to surpass the whopping 1.8 billion hours of listening notched by previous audio versions of J.K. Rowling's much-loved books. The company launched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Miniature Wife has found new partners around the world. The high-concept Matthew Macfadyen and Elizabeth Banks show is for Peacock in the U.S. It had a glitzy screening for the international set at the MIPCOM market in Cannes last month. Sony Pictures Television is handling…

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. Breakout hits are emerging in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So, we're going to do the hard work for…

With TV industry events increasingly leaning into the creator economy, next week's Digital Content Forum will see new and established players take stock as the entertainment business faces a reset. The London event is in its fourth edition and has established itself as a space for digital-first…

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Ant Media Corp, the Canadian company behind pay-TV channel and international streamer Love Nature, bought factual SVOD MagellanTV for $12M last month. There look to be more deals in the works as the Canada-listed producer-distributor-channels and streaming business ramps…

EXCLUSIVE: Industry vets Neil Zeiger and Martin Proctor have launched indie label Flickers Films with a slate of co-productions that includes a new drama from Ashes to Ashes screenwriter Ashley Pharoah and documentary filmmaker Ann Hawker's first dramatic movie. The new banner will cover film and TV…

The producers of The Eternaut have started production on Netflix’s The Future is Ours, a dystopian series based on sci-fi scribe Philip K. Dick's novel The World Jones Made. Much of Bladerunner author Dick's work has been brought to screen but this marks the first Spanish-language adaptation. K&S…

EXCLUSIVE: Fury, a drama series inspired by the legendary Icelandic Sturlunga saga is in the works with Seberg and Una helmer Benedict Andrews attached as director and showrunner. Reykjavík-based studio Truenorth is making the series, which is billed as a brutal, gripping tale of power, politics and…

EXCLUSIVE: Detectives Danny Reagan and Lena Silver will be playing the blues around the world after a raft of international buyers bought Boston Blue. The show has its world premiere in Cannes at the MIPCOM market last week. Following the international launch it has sold into over 100 markets…

Turkish star Can Yaman has signed on for a Spanish-language romantic thriller series. The as-yet-unnamed project will be produced by Madrid-based Secuoya Studios and run to eight episodes. It will be Yaman's first Spanish-language project and first series shot in Spain. Here's what we know about…

Canadian comedy and talent will take center stage on shozerTV, a YouTube channel from Letterkenny producer New Metric Media. The channel is now live and has picked up several titles from Lionsgate including Running Wilde starring Will Arnett, Van Wilder: Party Liaison starring Ryan Reynolds and Zack a…

The 100m final at the 1988 Olympic Games has been dubbed the dirtiest race in history, which may not seem obvious ground for comedy. Yet, New Metric Media has taken on the challenge with Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story. "We're a comedy company first and foremost with Letterkenny and Shoresy…