Disney+/Hulu has been confirmed as the global home of Uncle Samsik, the South Korean drama series starring Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho.
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox has picked up psychological crime drama Murder in a Small Town, starring Rossif Sutherland (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), for the 2024-25 season. The network has acquired U.S. rights to the series, based on the “Karl Alberg” books by L.R. Wright,, which hails from head writer Ian Weir (Edgemont), director Milan Cheylov (The Cleaning Lady) and Canada’s Sepia Films in association with Fox Entertainment and Future Shack Entertainment, the company of former USA Network President Jeff Wachtel.
This marks Fox’s first green light to a scripted series co-produced with an international studio.
“Murder In a Small Town illustrates our ongoing strategy to identify and commission impactful global content in a smart and effective mannerwith proven creative partners,” said Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s President, Scripted Programming.
Looking abroad is a natural extension to Fox’s current development model, put in motion in 2020, which foregoes pilots in favor of more cost-efficient straight-to-series orders. (On the comedy side, Fox occasionally does presentations as part of the development process.)
In drama, Fox has been using a script-to-series template, commissioning two scripts and a series format for most projects and writers rooms to produce 3-4 scripts and a bible for the more densely serialized ones.
Being independent, with no vertically integrated studio or sibling SVOD platform, Fox has instituted a disciplined approach, capping drama budgets at $3M-$4M an episode, sources said. While that was considered a bit of an anomaly early on, more networks and platforms are starting to target similar price ranges amid a Hollywood belt tightening, making Fox an early adopter of a new
Disney+/Hulu has been confirmed as the global home of Uncle Samsik, the South Korean drama series starring Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho.
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Fabien Frankel (House of the Dragon) and Alison Oliver (Saltburn) have been cast in key roles in Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming HBO crime drama series, starring Mark Ruffalo.
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Molly Parker has been tapped as the lead of Fox‘s new medical drama series Doc. The adaptation of the popular Italian series Doc — Nelle tue mani hails from writer, executive producer and showrunner Barbie Kligman, executive producers Hank Steinberg and 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.
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Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon has been flooded with compliments from her co-stars and her fans alike as she gave them a glimpse into her recent break. The actress ditched the UK and headed on a European break to Amsterdam with some of her pals.
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EXCLUSIVE: Brad Ingelsby’s upcoming HBO crime drama series starring Mark Ruffalo has added to its exec producer and director ranks.