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Peter White Television EditorGame of Thrones star Kit Harington and The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar are among the cast of the second season of Netflix’s police interrogation drama Criminal.The second season of the English-language version of the drama – there are French, Spanish and German versions – also includes Catastrophe co-creator and star Sharon Horgan and Sophie Okonedo, who stars in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest prequel Ratched.The drama takes place

Jamie Lang In today’s global bulletin German VFX company Rise Visual Effects opens London offices, ViacomCBS International, Banijay and ITN make major promotions and BBC Studios sells “Doctor Foster” format in Turkey.Despite holdups caused by COVID 19 and Brexit, leading European visual effects studio Rise Visual Effects will open a new office in London this month, expanding its German-based operations into the U.K.There, Lara Lom, recently appointed as managing director, has been heading the

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Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Constantin extends its deal with German hitmaker Bora Dagtekin, San Sebastian finalizes its Perlak section, upstart training program Creative Producer Indaba share details, Endemol Shine sells “Deadwater Fell” in France, and Channel 5 commissions eight new historical programs.Constantin Film has extended its exclusive deal with Bora Dagtekin, one of Germany’s most prolific local filmmakers, to 2025.The writer-director is responsible for several

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC One is going to remake a German comedy about a crime scene cleaner, with The Inbetweeners and Taskmaster star Greg Davies writing and starring.Studio Hamburg Production Group’s Der Tatortreiniger (Crime Scene Cleaner) will be remade into a six-part series, centering on Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead who mops up crime scenes after the police have concluded their detective work.As Wicky removes the gruesome mess, he stumbles across the strangest of people: from the

Meg Zukin Davina Potratz wants “Selling Sunset” viewers to know that she’s happy.The German real estate agent has been deemed by fans the villain of Netflix’s docusoap, but she doesn’t blame the producers. “If you don’t show me smiling or being warm and fuzzy, then it looks like all I am is the 10% where I had a bad moment,” she says in a recent Zoom interview with Variety.Potratz knows the show needs drama, but she won’t let that define her.

Naman Ramachandran German sales and production outfit Beta Film has sold hit Canadian man and canine series “Hudson & Rex” to a slew of territories across Europe.UKTV has picked up the show for the U.K.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorAMC Networks’ horror SVOD service Shudder is extending to Australia and New Zealand.