McMafia producer Cuba Pictures is developing a TV adaptation of The Rumour, a story loosely based on the real-life case of British child killer Mary Bell, after optioning Lesley Kara’s debut novel. The company, which has produced feature films including Boy A and Broken and is part of BBC Studios-backed Original…

David Schwimmer is exec producing a television adaptation of British stage play Love for the BBC. The Friends star is one of the team behind the feature-length film, which is being produced by McMafia producer Cuba Pictures. Love, written and directed by National Theatre Artist in Residence Alexander Zeldin, tells the…

UPDATED to clarify: BBC One has ordered an eight-episode second season of Russian crime drama McMafia. The series airs on AMC in the U.S, but the network has not yet made a decision on a renewal. BBC said that it was the UK public broadcaster's biggest new drama launch this year as well as one of its most popular…

BBC Director General Tony Hall has called AMC co-pro McMafia, the Godfather-influenced gangster drama starring James Norton, one of the most "ambitious" shows it has ever produced. The eight-part thriller, which will air in early 2018, stars War & Peace's Norton as a young banker drawn into the shady underworld as a…