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EXCLUSIVE: The team behind Netflix's YA horse drama Free Rein is saddling up for another scripted teen series for the streamer. The SVOD service has commissioned Zero Chill from All3Media-backed Lime Pictures. The ten-part series follows 15-year old figure skater Kayla, whose life is up-ended from Canada to the UK…

All3Media producer Lime Pictures is adapting YA supernatural thriller Hollow Pike for television after striking a deal with Hachette Children's Group. The company, which produces Netflix original series Free Rein, is to adapt Juno Dawson's into a live-action drama series for teenagers with a supernatural twist. Georgia…

All3Media, the international production company owned by Discovery and Liberty Global, is going to bring two of its indies closer together as part of a restructure. The back-office functions of Cash Cab maker Lion TV and Lime Pictures, which produces Netflix teen drama Free Rein, will be combined, although the…

Lionsgate Entertainment World, the studio's first Asian theme park, opened its doors today in Hengqin, China. Featuring over 30 attractions, it includes seven based on The Hunger Games, Twilight, the Divergent series, Now You See Me, Gods Of Egypt and Escape Plan. Each of the properties is well known in China, with…

Lime Pictures, the British production company behind Netflix's teen drama Free Rein, is developing a YA drama about a futuristic death row. The All3Media-owned indie has optioned Ben Oliver's forthcoming book The Loop and will turn it into a returnable series. The series follows Luka, who has been wrongfully…

The Only Way Is Essex producer Lime Pictures is ramping up its U.S. business with its unscripted development chief Ben Crompton moving to LA to lead this expansion. This comes ahead of tonight's launch of All3Media-owned Lime's latest U.S. commission, Dating No Filter for E!. Crompton, who is currently Head of…

Lime Pictures, the British production company behind Netflix's teen drama Free Rein, is developing a drama described as Peaky Blinders set in 1990s Manchester. The company has optioned Still Breathing: The True Adventures of The Donnelly Brothers, which tells the story of Manchester fashion brand Gio Gio, known for…

Minnie The Minx, the classic British comic book character, is to get her first starring TV role after Beano Studios teamed up with British production company Lime Pictures to develop a live-action comedy drama. Minnie, whose real name is Hermione Makepeace, was one of the key characters in the Beano comic books, which…

EXCLUSIVE: MTV has found a lot of success internationally with a slew of reality series such as Ex On The Beach and Geordie Shore and the Viacom-owned broadcaster is hoping that its latest suntanned effort – The Lovers & The Liars can achieve similar notoriety. The broadcaster has ordered the ten-part series from Lime…

All3Media has become the latest British superindie to report its gender pay statistics. The company, which owns companies including Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert and Penny Dreadful indie Neal Street Productions has found that on a mean basis it pays men 13.5% more than women, while it has a median gap of…

All3Media's British-based Lime Pictures (Bravo’s The Singles Project) is beefing up its U.S. presence with the hire of E!’s SVP Programming and Development Noah Pollack to lead the effort as EVP of Non-Scripted Programming. Pollack will have creative oversight of Lime’s U.S. operation, reporting to Lime Pictures…