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NBCUniversal international chief Kevin MacLellan is to leave the Hollywood studio and his departure will see the company "more closely align" its U.S. and international operations. MacLellan has been with Comcast since 2001 and was most recently Chairman of Global Distribution and International. Jeff Shell, Chairman…

EXCLUSIVE: Emily St John Mandel's mystery thriller novel The Glass Hotel is to be turned into a television series after NBCUniversal International Studios acquired the rights. The Hollywood studio's global production arm has optioned the book, which is to be published in March 2020 by Knopf, and has set its Canadian…

Netflix is teaming with The Slap and Glitch's Tony Ayres and super-producer David Heyman on thriller Clickbait. The eight-episode series is created by Ayres and is an NBCUniversal International Studios production. Shooting will take place in Melbourne. Ayres will also showrun and executive produce the character-based…

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal International Studios has bolstered its scripted ranks with the hire of Hellboy and Lost in Space producer Marc Helwig. Helwig has joined this month as Executive Vice President, Scripted and is based in the company's LA division, reporting to London-based International Studios President Jeff…

The BBC has unveiled the first look at British spy drama The Capture starring Strike's Holliday Grainger and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald's Callum Turner. The six-part series, which is produced by Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios, will air later this year. It begins when soldier…

The Awesome Show producer Dan Munday is heading back down under to join NBCUniversal's Matchbox Pictures. He will become Head of Unscripted at the company, which produces a slew of local adaptation of The Real Housewives. Munday has spent the last few years working with Universal Television Alternative Studio in LA…

EXCLUSIVE: Hanna producer Working Title TV is adapting Inua Ellams' play Black T-Shirt Collection into a TV series – marking the first television project for the rising playwright and poet. The London-based producer, which is a joint venture with NBCUniversal International Studios, secured the rights to the play with…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian broadcaster CTV has partnered with NBCUniversal International Studios on primetime medical procedural The Transplant. The series is produced by 19-2 producer SphèreMédia Plus and NBCUniversal will hold international rights outside of Canada with a particular eye on a U.S. sale. The show will be…

NBCUniversal International Studios has appointed Charlotte Bloxham to the newly created role of Head of Production. Based in London, Bloxham will be responsible for managing scripted production across the company's UK-based entities that include Heyday Television, Working Title Television and NBCUniversal…

NBCUniversal has reached within its ranks to find a replacement for outgoing NBCUniversal International Studios president Michael Edelstein. NBCUniversal cable veteran Jeff Wachtel, most recently Chief Content Officer, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and President, Universal Cable Productions & Wilshire Studios, has…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Edelstein will be stepping down from his post as President of NBCUniversal International Studios after more than seven years. He just made the announcement internally (You can read his note to his colleagues under the post) The departure is said to be amicable, and Edelstein will stay on until the…

Amazon Studios has given a straight-to-series order to Hanna, a drama based on Focus Features’ offbeat 2011 assassin pic, from David Farr, who co-wrote the feature, and NBCUniversal International Studios. Emmy-nominated Farr, who most recently adapted John Le Carre’s The Night Manager for BBC/AMC, will pen the…