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EXCLUSIVE: Former 20th Television drama exec Albert Page has become President of Clickbait and The Capture producer Heyday Television U.S. Page is tasked with growing the Universal International Studios-backed indie’s scripted slate of high-end shows. Heyday EVP Jillian Share was previously heading up the U.S…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal International Studios Exec Mark Freeland is hoping his upcoming CBBC Oliver Twist spin-off Dodger can land as a rare, traditional family hit, while he revealed plans for “another epic idea with family appeal.” The first five episodes of Dodger, which stars Christopher Eccleston as Fagin and Shamele…

Heyday Television and Carnival Films owner NBCUniversal International Studios has rebranded to Universal International Studios. The UK-based studio has a new logo and is being aligned more closely with owner Universal Studio Group and sister studios UCP, Universal Television and Universal Television Alternative…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Wachtel is leaving NBCUniversal after almost two decades at the company, most recently as President of NBCUniversal International Studios. According to sources, there had been internal complaints about Wachtel’s management style. They led to a discussion between the company leadership and Wachtel about…

The BBC has commissioned a second season of Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios’ spy drama The Capture. The surveillance thriller, which will premiere on NBCUniversal streamer Peacock in the U.S. on July 15, was a hit in the UK, becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest new title of 2019. It has racked up…

EXCLUSIVE: Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood and Marriage Story producer David Heyman's Heyday Television is adapting Greg Howard's book Middle School's A Drag, You Better Werk! for television. Deadline understands that Heyday Television, which produces series including BBC One thriller The Capture, is working with its…

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal International Studios is teaming up with Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and Danish scribe Ingeborg Topsoe on crime-drama series Moths. Topsoe is riding high following the Berlin Film Festival premiere last week of Scandi crime-drama feature Wildland, which was one of the best-reviewed movies…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is heading back to the Dickensian-era for its latest family comedy. The British public broadcaster has ordered Dodger from NBCUniversal International Studios. The series is a family adventure comedy set in 1830s Dickensian London and tells the story of the Artful Dodger, the infamous pickpocket…

EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal International Studios has struck a first-look deal with fledgling short form video and audio content company StoryHunter. The global division of the Hollywood studio has signed a multi-year deal with the company, which was set up by former Fremantle and Sony Pictures exec Kirsty Hunter. The…

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…