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Golden Globe-winner Idris Elba and Riviera and Kick-Ass producer Kris Thykier are entering into a joint venture that will see their respective production companies, Elba's Green Door Pictures and Thykier's Archery Pictures, working together on multiple film and TV projects. Through the new partnership with Archery, UK…

Archery Pictures, the UK production outfit behind Sky drama Riviera, has hired Working Title Television’s Georgina Gordon-Smith to the newly-created role of head of development. Gordon-Smith was a development producer at Working Title and before that, worked at United Agents, where she created and ran the talent agent…

AMC streamer Sundance Now has snapped up the rights to five international dramas from Banijay Rights, including Norwegian detective series Wisting starring The Matrix actress Carrie-Anne Moss. Wisting will launch on Sundance Now in the U.S. on December 18. Based on novels by Jørn Lier Horst, the 10-part series tells…

Sherlock's Rupert Graves is joining the third season of Sky drama Riviera. Graves, who is set to star in Autumn De Wilde's Emma, will play Gabriel Hirsch, the carefree, charismatic and worldly ally of Julia Stiles' Georgina Ryland. Filming has begun on the third season with Delevingne and Jack Fox returning alongside…

Julia Stiles' sun-soaked crime thriller Riviera is returning for a third season on Sky Atlantic. The British pay-TV broadcaster has ordered another eight-part run with filming set to start in Autumn 2019. The third series will see Julia Stiles take the glitz and glamour of the Cote d'Azur around the globe as her…

Julia Stiles has lifted the lid on playing a Michael Corleone-influenced antihero in glitzy crime drama Riviera as well as how she reacted when creator Neil Jordan distanced himself from the show and plans for a third season. This comes after the show, which was commissioned by British pay-TV broadcaster Sky Atlantic…

Arrested Development's Will Arnett and Kingsman: The Golden Circle's Poppy Delevingne show up in the first trailer for the second season of Sky drama Riviera. Just as dark and glamorous as season one, the show, which airs on Sundance Now in the U.S., returns for another ten episodes after becoming one of Sky's most…

Ricardo Rubini has been named Senior Vice President of Sales, Latin America, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (TCFTVD). In his expanded role, Fox vet Rubini will now oversee all television licensing negotiations throughout Latin America. Rubini is based out of the company's office in São Paulo and will…

AMC Networks' premium video streaming service Sundance Now has announced that they will be adding three series to the fold: Back, Riviera, and Rillington Place. The comedy, Back, is a new scripted original co-production created and written by Oscar nominee Simon Blackwell (Veep, In the Loop, Peep Show), directed by…

Sky Vision has partnered with Groupe Altice's Altice Studio to co-produce Riviera, the Côte d'Azur-set thriller created by Neil Jordan. Julia Stiles, Lena Olin, Adrian Lester, Iwan Rheon and Roxane Duran star in the 10-part drama that explores the depravity of morally ambiguous characters in the luxury playground and…

EXCLUSIVE: Along with co-starring in Sky Atlantic’s upcoming drama Riviera, Adrian Lester will direct two episodes of the sun-soaked thriller. Currently filming in the south of France, Riviera is created by Neil Jordan with a cast led by Julia Stiles and Lena Olin. Lester has already directed for the BBC series…

Adrian Lester, Iwan Rheon and Lena Olin are among the full cast that has been set to join Julia Stiles-starrer Riviera, Sky's pan-European thriller that’s just starting filming in the South of France. Created by Neil Jordan, the 10-part drama is based on an idea from U2’s former manager, Paul McGuinness. Kris Thykier…