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Sky Studios In-House Drama Director Preethi Mavahalli has joined Ben Stephenson’s transatlantic ITV Studios-backed indie, which will be called Poison Pen Studios. Stephenson, a former BBC Drama boss and Head of TV at JJ Abram’s Bad Robot, has signed up former ITV Studios-backed Mammoth Screen Drama Director Mavahalli…

EXCLUSIVE: Music producer Tyler Ward’s Nashville-based social media viral hit factory Song House is being profiled in a premium docuseries from Sky Studios-backed U.S. indie Jupiter Entertainment. Song House will go behind the scenes of Tyler Ward’s outfit, which is a pop music incubator that harnesses the power of…

Sky Studios has poached Academy Award-nominated producer Tobias Rosen from Warner Bros. International Television Production to the newly-created role of Vice President in Germany. Rosen will oversee the Das Boot and Babylon Berlin producer’s slate across Germany, Austria and Switzerland as it targets…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has ordered a third season of true-crime series I Am a Killer, the show that interviews murderers on Death Row or those who are spending the majority of their lives behind bars. Sky Studios-backed Transistor Films has gained access to maximum-security prisons across the U.S. for Season 3, exploring…

Former Sky Studios Chief Content Officer Jane Millichip has been appointed CEO of BAFTA. Millichip, a UK production and distribution veteran, was selected by the body’s Board of Trustees after an “extensive and highly competitive search,” said BAFTA. She will take over the role vacated by Amanda Berry later this…

Nancy Grace’s ‘Bloodline Detectives’ Set For Season Three EXCLUSIVE: A third season of FilmRise’s Bloodline Detectives Hosted by Nancy Grace is in the works. The show is hosted by the renowned former prosecutor and explores familial DNA search and testing used to uncover elusive criminals. Production will begin later…

Sky Studios has hired CBS Studios international co-pros chief Meghan Lyvers as it seeks to significantly scale up its original UK drama output. Lyvers will become Director of Original Drama, UK & Ireland — a new role that will see her have oversight of all premium original dramas commissioned and produced at the Gangs…

Sky Studios' first ever full in-house production, The Rising, combines the murder of a young woman, Neve, with a whodunnit story that she leads from beyond the grave. Its executive producer Julian Stevens said giving her “agency" to propel the story allowed the drama to sensitively combine themes of violence against…

Sky Studios, the original programming arm of broadcaster Sky in Europe, has bolstered its UK Drama Commissioning team with a pair of hires. Executive Producer Sam Hoyle has joined Sky having held the same role at Netflix. Prior to the streamer, she was co-executive producer on Doctor Who and was the Associate Producer…

EXCLUSIVE: Sky and Peacock are behind a drama based on the notorious 1988 Lockerbie disaster from Academy Award-nominated writers Jim Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan, Deadline can reveal. Airing next year, Lockerbie will be based on the search for justice by Dr Jim Swire and his wife Jane who lost their daughter Flora…

Sky Studios Chief Content Officer Jane Millichip is departing the Comcast-owned pay-TV giant after nine years amid a wider restructure. In an internal note sent this morning, seen by Deadline, Sky Studios CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz praised Millichip’s “huge contribution” since she joined to head up production and…

Netflix and Sky are combining on a TV series for the first time, co-producing a blue-chip natural history landmark entitled Predators. Sky hosts the streamer on its platform but the pair have never commissioned a series before. The six-parter, produced by Sky Studios-backed indie True to Nature, will follow six apex…