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EXCLUSIVE: The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt has set his next project, a return to the canon of crime author C.J. Tudor. Having just penned Paramount+’s adaptation of Tudor’s The Burning Girls, Rosenfeldt is now turning his attention to her first novel, 2016’s The Chalk Man. Rosenfeldt is…

EXCLUSIVE: The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt has said he is “not really watching crime shows at the moment,” as he talks up his big-budget Viaplay adaptation of fantasy novel Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, the streamer’s “most ambitious project to date.” Rosenfeldt is deep in the edit on Ronja, which…

EXCLUSIVE: UK-Asian co-production funding specialist The Bridge has entered into an innovative first-look agreement with Web3 video streaming platform Myco. The deal will see The Bridge sourcing distribution and sales deals and co-production and funding partners from the Southeast Asia region for…

EXCLUSIVE: Karin Lindström and Andreas Hjertø only joined Prime Video Nordics in 2021 but they've already hit the ground running, this week showcasing an 18-strong slate of originals and touting ambitious plans for growth in an exclusive interview with Deadline. The Amazon streamer has been late to…

HBO Max To Build 'The Bridge' In Hungary HBO Max's Hungarian arm will run a local version of Banijay survival format The Bridge. The format tasks bringing contestants together to build a 250-metre-long bridge to an island for the chance to win a large cash prize, and this latest deal marks its sixth international…

EXCLUSIVE: The Bridge screenwriter Camilla Ahlgren has created a European crime drama series about the head of a group solving cold cases in Sweden. Production has been greenlighted on Fallen, which will star The Bridge lead actress Sofia Helin as Iris Broman, the new head of the Kalla Fall. Due to a tragedy, she…

Two-year-old streaming service Topic has set a deal with tech firm Deepdub to make its catalog of foreign-language series and TV shows available in English. The pioneering effort will span dozens of titles, including noted shows like Arctic Circle, Pagan Peak, The Bridge, The Killing. As streaming continues to expand…

HBO Max is set to become a co-production partner on its first British unscripted show by climbing aboard The Bridge, Channel 4’s reality show from Banijay Group producer Workerbee. Narrated by James McAvoy, the format sees 12 strangers come together on the banks of a picturesque lake in the British countryside where…

James McAvoy is to narrate Channel 4 Entertainment reality competition show The Bridge. The show will see 12 strangers come together on the banks of a picturesque lake in the British countryside where they will need to work together to build a bridge in 20 days to an island 250 meters away. Each person in the winning…

Shadowplay, the gritty dramatic thriller series from The Bridge co-creator Måns Mårlind, is to get its world premiere at the 60th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June. The Shadowplay cast — including Taylor Kitsch (Waco) and Michael C. Hall (Dexter) — and creators will attend the screening of the first two episodes…

The 2010s was the decade that foreign-language television broke through the global ceiling and got Hollywood to notice the quality of content coming from all corners of the world. While Danish drama The Killing (Forbrydelsen) and French thrillers Braquo and Spiral began inching the door open in the “aughties,” hyper…

HBO Asia has boarded a local remake of The Bridge. The pan-regional pay-TV broadcaster has struck a deal with PCCW and Vuclip-backed SVOD service Viu to launch the adaptation, which takes place between Malaysia and Singapore in a raft of countries. It will launch the ten-episode show on November 26, day-and-date, with…