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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+’s international drama commissioning spree continues and Deadline can reveal New Pictures/Viacom International Studios (VIS) thriller The Blue, with filming set to commence in Thailand later this year. The Blue comes fresh off the back of announcements for UK shows Flatshare, Kenneth Branagh’s A Ge…

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has promoted Fathima Beckmann to Vice President of Global Inclusion. Beckmann will be responsible for leading a global team in driving diversity and inclusion strategies for the group, which is prioritizing a range of programs that help expand its work with under-represented…

Viacom International Studios (VIS) has signed a quintet of first-look deals with emerging British talent as part of a drive to hand more opportunities to diverse creators. Morgan Bailey, Bec Boey, Chris Bush, Iman Qureshi, and Kaamil Shah will spend the next two years pitching five ideas to ViacomCBS’ in-house…

Viacom International Studios has inked a first-look deal with South Korean production studio Something Special. Under the deal, VIS will have exclusive first-look rights to globally represent and co-develop up to 10 of Something Special's top unscripted and factual entertainment formats. Founded by Jin Woo Hwang, the…

ViacomCBS International Studios is developing a series on Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga and has attached Testament Of Youth director James Kent to helm and Pan's Labyrinth producer Frida Torresblanco to executive produce. Written by Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham, the project — which is slated to shoot…

ViacomCBS International Studios has announced that it is developing a TV series based on the life of Italian female artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who is considered to be one of the most accomplished painters in the Baroque period. ViacomCBS International Studios has attached Pan’s Labyrinth producer Frida Torresblanco…

EXCLUSIVE: Viacom International Studios has set a co-development deal with El Deseo, the Spanish production company owned by brothers Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar, for an eight-episode series, Mentiras Pasajeras (White Lies). The companies will co-develop the series under the direction of Spanish screenwriters Nerea…

Viacom International Studios (VIS) has struck a first-look deal with Spanish auteur Santiago Segura. The production company will have the first option to reversion and acquire projects from Segura and his production company Bowfinger International Pictures. Segura, who is also an actor who has starred in Pacific Rim…

Showtime is developing an English-language remake of Argentinean comedy 100 Days To Fall In Love from Paramount TV and Viacom International Studios. The CBS-backed premium broadcaster is working up a U.S. version of the telenovela comedy, which has been a hit on broadcaster Telefe, where the finale of the 125 episode…

CBS has renewed Rachael Ray for a 14th season, sources at NATPE have confirmed to Deadline. The show has been a solid performer over its many years on the air. But as its host has diversified her rather full portfolio and the local station landscape has evolved, its fate had not been completely certain. Rachael Ray is…