Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is getting a sword back in hand.
The Game of Thrones star is partnering with James Norton (Happy Valley) to co-lead an 11th century historical drama series based on William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings.
The BBC and CBS Studios project is titled King and Conqueror and is from writer Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes) and with a premiere directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest).
King and Conqueror “is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country — and a continent — for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced...
The Game of Thrones star is partnering with James Norton (Happy Valley) to co-lead an 11th century historical drama series based on William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings.
The BBC and CBS Studios project is titled King and Conqueror and is from writer Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes) and with a premiere directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest).
King and Conqueror “is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country — and a continent — for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced...
- 11/28/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
English language series stars Lena Olin and will film in Iceland later this year.
Chocolat and The Cider House Rules director Lasse Hallstrom is making his first foray into TV drama series with Iceland-set mystery thriller The Darkness starring Lena Olin.
Based on the best-selling book by Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson, the six-part English language series is a co-production between CBS Studios, Stampede Ventures and Iceland’s True North.
Icelandic broadcaster Síminn has boarded the project, which is being sold internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution. The Darkness is written by Sam Shore, whose credits include Cbbc’s Mystic, and Jónasson serves as executive producer.
Chocolat and The Cider House Rules director Lasse Hallstrom is making his first foray into TV drama series with Iceland-set mystery thriller The Darkness starring Lena Olin.
Based on the best-selling book by Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson, the six-part English language series is a co-production between CBS Studios, Stampede Ventures and Iceland’s True North.
Icelandic broadcaster Síminn has boarded the project, which is being sold internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution. The Darkness is written by Sam Shore, whose credits include Cbbc’s Mystic, and Jónasson serves as executive producer.
- 10/12/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
CBS Studios is continuing its push into international drama.
The company is behind Icelandic series The Darkness, starring Enemies, A Love Story and Hunters star Lena Olin, for broadcaster Síminn.
Olin stars as Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir in the series, based on Ragnar Jónasson’s thriller book series. It follows Hermannsdóttir as she investigates a shocking murder case whilst coming to terms with her own personal traumas. Faced with an impending early retirement and forced to take on a new partner, Hulda is determined to find the killer, even if it means putting her own life in danger.
Sam Shore (Mystic) will write and Lasse Hallström will direct the six-part series. It is produced by CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, as part of the two companies first-look deal, and Icelandic production company Truenorth. Jónasson serves as executive producer. The series will be distributed outside of Iceland by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
The company is behind Icelandic series The Darkness, starring Enemies, A Love Story and Hunters star Lena Olin, for broadcaster Síminn.
Olin stars as Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir in the series, based on Ragnar Jónasson’s thriller book series. It follows Hermannsdóttir as she investigates a shocking murder case whilst coming to terms with her own personal traumas. Faced with an impending early retirement and forced to take on a new partner, Hulda is determined to find the killer, even if it means putting her own life in danger.
Sam Shore (Mystic) will write and Lasse Hallström will direct the six-part series. It is produced by CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, as part of the two companies first-look deal, and Icelandic production company Truenorth. Jónasson serves as executive producer. The series will be distributed outside of Iceland by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
- 10/12/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you ready to head down under for the next chapter in the NCIS franchise?
The beloved CBS franchise is headed to Sydney with the appropriately titled NCIS: Sydney.
While the series was confirmed quite a while ago, we're only now learning who will be on the cast.
The series is in the works for Paramount+ and Network 10 and includes familiar faces for U.S. audiences.
Olivia Swann (DC's Legends of Tomorrow) is set to lead the series as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey, alongside Todd Lasance as Sergeant Jim "Jd" Dempsey.
The cast is rounded out by Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent, DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as Afp Liaison Officer, Constable Evie Cooper, Mavournee Hazel as Afp Forensic Scientist, Bluebird' Blue' Gleeson, and William McInnes as Afp Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Roy Penrose.
"We are thrilled to be expanding the NCIS franchise, one of our most powerful and iconic television IPs,...
The beloved CBS franchise is headed to Sydney with the appropriately titled NCIS: Sydney.
While the series was confirmed quite a while ago, we're only now learning who will be on the cast.
The series is in the works for Paramount+ and Network 10 and includes familiar faces for U.S. audiences.
Olivia Swann (DC's Legends of Tomorrow) is set to lead the series as NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey, alongside Todd Lasance as Sergeant Jim "Jd" Dempsey.
The cast is rounded out by Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent, DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as Afp Liaison Officer, Constable Evie Cooper, Mavournee Hazel as Afp Forensic Scientist, Bluebird' Blue' Gleeson, and William McInnes as Afp Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Roy Penrose.
"We are thrilled to be expanding the NCIS franchise, one of our most powerful and iconic television IPs,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Olivia Swann and Todd Lasance will lead the main cast for “NCIS: Sydney,” Paramount+ and Network 10 announced Monday.
Swann and Lasance will star opposite each other as NCIS special agent Michelle Mackey and Sgt. Jim “Jd” Dempsey, respectively. The spinoff marks the franchise’s first international series.
The series’ cast is rounded out by Sean Sagar as NCIS special agent, DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as Afp liaison officer constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (“Shantaram, Halifax: Retribution”) as Afp forensic scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson and William McInnes as Afp forensic pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose.
“We are thrilled to be expanding the ‘NCIS’ franchise, one of our most powerful and iconic television IPs, across borders and into Australia,” CBS Studios’ head of international coproductions and development Lindsey Martin said in a statement. “It is a joy to work with this talented ‘NCIS: Sydney’ creative team, actors, and crew for our inaugural international original,...
Swann and Lasance will star opposite each other as NCIS special agent Michelle Mackey and Sgt. Jim “Jd” Dempsey, respectively. The spinoff marks the franchise’s first international series.
The series’ cast is rounded out by Sean Sagar as NCIS special agent, DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as Afp liaison officer constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (“Shantaram, Halifax: Retribution”) as Afp forensic scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson and William McInnes as Afp forensic pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose.
“We are thrilled to be expanding the ‘NCIS’ franchise, one of our most powerful and iconic television IPs, across borders and into Australia,” CBS Studios’ head of international coproductions and development Lindsey Martin said in a statement. “It is a joy to work with this talented ‘NCIS: Sydney’ creative team, actors, and crew for our inaugural international original,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
It’s a g’day to be a fan of NCIS down in Australia.
Paramount Australia on Monday revealed the cast of NCIS: Sydney, which is currently filming in the titular city.
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The series will stream/air exclusively in Australia on Paramount+ and Network 10, as the first-ever international edition of the hit global franchise. (At this time, there are no plans for NCIS: Sydney to be available Stateside.
Paramount Australia on Monday revealed the cast of NCIS: Sydney, which is currently filming in the titular city.
More from TVLineRatings: CBS Monday Slate Grows With Finales; Jeopardy!, NCIS Lead NightNCIS Season 20 Ends With a Killer, Unsettling Face-Off -- Grade the FinaleNeed Another 'Cocaine Bear' Fix? Watch This NCIS Episode From October
The series will stream/air exclusively in Australia on Paramount+ and Network 10, as the first-ever international edition of the hit global franchise. (At this time, there are no plans for NCIS: Sydney to be available Stateside.
- 6/12/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The upcoming Australian series “NCIS: Sydney” has found its leads and main cast.
The series, which is currently in production, will follow “the brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (Afp) as they are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.”
That team will be led by NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey, played by Olivia Swann, and her Afp counterpart Sergeant Jim “Jd” Dempsey, played by Todd Lasance.
They are joined by: Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as Afp Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, Mavournee Hazel as Afp Forensic Scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson, and William McInnes as Afp Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose.
The show will be exclusive in Australia to Paramount+ and Network 10. It marks the first international edition of the “NCIS” franchise,...
The series, which is currently in production, will follow “the brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (Afp) as they are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.”
That team will be led by NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey, played by Olivia Swann, and her Afp counterpart Sergeant Jim “Jd” Dempsey, played by Todd Lasance.
They are joined by: Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson, Tuuli Narkle as Afp Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, Mavournee Hazel as Afp Forensic Scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson, and William McInnes as Afp Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose.
The show will be exclusive in Australia to Paramount+ and Network 10. It marks the first international edition of the “NCIS” franchise,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
NCIS: Sydney has found its agents.
The decades-old franchise’s debut international version for Paramount+ and Network 10 will see Olivia Swann (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow ) play NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey and Spartacus: War of the Damned’s Todd Lasance lead as Sergeant Jim “Jd” Dempsey.
The duo are joined by Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent, DeShawn Jackson; Tuuli Narkle as Afp Liaison Officer, Constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (Shantaram, Halifax: Retribution) as Afp Forensic Scientist, Bluebird ‘Blue’ Gleeson and William McInnes (The Newsreader, Total Control) as Afp Forensic Pathologist, Dr Roy Penrose.
Produced by Endemol Shine Australia, NCIS: Sydney is currently filming in the Australian harbor city and will launch later on Paramount+ and the Australian broadcaster. It will follow the eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (Afp), who...
The decades-old franchise’s debut international version for Paramount+ and Network 10 will see Olivia Swann (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow ) play NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey and Spartacus: War of the Damned’s Todd Lasance lead as Sergeant Jim “Jd” Dempsey.
The duo are joined by Sean Sagar as NCIS Special Agent, DeShawn Jackson; Tuuli Narkle as Afp Liaison Officer, Constable Evie Cooper; Mavournee Hazel (Shantaram, Halifax: Retribution) as Afp Forensic Scientist, Bluebird ‘Blue’ Gleeson and William McInnes (The Newsreader, Total Control) as Afp Forensic Pathologist, Dr Roy Penrose.
Produced by Endemol Shine Australia, NCIS: Sydney is currently filming in the Australian harbor city and will launch later on Paramount+ and the Australian broadcaster. It will follow the eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (Afp), who...
- 6/12/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ Gets Behind-The-Scenes Doc Treatment
ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway is getting the behind-the-scenes doc treatment. In Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway: Behind the Screens (w/t), ITV Studios indie Lifted Entertainment and the host’s shingle Mitre Studios will take a fly-on-the-wall approach to the making of one of ITV’s biggest entertainment shows. Documentary makers will embed themselves within the production team for the upcoming 19th season, in a show that regularly dominates the ITV entertainment schedules. Ant & Dec are stalwart ITV hosts, who also helm I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and various one-off specials. The news comes with ITV entertainment set for a shake-up, with The Masked Dancer and Ninja Warrior being rested this year and The Masked Singer set for more mashup specials. “Saturday Night Takeaway is one of the biggest live entertainment shows on television...
ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway is getting the behind-the-scenes doc treatment. In Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway: Behind the Screens (w/t), ITV Studios indie Lifted Entertainment and the host’s shingle Mitre Studios will take a fly-on-the-wall approach to the making of one of ITV’s biggest entertainment shows. Documentary makers will embed themselves within the production team for the upcoming 19th season, in a show that regularly dominates the ITV entertainment schedules. Ant & Dec are stalwart ITV hosts, who also helm I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and various one-off specials. The news comes with ITV entertainment set for a shake-up, with The Masked Dancer and Ninja Warrior being rested this year and The Masked Singer set for more mashup specials. “Saturday Night Takeaway is one of the biggest live entertainment shows on television...
- 2/17/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS Studios has expanded its international co-production slate to include projects in Australia, Spain and France. These productions include “Gold Diggers” from Australia, and “Electric Years” from Spain and France.
“Gold Diggers” is produced by CBS Studios with The Alliance (a Stampede Ventures and Kojo Studios joint venture) for The ABC in Australia. It is set in 1850s Gold Rush, Australia. Thousands of men from around the world flock to the country to hit the jackpot, and so do two women in search of their own jackpot: newly rich idiots. Gert, a heavy-drinking sociopath, and Marigold, her virginal, dummy sister, are willing to do anything to get their fortune; but first they must suffer the lads, lice and lechery of outback Australia. Jack Yabsley serves as writer.
While hiding near the French/Spanish border, Campano, a mysterious wanderer and fugitive on the run, turns a group of artists into sophisticated art thieves.
“Gold Diggers” is produced by CBS Studios with The Alliance (a Stampede Ventures and Kojo Studios joint venture) for The ABC in Australia. It is set in 1850s Gold Rush, Australia. Thousands of men from around the world flock to the country to hit the jackpot, and so do two women in search of their own jackpot: newly rich idiots. Gert, a heavy-drinking sociopath, and Marigold, her virginal, dummy sister, are willing to do anything to get their fortune; but first they must suffer the lads, lice and lechery of outback Australia. Jack Yabsley serves as writer.
While hiding near the French/Spanish border, Campano, a mysterious wanderer and fugitive on the run, turns a group of artists into sophisticated art thieves.
- 12/1/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
CBS Studios has teamed with Damon Wayans Jr to create a Baltimore-set version of its African drama MTV Shuga for streaming sister company Paramount+ and is co-producing shows in Australia and on the France-Spain border.
Shuga: Baltimore will follow the lives of six people seeking to find beauty in their futures while surviving in the rapidly tech-gentrifying Maryland city. Billed as a “hyper-surrealist tale,” the show is now in development, with Greg ‘Mellow’ Brown’ writing.
Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow are co-producing through their Two Shakes Entertainment banner, with Paramount Global and MTV Staying Alive Foundation’s Georgia Arnold, Sara Piot and Richard Warburton sitting alongside them as executive producers. Mellow is a co-executive producer.
CBS Studios acquired rights to Shuga from the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which is a Paramount initiative aimed at using the power of entertainment to change the attitudes and behavior of young people.
MTV Shuga:...
Shuga: Baltimore will follow the lives of six people seeking to find beauty in their futures while surviving in the rapidly tech-gentrifying Maryland city. Billed as a “hyper-surrealist tale,” the show is now in development, with Greg ‘Mellow’ Brown’ writing.
Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow are co-producing through their Two Shakes Entertainment banner, with Paramount Global and MTV Staying Alive Foundation’s Georgia Arnold, Sara Piot and Richard Warburton sitting alongside them as executive producers. Mellow is a co-executive producer.
CBS Studios acquired rights to Shuga from the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which is a Paramount initiative aimed at using the power of entertainment to change the attitudes and behavior of young people.
MTV Shuga:...
- 12/1/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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Paramount Global’s CBS Studios has expanded its international co-production slate with Gold Diggers, a series for Australia’s ABC, and Electric Years, a drama set near the border between Spain and France.
David Stapf, president of CBS Studios, shared the news in London on Thursday.
Gold Diggers is produced by CBS Studios with The Alliance, a joint venture of Stampede Ventures and Kojo Studios, and is set in the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia. “Thousands of men from around the world flock to the arse-end of the country to hit the jackpot, and so do two women in search of their own jackpot: newly rich idiots,” according to a plot description. “Gert, a heavy-drinking sociopath, and Marigold, her virginal, dummy sister, are willing to do anything or anyone to get their fortune; but first they must suffer the lads, lice and lechery of outback Australia.
Paramount Global’s CBS Studios has expanded its international co-production slate with Gold Diggers, a series for Australia’s ABC, and Electric Years, a drama set near the border between Spain and France.
David Stapf, president of CBS Studios, shared the news in London on Thursday.
Gold Diggers is produced by CBS Studios with The Alliance, a joint venture of Stampede Ventures and Kojo Studios, and is set in the 1850s Gold Rush in Australia. “Thousands of men from around the world flock to the arse-end of the country to hit the jackpot, and so do two women in search of their own jackpot: newly rich idiots,” according to a plot description. “Gert, a heavy-drinking sociopath, and Marigold, her virginal, dummy sister, are willing to do anything or anyone to get their fortune; but first they must suffer the lads, lice and lechery of outback Australia.
- 12/1/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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