BBC Studios Launches CliffEdge Entertainment
BBC Studios is expanding its scripted production operation with the launch of CliffEdge Entertainment, a new label dedicated to commercially driven returning dramas, with crime, mystery and…
Lightbox is turning one of the internet era’s strangest mass phenomena into a new documentary for Hulu. Clown Panic will examine the wave of reported clown sightings that spread across the US and several other countries in 2016, with the film set to premiere on Hulu in the US and Disney+ internationally in time for…
Sky has commissioned a new documentary examining the murder of Tupac Shakur and the landmark trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was convicted in August after confessing to the rapper’s 1996 killing. Currently untitled, the documentary is being directed by BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Marian Mohamed and produced by Passion Pictures, Propagate Content and…
Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer’s action comedy Ride Or Die has been cancelled by Prime Video after one season, with Paramount Television Studios looking for a new home for the series. Created by Tessa Coates, the series follows best friends Debbie Claybourne and Judith Burton, whose relationship takes an unexpected turn when Debbie discovers that…
BBC Scotland has announced a new lineup of factual commissions covering terrorism, political scandal, Scottish folklore and high-profile murder cases. The latest slate brings together four projects from Scotland’s independent production sector, ranging from historical investigations and true crime to explorations of mythology and political life. Among the new commissions is Terror at the Terminal…
Murders, cold cases, courtroom battles and investigations reopened decades later: audiences’ appetite for true crime appears remarkably resistant to the broader slowdown affecting television commissioning. New data from Ampere Analysis shows that true crime documentaries remain one of the strongest and most consistently commissioned areas of factual television. Why is true crime still on top?…
