‘Vigilant’: Kari Skogland to Direct Icelandic Thriller
Kari Skogland, the director behind The Handmaid’s Tale and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is set to helm Vigilant, a six-part English-language thriller from Icelandic production…
As MIPCOM 2026, one genre is proving particularly difficult to overlook: crime.…
As we gather once again in Cannes for MIPCOM 2026, the world's largest content market, a single truth regarding the future of the publishing and television industries becomes clearer than ever:…
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 thriller series at the centre of its strategy. The new company will be led by Deborah Sathe, who moves from her role as Senior Creative Director of BBC…
True crime strengthened its grip on Netflix’s documentary audience in 2025, with four of the platform’s five most-watched documentaries falling within the genre. According to Digital i data, the year’s leading title, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, reached more than 50 million Netflix accounts across 20 markets. True crime emerged as the defining force…
Roku is putting a romantic spin on one of fiction’s most recognizable detectives with Scarlett Holmes, a new limited series starring and executive produced by Lucy Hale. Produced by Jaggi Entertainment, the Roku Original is set to premiere exclusively on The Roku Channel in 2027. Rather than solving traditional crimes, the series follows Scarlett Holmes,…
