‘Red Water’ is Getting a Screen Adaptation
Beta Film, ZDF/ARTE, and Antitalent partnered up to co-produce the six-hour crime drama Red Water based on Jurica Pavičić’s bestselling novel. Red Water follows the disappearance of…
Beta Film, ZDF/ARTE, and Antitalent partnered up to co-produce the six-hour crime drama Red Water based on Jurica Pavičić’s bestselling novel. Red Water follows the disappearance of…
Beta Film, ZDF/ARTE, and Antitalent partnered up to co-produce the six-hour crime drama Red Water based on Jurica Pavičić’s bestselling novel. Red Water follows the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl in a…
Netflix and AMC Studios are joining forces on Bannerman, a new drama series based on John R. Maxim’s five-book spy novel series. The story centers on Paul Bannerman, a highly skilled former…

Apple TV has released the first trailer for the second season of its Spanish-language crime drama Women in Blue (Las Azules). The acclaimed series returns on August 12, 2026, with new episodes rolling out weekly through September 30. Women in Blue new season follows María, now promoted to lieutenant, as she is drawn into the…

The BBC has acquired the UK rights to Kabul, a six-part drama inspired by the events surrounding the evacuation of Afghanistan in August 2021. The series will premiere on BBC iPlayer on August 2, before making its linear debut on BBC Four on August 15. Set during the final days of the Western withdrawal, the…

Japanese broadcaster Wowow has officially announced a six-episode live-action adaptation of Riku Onda’s acclaimed mystery novel The Aosawa Murders (Eugenia), with Yukino Kishii set to lead the cast. The series is scheduled to debut on November 8, with new episodes airing weekly on Wowow. Penned by Naoko Adachi (What Did You Eat Yesterday?), the drama…

Hearst Networks has commissioned Bodies on the Bridge, a new two-part true crime documentary for its Crime+Investigation channel, set to premiere on September 7. The series revisits the shocking July 2024 case that began with the discovery of two suitcases containing human remains on Bristol‘s Clifton Suspension Bridge. It follows the investigation from the first…

Christopher Landon is set to write and direct Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s bestselling novel The Final Girl Support Group, a thriller that blends psychological horror with crime and mystery. The Final Girl Support Group centers on six women whose survival of unrelated mass murders turned them into real-life “final girls” and reluctant public…
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