Crime Takes Cannes: What MIPCOM 2026 Says About the Future of Crime TV
As MIPCOM 2026, one genre is proving particularly difficult to overlook: crime.…
Faye Marsay is heading to ITV for a new crime thriller. The actor will star in Code Zero, a six-part police drama created and written by James Hall and produced by Two Brothers Pictures. The series follows police sergeant Laura Collier, played by Marsay, as she takes rookie officer Cal Walters under her wing on…
Jensen Ackles is returning to the crime thriller genre with Rules of Prey, a new MGM+ series based on John Sandford’s bestselling novel of the same name. The eight-episode adaptation has been greenlit by MGM+ and will begin filming this month in Toronto. Ackles, best known for Supernatural and The Boys, will star in the…
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…
