Noir Crime Drama ‘Dark Winds’ Secures Fifth Season
AMC’s brooding 1970s-set noir thriller Dark Winds continues its steady ascent, with the network renewing the series for a fifth season before the upcoming debut of season…
AMC’s brooding 1970s-set noir thriller Dark Winds continues its steady ascent, with the network renewing the series for a fifth season before the upcoming debut of season…
Beta Cinema has introduced its new thriller film The Method at the European Film Market (EFM). The film is adapted from the international bestseller by one of Germany’s leading contemporary authors, Juli…
Tampere-based ICS Nordic has signed Brendan Foley to adapt Finnish author Helena Immonen’s novel Operation: Arctic Fox for television. The project is being developed as a geopolitical thriller and action crime drama.…

As part of its 2026 content slate, Netflix has commissioned three new productions from Spain. The projects include a true-crime documentary, a historical crime drama and a feature-length film. Lobo has begun filming as a miniseries centered on Manuel Blanco Romasanta, considered Spain’s first documented serial killer. Based on real events in 19th-century Galicia, the…

ITN Productions’ true-crime documentary, The Investigation of Lucy Letby, is set to premiere on Netflix on Feb. 4. The feature-length documentary focuses on British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies. The film includes first-ever accounts from the British police who investigated the case. It also features never-before-seen footage and an anonymous interview…

Dakota Fanning will star in a new thriller developed for Apple TV+. Fanning will portray an undercover agent working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Created by Homeland’s Emmy-winning creator Alex Cary, the series follows Fanning’s character as a mole infiltrating a multinational, multibillion-dollar conglomerate. As the mission progresses, her character begins to believe…

Murder Your Darlings is being developed as a feature film by Rohm Feifer Entertainment. The project is based on Jenna Blum’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. The story centers on novelist Simone “Sam” Vetiver, who is struggling with writer’s block and going through a divorce. Sam becomes involved in an intense…

Under Salt Marsh has been announced as a new Sky crime drama filmed and set in Wales. The series stars Kelly Reilly as former detective Jackie Ellis, who leaves the police force after an unsolved case shatters both her career and family life, and later becomes a teacher. The cast also includes Sir Jonathan Pryce,…
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