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,…
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…
ITV Studios is taking a crime- and thriller-focused drama slate to MIPCOM 2026, combining four new scripted titles with returning international hits and the addition of Sherlock to its global sales catalogue.…
HBO Max is developing a new Spanish crime mystery drama inspired by Tor, the remote Pyrenean village whose history of unresolved deaths has made it one of Spain’s most intriguing true crime…
Oxygen True Crime has greenlit The Siders 16: Ohio House of Horrors, a feature-length documentary from KT Studios examining the disturbing case involving 16 children discovered in allegedly deplorable living conditions in…
Cineflix Rights has secured a wave of international sales for crime procedural Anna Pigeon, with the USA Network and Bell Media series heading to broadcasters and streaming platforms across the UK and…
The BBC has released the first images from The Last Detectives, its new Welsh crime drama starring Steffan Rhodri and Mark Lewis Jones. Set against the coastal backdrop of Tenby, the series…
3DD is heading to MIPCOM 2026 with an expanded factual catalogue and a new feature film offering following its acquisition by US-based media group Narrative Capital Partners. The company will introduce six…
Diane Lane has joined Li Jun Li in Hulu’s upcoming limited series Victoria, an erotic thriller set in the high-stakes world of San Francisco’s elite. Lane will play venture capitalist Lee Calloway,…
After redefining dystopian science fiction with Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker is turning his attention to crime. His new Netflix series, Charlie Brooker’s Blackmere, will blend a dark detective thriller with absurd comedy,…
