Fremantle and Kris Thykier's Archery Pictures are joining forces on a new drama series inspired by Sherlock Holmes’ arch nemesis, Professor James Moriarty.

Dynamic Television's Danish crime series The Sommerdahl Murders, based on the Anna Grue book IP, is set to return for an eighth season.

Five Brothers, a contemporary romance novel by Penelope Douglas, is being developed into a multi-season original at Crave in Canada.

Koji Sakabe, a producer at NHK Enterprises, tells ScreenMDM about the manga-based short-form series Hirayasumi, which landed a special mention at Series Mania Forum in Lille.

STUDIOCANAL is setting up a joint venture with Hachette Livre to develop a slate of film and TV adaptations based on the publisher's properties.