Fremantle has named Gaumont and Boat Rocker alum Katie O’Connell Marsh as the CEO of its new global scripted hub, reporting to Andrea Scrosati, group COO and CEO for Continental Europe, with a dotted line to international and commercial CEO Jens Richter.

Element Pictures is producing an adaptation of David Nicholls’ best-selling novel You Are Here for the BBC and STARZ, with Fremantle handling international distribution. Nicholls has also penned the script for the eight-part adaptation, with Lenny Abrahamson directing. Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy will lead the cast. “Like countless others,…

Lux Vide is preparing an international event series about the life of Giorgio Armani, with the fashion house he founded opening up its archives and locations to support the production.

American Idol will mark its landmark 25th edition in 2027, with the talent competition set to return to ABC next year.

Kill Jackie, a new eight-part revenge thriller from Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures starring and exec-produced by Catherine Zeta-Jones, has been licensed by HBO Max for Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, France and Belgium.