5 has commissioned Pernel Media's Last Resort (w.t.) for 2027, with STUDIOCANAL handling international distribution.

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.

The French wartime sci-fi drama The Sentinels, a CANAL+ original distributed by STUDIOCANAL, is headed to the U.K. courtesy of BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.

STUDIOCANAL has confirmed the acquisition of a majority stake in the Italian production and distribution outfit Lucky Red.