John Hopewell

Series Mania 2025: market trends, buzzy titles, deals to date. 

‘The Deal’ lifts the lid of behind-the-scenes and human drama at a major diplomatic event, here last chance U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.

A Corsica-set blood feud family thriller, ‘Vendetta’ is produced by Marco Cherqui, behind Jacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet.’

The Galicia-set drama, turning on the collateral damage of the region’s ‘80s drug trade boom, has garnered prizes and good word of mouth.  

‘Always Winter’ reunites Trueba, star David Verdaguer and Ikiru, Atresmedia Cine and La Terraza from hit ‘Jokes & Cigarettes.’ 

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Walter Salles' Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ is part of a Brazilian film revival driven by generous funding and other major festival prominence. 

‘King & Conqueror’ ‘Sandokan’ and ‘Walking With Dinosaurs’ among the big shows at this year’s London TV Screenings. 

Fox, behind 2018 Sundance hit ‘The Tale,’ returns with another hugely timely project set in a 2030 U.S. under a nationwide abortion ban.  

Other standouts are natural history event series ‘Extreme Planet Earth’ and hidden camera reality gameshow “Celebrity Sabotage.”