BBC Studios Sets Development Deal With Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife Media

BBC America’s Killing Eve will premiere the first two episodes of its fourth and final season on Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Episodes will also debut weekly on AMC beginning Feb. 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, and the season will stream one week early on AMC+, beginning Feb. 20.

BBC Studios Partners With Mercury On Music Formats

BBC Studios has taken full control of Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell’s prolific Sherwood and Brexit: The Uncivil War producer House Productions.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBBC Studios has upped its 25% stake in “Brexit: The Uncivil War” producer House Productions to take full ownership of the London-based production company.Launched in 2016 by the former head of Film 4 Tessa Ross (pictured, right) and Working Title TV boss Juliette Howell (left), the company specializes in both film and TV with forthcoming credits including BBC One thriller “Sherwood”; an adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s bestselling novel “Life After Life”;

Netflix signed a multi-year overall deal with creator, writer, and producer Kalinda Vazquez (Star Trek: Discovery, Fear The Walking Dead). Under the terms of the deal, she will create, write and produce new series and other projects at the streamer.

K.J. Yossman BBC Studios, the broadcaster’s commercial arm, has appointed its general counsel Martyn Freeman to the position of chief operating officer.As general counsel, Freeman already oversees BBC Studio’s business and legal affairs, global operations, compliance and risk.

BBC Studios’ new CEO Tom Fussell has promoted the producer/distributor’s General Counsel Martyn Freeman to Chief Operating Officer.

BBC Studios has appointed former WarnerMedia exec Cecilia Persson to head up its children’s division, which is shifting from being an in-house BBC team to operating under the commercial outfit.

EXCLUSIVE: Hongyu “Neo” Li has been tapped as a Development Executive & In-House Writer​ for Starlight Media, the production and finance company behind titles including Crazy Rich Asians, Maligant and Wuhan Wuhan.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDiscovery inked a development deal for a slate of new original series for Discovery Plus from Group Nine Media, the digital media company whose brands include NowThis, the Dodo, Thrillist and Seeker.Discovery is one of the founding investors in New York-based Group Nine and has already licensed some Group Nine programming for Discovery Plus.Under the pact, in addition to new shows in development, Discovery Plus has a first-look option on 30 additional original

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAntoine Fuqua has entered a new creative partnership with Netflix, focusing on feature and documentary films.The multi-project agreement comes on the heels of the streaming premiere of “The Guilty,” for which star Jake Gyllenhaal is currently making awards rounds.

BBC Studios’ Los Angles production arm has promoted Ryan O’Dowd.

UK’s Alibi Acquires ‘Pretty Hard Cases’

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the actor known for “Candyman” and the upcoming “The Matrix: Resurrections,” has launched a new production company and has set a creative partnership with Netflix. Abdul-Mateen II’s company will be called House Eleven10, named after his childhood house in which he grew up as the youngest of six siblings.

Viacom International Studios (VIS) has signed a quintet of first-look deals with emerging British talent as part of a drive to hand more opportunities to diverse creators.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is seeking a Head of Development, with incumbent Gavin Boyland moving to series-produce an unannounced major landmark brand that he has developed for the division.