Exclusive: ABC has put in development a crime thriller from writer Charles Randolph (Love and Other Drugs), Peter Traugott’s Tbd Entertainment and Sweden-based Yellow Bird Entertainment. The project, from Universal TV where Tbd is based, is an adaptation of the best-selling novels by Liza Marklund that also were the basis for the hit Swedish drama series Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter, also produced by Yellow Bird (watch the trailer below). Written by Randolph, the drama centers on a dogged, no-nonsense tabloid reporter searching for the truth while also juggling her bosses and her family. Randolph is executive producing with Tbd’s Traugott and Rachel Kaplan and Yellow Bird’s Jenny Gilbertsson and Berna Levin. This marks the latest sale for Tbd this season for a total of three dramas and six comedies at NBC, Fox and USA. Yellow Bird recently teamed with Chernin Entertainment to develop a series based on another Swedish crime novel,...
- 10/31/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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