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Tom Villeneuve is free after 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit: the murder of his wife. Behind bars, he rebuilt his life by studying law and qualifying as a solicitor.
From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
The self-proclaimed “greatest detective in the world” is about to get his latest screen incarnation. Deadline can reveal that the BBC has committed to reimagining Hercule Poirot in a major television series based on the beloved novels of Agatha Christie.
Sources said the British broadcaster secured the adaptation in a highly competitive situation, with other networks and streamers bidding. The BBC is understood to have made a significant commitment to the project, meaning it could run for up to three seasons over the coming years. Season 1 is expected to premiere in the second half of 2027.
Deadline hears that the Poirot reboot is housed at Mammoth Screen, which has a long track record of adapting Christie’s work, having produced BBC series including And Then There Were None and Murder is Easy. Mammoth founder Damien Timmer executive-produced many episodes of Poirot, the David Suchet series that ran for nearly 25 years on ITV.
Responsibility for adapting Christie’s work has fallen to Benji Walters, a relatively unknown writer who has credits on BBC series Noughts + Crosses and spent time developing an adaptation of Brideshead Revisited with Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino in 2020. The project was in with the BBC and HBO, but ultimately never made it to the screen.
Sources said Walters has breathed new life into the fictional Belgian detective, but script details are currently being kept under wraps. The adaptation, which will be produced with Agatha Christie Limited, is expected to be filmed in Liverpool and the north-west of England over the summer.
The search for Poirot, Christie’s most famous and longest-running character, is underway. The role will likely attract significant interest, with several high-profile actors portraying the detective over the years. British audiences will associate Poirot with Suchet, but he was played by John Malkovich in the 2018 limited series The ABC Murders (also produced by Mammoth). Kenneth Branagh donned the detective’s distinctive moustache in three movies: Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and A Haunting in Venice.
Poirot appeared in 33 novels and 51 short stories, comprising some of Christie’s most celebrated work. The Christie canon is as in demand as ever. Netflix recently streamed Seven Dials, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Mia McKenna Bruce, while BritBox is planning to bring crime-fighting couple Tommy and Tuppence back to TV in Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence.
BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox (US) in June 2026, which include a range of new BritBox Originals and classic British fare, as well as the spring slate. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the most extensive collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.
The June lineup includes A Woman of Substance, which brings Barbara Taylor Bradford’s iconic bestseller to life in a sweeping new period drama led by Brenda Blethyn (Vera, Little Voice) and breakout star Jessica Reynolds (House of Guinness, Outlander).
Spanning decades of ambition, betrayal, and reinvention, A Woman of Substance follows Yorkshire maid Emma Harte as she defies the limits placed upon her in a relentless rise to power and revenge. The series premieres on BritBox on June 24.
Now streaming, The Other Bennet Sister reimagines Jane Austen’s world through the eyes of Mary Bennet (Ella Bruccoleri, Call the Midwife), placing the often-overlooked sister at the center of a fresh Regency-era story of love, ambition, and self-discovery. The finale of the critically acclaimed series premieres on June 24.
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The Westies is a gritty and kinetic crime drama centering on New York City’s infamously violent Irish gang of the same name. The series is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall. Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente. But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.
Today, BritBox announced the new Original drama Chocolate Wars (working title), a commission with UKTV and Sony Pictures Television. The six-part series will premiere on BritBox in 2027.
Inspired by Deborah Cadbury’s book and the true story of the Cadbury family, the period drama is produced by Fable Pictures, in association with Alfresco Pictures, and written by Chloë Mi Lin Ewart (All Creatures Great and Small, Beyond Paradise).
Chocolate Wars is a warm-hearted family drama following the visionary Cadbury family, the underdogs of the cocoa world, on their journey towards creating the world-famous Cadbury’s chocolate bar.
In the 1860s, Birmingham, when chocolate as we know it didn’t yet exist, two very different brothers, Richard and George Cadbury, found themselves in charge of their family’s failing cocoa business. Between them, they have the radical genius and burning ambition to turn Cadbury’s into one of the world’s most beloved confectioners.
But first, they must learn to trust and rely on each other. And to stop bickering for long enough to actually invent some chocolate! Their sister Maria is navigating her own role within the family and the business, but things become even more complicated when she falls in love with Cadbury’s biggest rival and is forced to question where her true loyalties really lie.
Infused with historical delights and magical invention, Chocolate Wars is about how we build, break, and rebuild the bonds of family – and how the sweetest things in life are rarely simple.
The series (6×60′) is produced by Fable Pictures in association with Alfresco Pictures. The executive producers include Faye Ward, Freddie Highmore, Hannah Price, and Claire Londy, with Jess O’Riordan and Jon Farrar executive-producing for BritBox and Helen Perry for UKTV.
Casting is now underway, with filming in Birmingham set to begin this Summer.
Runaway marchioness Elena and maid Cecilia leave Seville to reinvent themselves in Madrid by opening La Favorita Bistro.
From Walter Presents, in Spanish with English subtitles.
May 7, 2026 - Deadline
Das Boot is going to resurface, with streaming service MHz Choice picking up all four seasons of the classic WWII U-boat series. The first season of the WWII drama has been on Hulu, but Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice will have all four seasons, including ones that have never previously streamed in the U.S.
Season 1 of the drama series drops on July 7 on the streamer. Season 2 will follow on August 4, with two episodes, then installments launching weekly. We do not have the premiere dates for Seasons 3 and 4 yet.
The series came in the wake of Wolfgang Petersen’s acclaimed 1981 movie of the same name. The TV show starts by following the crew of a German U-boat embarking on its maiden voyage in 1942. On land, meanwhile, the action follows a young woman caught between the Gestapo and the French Resistance.
The deal marks the second time MHz Choice has revived a European drama whose U.S. rollout left viewers without access to later seasons. The first was another big German drama hit, Babylon Berlin.
Das Boot was a big-budget European show and assembled a starry cast including Franz Dinda, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Rainer Bock and Fleur Geffrier. Vicky Krieps, Vincent Kartheiser and Lizzy Caplan also starred.
MHz Choice acquired Das Boot from NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution in a deal that also sees it land Italian series Dostoyevsky and Piedone – A Cop in Naples, as well as German series Drift – Partners in Crime. All of the shows were original series for Sky, which like NBCUniversal, is owned by Comcast.
“A period drama with modern echoes, Das Boot is a powerful series that’s both timely and timeless, stirring and relevant in today’s world, and we’re thrilled to bring the full series to MHz Choice viewers starting this summer,” said Martha Benyam, Chief Operating Officer, Kino Lorber Media Group. “We’re grateful to NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution and Sky for their partnership to bring all episodes of Das Boot to American audiences and we hope to be the U.S. home to more Sky original series in the future.”
The cinema of Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu is explored in this new exclusive TCM Original.
The creators Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos are the duo behind the celebrated YouTube channel “Every Frame a Painting”, a collection of visual essays on matters of movies.
With Tony narrating, the duo reveal new insight and a richer appreciation of Ozu’s use of color in his films.
Three football stars. One global stage. Marc Cucurella, Harry Wilson, and Weston McKennie chase their spot in the 2026 World Cup.
The BBC announced today that the award-winning Death in Paradise has been renewed for two more seasons and two Christmas specials. Filming will continue on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this week.
Consistently one of the UK’s most-watched television shows, Death in Paradise is made by Red Planet Pictures for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. In the U.S., the series is available to stream on BritBox.
BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox (US) in May 2026, which include a range of new BritBox Originals and classic British fare, as well as the spring slate.
The May lineup includes The Other Bennet Sister, which reimagines Jane Austen’s world through the eyes of Mary Bennet (Ella Bruccoleri, Call the Midwife), placing the often-overlooked sister at the center of a fresh Regency-era story of love, ambition, and self-discovery.
Premiering on May 1, Twenty Twenty Six sees Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) reprise his beloved role as Ian Fletcher, returning to navigate another high-stakes, high-pressure chapter in this acclaimed satirical franchise. Continuing the story that began with Twenty Twelve and W1A, the new series brings its signature wit to an ambitious new setting: the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Do not miss this brilliant episode as the fantastic Ruth Jones stops by On The Box to talk about playing Mrs Bennet in the new BritBox original The Other Bennet Sister.
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The CW has set novel streaming partnerships with ESPN and Roku, expanding its programming footprint in exchange for access to entertainment fare and live sports.
Under the deals, the broadcast network will make its 800 hours of annual sports programming available on ESPN’s app and also put its entertainment titles on the Roku Channel the day after linear premiere. The free, ad-supported CW app, long a key strategic pillar for the broadcast network, will continue to offer next-day streams of entertainment titles as they simultaneously roll out across the Roku Channel.
After the Flood - Season 2
The second series of After the Flood finds newly-promoted detective Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundle, Peaky Blinders) on the trail of a baffling murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances.
Tubi, FOX’s free streaming service, has announced its May titles. The Tubi May 2026 slate includes Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and western titles.
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GIVE ME BACK MY BABY – 5/8 When a couple chooses a surrogate for their baby, they unknowingly open the door to an obsession that could cost them everything.
I DIDN’T DO IT – 5/22 A detective rejects the claim that his daughter took her own life, chasing deadly secrets that lead to baffling questions and shocking truths.
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Starring: Aleksandar Trmcic, Daniel Grogan, Frano Lasic, Boris Lukman, Laurent Rouy, Marko Filipovic, Ugljesa Spasojevic, Petar Arsic, Misa Beric, Stasa Nikolic
Directed by: Maximilian Elfeldt
A ragtag unit of U.S. troops clash with the French elites they were sent to rescue until SS forces surrounding the prison castle force them to unite.
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Priestley is staying on The CW.
Priestley, who stars in Wild Cards for the network, is the star and exec producer of Private Eyes West Coast, which has just been picked up by the Nexstar-owned broadcaster.
Priestley and Supernatural’s Cindy Sampson have reprised their roles as private investigators Matt Shade and Angie Everett in the series, which was originally greenlit by Canada’s Corus Entertainment.
The ten-part series will air later this year on The CW. It has already been renewed for a second season by Corus.