All the latest news from the global content industry on Wednesday, 8 October

 

Netflix’s Georgie Mathew joins Filmlance

Banijay Nordic has appointed Netflix exec Georgie Mathew to become chief executive officer at Fallen producer Filmlance.

Mathew will join the business in January having worked across Netflix shows from the Nordics such as comedy drama Barracuda Queens and Nordic noir Deliver Me.

He was also behind Norwegian disaster miniseries La Palma and Danish hypnotic supernatural-thriller Copenhagen Cowboy.

Prior to Netflix, Mathew held senior positions at Banijay Nordic’s YellowBird, working on Swedish dramas like Snow Angels and Bäckström.

 

Vanished to appear on MGM+ in US, Europe

MGM+ has taken rights in the US and swathes of Europe for Kaley Cuoco and Sam Claflin-starring thriller Vanished.

The show, which is produced by AGC Television, will also be rolled out on MGM+ across Lat Am, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Vanished was shot in France and explores what happens when a woman’s boyfriend disappears while on a train in the country, forcing her to delve into his past.

It will launch in February on MGM+, while deals have already been struck with Prime Video for the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia.

 

Studio TF1 America hires Paramount exec 

Paramount Global exec Meghan Hooper White has joined Studio TF1 America as its exec vice president of global strategy and co-productions.

She will aim to expand global series and co-productions, while increasing partnerships including those with French broadcast parent TF1.

Hooper White was most recently exec vice president, head of original movies and limited series at Paramount’s MTV Entertainment Group.

Before that, she worked for Lifetime Networks, and joins managing director Timothy Johnson at Studios TF1 America.

 

The Miniature Wife lands at Sky 

Sky has exclusively acquired US comedy drama The Miniature Wife for the UK and Ireland.

The show, which is screening at Mipcom next week, will air on Sky and Now in 2026. It tracks domestic life after star Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) is unexpectedly shrunk in a technological mishap, much to the surprise of her husband, played by Matthew Macfadyen (Succession).

Media Res Studio produces and distribution is via Sony Pictures Television.

 

BossaNova reveals Development Day results

BossaNova Media has unveiled shows generated via its Development Day pitching programme, which aims to fast-track the commissioning and production of factual projects with international potential.

Days that Shocked the World, produced by the UK’s BriteSpark Films (part of Argonon Group), revisits the worst disasters of the last 40 years.

The show retells history-defining moments through eye-witness testimony and archive footage, with event such as the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986 and the Chernobyl meltdown among topics covered.

As in previous years, the 2025 event will take place in Central London in the run-up to Mipcom in Cannes.

 

Go Button’s War Trains, Ancient Disasters start production 

Distributor Cineflix Rights and Canadian broadcaster Super Channel have greenlit two factual shows from producer Go Button Media.

War Trains (8 x 60 minutes) and Ancient Disasters (10 x 60 minutes) form part of a 60-hour slate deal announced last year and come as Cineflix Rights revealed it had struck a pre-sale deal for Mysteries of Ancient Medicine and Oracles And Prophets with National Geographic International.