All the latest news from the global content industry on Wednesday, 17 September

 

Keshet Int’l takes Nutuk to Cannes

Keshet International is headlining its Mipcom slate with Nutuk, a suspense drama in which a boy’s memories of another life are key to solving a murder mystery.

Created by Roy Iddan (Manayek, Tehran) and Nahd Basheir (A Dead Sea, Dr Kharage), directed by Adam Sanderson (Absentia, Sirens), and produced by Yoav Gross Productions (Manayek, Red Skies) for Keshet 12, Nutuk (8x60’) is told in both Arabic and Hebrew.

The show explores what happens when a boy’s parents find out their son has been talking to a brother they didn’t know he had, prompting an exploration into the unsolved disappearance of a man years ago.

Eight other scripted shows are on the KI slate, including A Body that Works, Trust No One and Save the Date, all three of which have been picked up by Netflix.

 

Prime Video lands Moonies doc

Story Films is to produce feature doc about the religious followers The Moonies for Amazon Prime Video.

The Moonies: Married to the Cult (w/t) will examine the religious movement of the Unification Church founded by Sun Myung Moon. The group is best known for spectacular mass weddings and claim to be in the pursuit of world peace but also has a darker side with billions in global assets and millions of followers who many claim are part of a cult.

Prime Video has acquired the feature, which is directed by Tom Green and executive produced by Liza Williams. All3Media International, which is also investing as global partner, will distribute the film internationally. Read more

 

Hat Trick adds Aussie dramas to slate

Hat Trick International (HTI) is launching three true-crime docuseries at Mipcom, including two shows from Australia on the slate.

The Toolbox Murders and The Byron Bay Murders — both of which debuted on Nine in Oz - are produced by Perpetual Entertainment in association with Marmalade Sky.

Also premiering internationally in Cannes is The Catfish Next Door, produced by STV Studios Factual for BBC iPlayer, BBC Scotland and BBC Three.

Hat Trick’s slate also includes Channel 5’s unflinching documentary Rose West: Born Evil?, about one half of the UK’s worst serial-killer couple. It has already sold to A+E Germany and Britbox Australia.