Ride Upon The Storm; Disturbia; The Forest; Kim Kong; Loaded; Baroness Von Sketch Show; Mr. Mercedes; Feud
Baroness von Sketch Show
US sketch comedy is making a comeback, with Saturday Night Live bolstered by the absurdities of Donald Trump’s presidency and the success of Inside Amy Schumer.
Kim Kong
Kwai Productions’ three-part comedic drama finds a bored French film director, mired in meaningless action movies, kidnapped by a cinema-obsessed Asian dictator and forced to remake the classic film King Kong.
Loaded
What do you get when four young guys sell their internet start-up for £16m each? An international format loaded with potential.
Ride Upon The Storm
After charting the rise of a female prime minister in his 2011 international hit Borgen, screenwriter Adam Price reckons it is “not a bad thing” to make things harder on himself. “After politics, what could possibly be more difficult to write about?”
Mr. Mercedes
Novelist Stephen King’s first foray into the mystery genre is a cat-and-mouse thriller that promises a memorable, if not controversial, opening.
Feud
Screenwriter Ryan Murphy is one of the busiest men in US television, with recent series including American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson, American Horror Story and Scream Queens.
The Forest
The Forest is a brooding French noir about a small community dealing with a spate of disappearances.
Disturbia
A Black Mirror-esque horror miniseries is heading to Cannes after Bedlam Productions, the indie behind Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech, struck a deal with Canadian distributor 108 Media.
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