Some titles include Scrublands, Safehaven, Summertide, The Cuckoo, The Game, The Boy That Never Was, Late Bloomer, Rough Cut, Hope Street, and Heated Rivalry, among others.
Sphere Abacus announces a slate of scripted sales ahead of Content London. Sphere Abacus’s Head of Sales, Hana Palmer, commented: “We are delighted that these premium dramas, created with high production values, continue to be popular around the world. We look forward to securing more sales during Content London this week.”
The compelling crime drama Scrublands, an Easy Tiger production in association with Third Act Stories, has been acquired by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, Proximus Media House in Belgium, and RUV in Iceland for Season 1. Scrublands: Silver has been picked up by AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal, and by RUV for Iceland.
Proximus Media House in Belgium has acquired The Cuckoo from Clapperboard Studios; Safehaven from Ravenwood Productions; and Summertide, Season 1, from Red Letter Day Pictures.
Late Bloomer
The Game, produced by Clapperboard Studios, has been acquired by RUV – Iceland.
The Boy That Never Was, produced by Subotica and based on the best-selling novel by Karen Perry, has been sold to Super Channel – Canada.
SBS – Australia has acquired Late Bloomer, Season 1, a Pier 21 Films production, as well as both seasons of Rough Cut, produced by Vox Pictures.
Hope Street, Seasons 1 and 2, produced by Long Story TV, have been secured by TVO – Canada; Seasons 1 and 4 by BritBox in the Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden); while BBC Studios – CEE and Poland, BBC NL in the Netherlands, and BBC First in Belgium have acquired Season 5.
As recently announced, Heated Rivalry, produced by Bell Media Inc., has been sold to HBO Max in the U.S. and Australia, Movistar Plus+ in Spain, and Neon in New Zealand.
