Articles about Paramount
Paramount+ captures The Crow Girl
Paramount+ has ordered a new UK drama, The Crow Girl, with stars Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott now filming the six-part series in Bristol.
Guy Ritchie leads The Donovans
Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) will direct and executive produce The Donovans, a new series loosely based on Ray Donovan.
Cote de Pablo, Michael Weatherly reunite for new NCIS chapter
Paramount+ has ordered a “new chapter” in the NCIS franchise, picking up a series that will centre on characters Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo.
Paramount+ obeys Curfew
Paramount+ has ordered UK series Curfew, set in a world where men are not allowed outside at night, with Sarah Parish, Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and Alexandra Burke lined up to star.
Ewan McGregor finds A Gentleman in Moscow
FIRST LOOK: Ewan McGregor stars in A Gentleman in Moscow, an adaptation of Amor Towles’s novel launching on Showtime in the US and Paramount+ this March.
Find your people
Four writers – Nicole Amarteifio, Kodie Bedford, Zara Hayes and Cat Jones – discuss how they started working in television, their latest projects and why screenwriters need to find the producers who will back their ideas.
Paradise lost
DQ heads to the beach to find the cast and crew of Paramount+ series The Castaways filming this mystery thriller based on Lucy Clarke’s novel, in which two sisters are separated after an apparent plane crash.
Making the band
Paper Dolls producers Jessica Carrera and Mark Fennessy reflect on making this eight-part series that follows five singers through Australia’s music industry, charting their emotional highs and dangerous lows as they are catapulted to fame after winning a reality competition.
Remade Abroad: NCIS: Sydney
As long-running crime franchise NCIS expands to Australia, showrunner Morgan O’Neill tells DQ how NCIS: Sydney blends familiarity with scale, ambition and a new cultural perspective.
Burning ambition
DQ goes on location to meet the cast and creative team behind Paramount+ series The Burning Girls, a horror series, whodunit and character drama wrapped in one.
One of a Kind
Paramount+ drama The Killing Kind delves into a hidden part of London to tell the story of barrister confronting her relationship with a troubled former client. DQ visits the set to discover the secrets behind this adaptation of Jane Casey’s novel.
Quantum mechanics
Quantum Leap stars Raymond Lee and Caitlin Bassett speak to DQ about making the NBC time-travel series, taking on their first ever starring roles and the ‘terrifying’ prospect of reviving the classic 1980s show on which it is based.
Fleeting thoughts
Coming from El Deseo, the company led by Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar, Mentiras Pasajeras (Fleeting Lies) shares unmistakeable similarities with the brothers’ celebrated films. Producer Esther García and director Félix Sabroso tell DQ about developing the comedy and share their views on showrunning.
Battle lines
Twin sisters clash in edgy German-language thriller A Thin Line, which blends hacker activism with the threat of the global climate crisis. But as the creative team behind the series tell DQ, the six-part series might actually be a break-up story.
Making a Killing
As production wraps on upcoming Paramount+ UK drama The Killing Kind, executive producers Paula Cuddy and Eve Gutierrez discuss adapting the Jane Casey novel, changing endings and telling stories for a global audience.
An irresistible offer
DQ gets dangerously close to Fatal Attraction showrunner Alexandra Cunningham to find out why she couldn’t ignore the chance to take on Paramount+’s reimagining of the 1987 thriller and how she sought to explore the story from alternative viewpoints.
Chemical reaction
Paramount+ series The Chemistry of Death brings Simon Beckett’s novels about a forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter to the small screen. Director Richard Clark tells DQ about finding the right formula for filming the rural crime drama across the UK and the freedom he had behind the camera.
Smelting pot
Writer Neil Forsyth, director Aneil Karia and the cast of BBC heist drama The Gold reflect on dramatising the true story behind the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, when six armed men stumbled upon gold bullion worth £26m.
Series to Watch: February 2023
DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this February, from the story of a soap superstar and a diplomatic drama to the reimagining of a classic western.