Following on its acquisition in May of “The Island of Thirty Coffins,” Munich-based Beta Film is doubling down on French production, acquiring international rights to the six-hour France 3 crime thriller “Presumed Guilty.”

Oscar-nominated Danish director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) will be making her return to television with “The Shift,” an emotional series set in a contemporary maternity ward headlined by Danish star Sofie Gråbøl (“The Killing,” “The Undoing”).

Intaglio Films and ndF International Production’s eight-part environmental thriller The Swarm has begun production in Italy.

Filming is underway on ambitious European drama series The Net, about corruption and conspiracies in the world of international soccer.

ITV and BritBox in the UK have joined a drama set on the 1920s Italian Riviera from Eagle Eye Drama, the fledgling prodco set up by the team behind international drama brand Walter Presents…

Munich-based Beta Film, one of Europe's biggest independent TV companies, has acquired worldwide distribution rights outside France to "The Island of Thirty Coffins," a French series adaptation of a novel by "Lupin" author Maurice Leblanc.