‘Sherlock & daughter’ sells to further areas
Federation Studios’ Distribution Arm Federation Intl. Has a series of sale closed for crime series “Sherlock & Daughter” with “Fargo” actor David Thewlis, “The New Mutants” star Blu Hunt and Dougray Scott, who appeared in “Mission: Impossible 2” and “Batwoman”.
The show, which is produced by Starling Television Distribution through his affiliated Albion television, in collaboration with the CW and Warner Bros. Discovery, was nominated for the best global fiction series at Monte-Carlo Television Festival last month.
The new twist on the famous detective of Arthur Conan Doyle has been a hit with the public in the US and Australia. The series rated as the number 1 series on the CW network in the US and the number 2 series on the CW streaming platform. Within 48 hours of going live on HBO Max in the US, it rose to number 4 show in the app and has since remained in the top 10. SBS in Australia saw an average increase of 150% in the total public share for the first four episodes.
Federation has sold the show to Sky Italia in Italy, Bell Media in Canada, RTS in Switzerland, Nova in Greece, Disney in the Balkans, Tivibu in Turkey and TV3 goup in the Baltic States.
Discussions are underway in German -speaking areas, where the show is represented by Palatin Media.
Presale included Warner Bros. Discovery in the UK and Ireland, Yle in Finland, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, DR in Denmark, RUV in Iceland and Amedia in Cis.
“Sherlock & Daughter” follows Holmes on a sinister case that seems to be defeated. Unable to investigate without jeopardizing his best friends, the detective is once a loss until he meets young Amelia Rojas in the aftermath of the mysterious murder of her mother. Together they wanted to solve the matter and find definitive evidence that Amelia is indeed the daughter of Holmes.
Directed by Bryn Higgins, “Sherlock & Daughter” plays Thewlis as Holmes, Hunt as Rojas, a young Indian woman who is determined to prove the investigator that he is her father and international Emmy and Bafta Award winner Scott as Moriarty. The series was made, written and executive produced by Brendan Foley, with “The Closer” Alum James Duff as his showrunner.
The show is a CW original in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery. It is produced by Starlings TV distribution through its affiliated Albion television and coordinated by Storyfirst, in collaboration with Financiers Krempelwood and MBM3.
