There has been plenty of fat to chew on this week atMIPCOMin Cannes.
Below, we identify some of the key takeaways from the Croisette.
That confabs chatter was focused on non-scripted, but these proclamations were concentrated on drama.
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Chair Channing Dungey, who also talked up the creative discipline required to make them.
This is about ordering keeping the lights on shows and mitigating risk.
Warner Bros. had a Harry Potter baking format to talk about.
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Few were laboring under the intention that American buyers are spending big on originals again, mind.
He noted that more and more European shows are emerging that have previously been turned down by U.S. buyers.
Italian producer Luca Bernabeitold usAmericans are learning from Europeans in how to keep costs down.
Those strike ripples are still very much being felt.
Nostalgia Reigns
In an era of risk reticence, it was notable how nostalgia ruled the market.
Unsurprisingly,The Traitorsis still making waves.
Attendance this year was slightly down on 2023, however.
MIPCOMs lifeforce remains but the market is, as ever, always changing.
StudiocanalsParis Has Fallenwent to Hulu, per our scoop at the start of the week.
Other format news included an India sale forBuy it Now,the entrepreneur format fromThe Traitorsmaker Studio Lambert.
His show,Travels With Agatha Christie With Sir David Suchet, accordingly landed deals.
On the docs front,Fremantle landed rights toMy Life As Roger Mooreabout the iconic Bond actor.
