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MIPCOM Day 1 Deals Recap: David Suchet Series Sells; Beta Sets Globo Co-Pro; BBC Studios Takes ‘Solar System’ Global’; Korea’s ‘Queen Of Tears’ Turkey Remake; Tsunami Doc Deals


'Travels with Agatha Christie with David Suchet' is among the day 1 sellers at MIPCOM in Cannes.

Germany’s Beta Film and Brazilian content giant Grupo Globo are developing crime drama Discipline(working title), as a multi-year pact between the companies begins. Season 4 features the likes of Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Michael Keaton, Dan Akroyd, Bryan Cranston, Carol Leifer, Ted Danson, Wanda Sykes, Cheech and Chong, Dane Cook, Conan O’Brien and Jeffrey Tambor. It is told through first-hand testimony and archive, and looks at the legacy of the tsunami, from the heartbreaking months spent searching for missing family members to the monumental task of recovering and rebuilding shattered lives and communities.

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