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“Catch Me a Killer” comprises many firsts: It is a series about South Africa’s first-ever criminal profiler, the first-ever woman to occupy such a position and, now, the first-ever series entirely shot in South Africa to be in International Panorama competition at Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV festival.

“Catch Me a Killer” was commissioned by Showmax and produced by Kowalski Films with Lmp and Night Train Media. Abacus Media Rights (Amr), an Amcomri Entertainment company, handles world sales.

Based on the eponymous book by psychologist Micki Pistorius, “Catch Me a Killer” sees “Game of Thrones” breakout Charlotte Hope in the lead role as the psychology professor turned serial killer profiler. The 11-part series mixes drama, true crime and procedural to shine a light not only on Pistorius’s groundbreaking work, but some of South Africa’s most harrowing murder cases, beginning with the infamous Station Strangler, believed to...

Looking for a bit of mystery? The best of British streamer BritBox is heading into the new month with a crime-heavy collection of new film and TV titles! The month will kick off with the BritBox exclusive serial adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery “Murder Is Easy,” starring David Jonsson and Penelope Wilton. Continue throughout March for repeat offenders, like Season 2 of the multi-bafta Award-winning anthology series “Time,” the complete 12-season police procedural program “Trial & Retribution,” or the 1990s crime drama “Killer Net.”

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for BritBox’s latest additions and learn everything coming to the streamer this March!

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David Jonsson leads the cast as the young and ambitious Luke Fitzwilliam in the recent BBC One Christie adaptation. Arriving from...

True crime stories are in vogue, and there is no dearth of shows, movies, and documentaries in this genre. Such stories allow the human mind to understand how the psyche of a killer works and what could be the motivation behind the crimes he or she committed. There are also stories of serial killers such as Charles Sobhraj and Ted Bundy, who committed many murders and remained elusive for many years until they were caught. There was a psychology behind why men like them committed crimes and how they camouflaged themselves for a long time before law and order caught up to them. Catch Me a Killer is a show about a female criminal profiler who went on to be successful at her job of catching criminals.

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Why Was Micki Chosen To Catch The Station Strangler?

Catch Me a Killer began in 1994 in the city of Pretoria, which was rocked by serial killer,...

Underscoring the enduring popularity of crime drama, Abacus Media Rights (Amr), an Amcomri Entertainment company, has announced a slew of sales on two titles, led by Showmax Original “Catch Me a Killer,” a true crime drama with “Game of Thrones’” Charlotte Hope playing South Africa’s first and most famous serial killer profiler. Hope also headed “The Spanish Princess,” as Catherine of Aragon.

Amr has moreover closed further deals on fiction drama “Scrublands,” a scripted drama about the real reasons for a country town massacre. The sales comes as it is readying a screening of a third title, “The Boy That Never Was,” at this week’s London TV Screenings.

Scoring a coveted berth at next month’s Series Mania, Europe’s biggest TV festival, “Catch Me a Killer” has sold, among major territories, to BritBox North America, Sbs Australia, UKTV’s Alibi channel and Axn’s Mystery Channel/Nhk Enterprises (Nep) in Japan.

Eight and a half years after its launch, African streaming service Showmax is ready for a bigger spotlight on the continent thanks to a relaunch powered by a joint venture with Comcast and NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming platform, new pricing, mobile-only offers, as well as an expanded content lineup, including popular sports and more originals to offer up the best of African and international programming. Showmax’s goals: “to change the game for streaming in Africa” and to be the “number one streamer in Africa.”

African pay-tv giant MultiChoice Group launched Showmax in South Africa before expanding to 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The relaunch on Monday, Feb. 12 comes just before the end of MultiChoice’s fiscal year, which wraps up in March, and after Amazone Prime Video signaled it would stop ordering new originals in Africa.

It also comes nearly a year after the company and Comcast’s entertainment arm...

Protest

Oscar and Venice-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras and fellow filmmakers Georgia Oakley (“Blue Jean”), Roberto Minervini (“What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?”) and Ondi Timoner (“Last Flight Home”) were among those who protested against the imprisonment of Iranian filmmakers and other incarcerated artists around the world, and to demonstrate support for the tenacious women of Iran who are challenging for their freedom at the BFI London Film Festival on Monday.

They joined festival director Tricia Tuttle, producer Madeleine Molyneaux (“Gospel Hill”); actors Aurélia Petit (“Saint Omer”) and Taki Mumladze (“A Room of My Own”); actor and writer Mariam Khundadze (“To Batumi and every single memory”); writer Morgan M. Page (“Framing Agnes”); industry leaders Tabitha Jackson, Clare Binns and Jason Wood; and other festival delegates in a moment of solidarity and reflection.

They stood together holding the names of imprisoned Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Al-Ahmad and Jafar Panahi,...

Charlotte Hope, the actress best known for playing Myranda in Game of Thrones and Catherine of Aragon on the historical drama The Spanish Princess, has landed a lead role in new true crime series Catch Me a Killer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hope will play Micki Pistorius, South Africa’s first-ever serial killer profiler. The series is adapted from Pistorius’ memoir and is set in the mid-1990s, following newly-qualified forensic psychologist Pistorius as she tracks down South Africa’s most feared killers at a time when the country is gripped by an epidemic of rising crime and mass murder. “It is always a challenge and a privilege to recreate a real life character and Micki is no exception,” Hope said in a statement (via THR). “Micki herself told me that psychologists and actors have very similar psychometric profiles and it is such an honor to dive into the...

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Game of Thrones and The Nun actress Charlotte Hope is set to appear as Micki Pistorius, South Africa’s first-ever serial-killer profiler, in Catch Me a Killer, a new true crime series from Germany’s Night Train Media and South Africa’s M-Net/Showmax.

Hope, who played Myranda in Game of Thrones and headlined Starz’s The Spanish Princess as Catherine of Aragon, will star in Catch Me a Killer, which is adapted from Pistorius’ memoir. Set in the mid-90s, the series traces Pistorius’ quest, as a newly-qualified forensic psychologist, to track down South Africa’s most feared killers at a time when the country was gripped by an epidemic of rising crime and mass murder.

“It is always a challenge and a privilege to recreate a real life character and Micki is no exception,” Hope said in a statement. “Micki herself...

Exclusive: British producer Fired Up Films and Entertainment One (eOne) are developing a pair of scripted projects – a boxing drama written by Once Upon A Time star Victoria Smurfit and a serial killer thriller based on a book by Oscar Pistorius’ aunt.

The indie, which was set up by former Kowalski Media chief Simon Howley and Million Dollar Car Hunters producer Jon-Barrie Waddell last year, and the Designated Survivor studio are developing The Box, written by Once Upon A Time and The Mentalist star Victoria Smurfit.

Working with funding agency, Northern Ireland Screen, the series is a comedy drama set on the North Coast of Ireland based around a female boxing gym. The series is about the unlikely friendships of a group of “odd ducks” in the rain soaked, coastal town of Portstewart.

“We’ve been working with Victoria in La on a factual series and she shared the idea for The Box,...