Thriller ‘Too Much Love’ and Docuseries ‘SAS: Catching the Criminals’ Lead Keshet International’s Mipcom Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Keshet International has set its slate for Mipcom, with highlights including thriller “Too Much Love,” docuseries “SAS: Catching the Criminals” and rom-com “Save the Date.”
“Too Much Love” (“L’homme qui aimait trop”) from Slovakian prodco Piknik Pictures is an eight-episode thriller with a twist based on Duo Productions’ Canadian format. It tells the story of a man whose two wives meet for the first time after he is hospitalized following a car accident. The show is set to premiere in Slovakia this September on free-to-air broadcaster TV JOJ.
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Factual series “SAS: Catching the Criminals” is a 10-part acquisition (format and tape) from Double Act about an ex-SAS leader who works alongside Britain’s enforcement agencies to deploy covert intelligence, surveillance and disruption tactics against offenders. It is expected to premiere on the BBC in the U.K. this fall.
“Save the Date,” which Variety exclusively unveiled on Wednesday, is a romcom starring Tomer Capon and Adi Havshush, in which Havshush plays a broken-hearted wedding planner who finds herself fending off multiple suitors after an ancient love spell goes wrong. It will premiere in Israel on Sept. 2.
Other Keshet International drama titles to watch include multi-language series “Valhalla Project,” created by Jari Olavi Rantala and starring Sara Soulié (“Conflict”) and Alistair Brammer (“Les Misérables”), and Artza Productions’ seven-episode crime drama “The 11th Body” (formerly known as “Palo Alto”), which features Magi Azarzar (“The Sirens”) as a police detective navigating gang warfare and buried family secrets after discovering a corpse. Both shows have been selected for Mipcom’s drama showcase.
KI is also selling “Rough Diamonds,” an eight-part drama set in Antwerp’s iconic diamond district and co-produced by De Mensen and KI for Netflix and VRT, and “Echo 3,” which stars Jessica Ann Collins as a kidnapped scientist with Luke Evans and Michiel Huisman plotting to bring her home. It’s produced by Keshet Studios for Apple TV+. Meanwhile “Conflict” is a six-part multi-language political thriller produced by Backmann & Hoderhoff and XYZ Films.
On KI’s factual slate is Woodcut Media’s 10-part crime docuseries “Catch Me If You Can,” “Hitler’s Treasure Hunters” from Perpetual Entertainment – a six-episode series about the Nazis’ theft of historic relics – and “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” from SandStone Global, a six-part ancient history series presented by Professor Bettany Hughes.
Other unscripted titles include “World’s Most Evil Killers” (Woodcut Media), “Trucking Hell” Season 8 (Crackit Productions) and the international Emmy award-nominated “Dear Neighbors,” about parents in rural towns trying to find a local love match for their ambitious son or daughter.
“We’re thrilled to be supplementing our buzziest drama slate yet with two very different relationship dramas – the feel-good romcom ‘Save The Date’ and the European thriller ‘Too Much Love,” said Kelly Wright, KI’s MD of distribution. “They join crime drama ‘The 11th Body’ and mystery thriller ‘Valhalla Project,’ which are both MIP drama showcase-shortlisted titles, alongside two KI-produced thrillers, ‘Rough Diamonds’ and ‘Echo 3.’”
“This Mipcom marks a significant first for us – our factual slate will incorporate two shows we greenlit for production and distribution,” Wright continued. “We are proud to be launching ‘Catch Me If You Can’ and ‘Hitler’s Treasure Hunters’ alongside BBC One’s ‘SAS: Catching the Criminals’ with ex-SAS legend Billy Billingham.”
The producer and distributor is returning to Cannes with its biggest delegation since 2019, including sales coordinator Kate Orlovsky, who will be based at Riviera 7 at the Palais des Festivals.
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