‘Orphan Black’ Sequel Collection Sells to U.Okay.’s ITV, Different International Territories

Orphan Black: Echoes producer Boat Rocker has bought the sequel sequence to the BBC America cult favourite to a raft of world consumers, together with ITV within the U.Okay. and NBCUniversal’s Syfy throughout Europe.

Orphan Black: Echoes, starring Krysten Ritter and Keeley Hawes, will discover scientific manipulation of human existence. The brand new sequence follows a bunch of girls as they weave their method into one another’s lives on a journey the place they need to unravel the thriller of their id and uncover a narrative of affection and betrayal.

“We at ITV are so happy to have the ability to provide Orphan Black: Echoes as an ITVX unique in coming months, offering our audiences with an exhilarating voyage into the longer term with an unbelievable forged of characters,” ITV head of content material acquisitions Sasha Breslau mentioned in a press release.

AMC Networks earlier greenlit the follow-up sequence, which is about in the identical fictional world because the Tatiana Maslany-starring, multi-character sci-fi drama that ran from 2013 to 2017. Echoes doesn’t but have a U.S. launch date. New international consumers for the Orphan Black continuation embody Stan Leisure in Australia, New Zealand’s TVNZ, NPO in The Netherlands, France’s OCS and NOW Studio in Hong Kong.

The ten-episode first season comes from author and showrunner Anna Fishko (Items of Her) and Boat Rocker, whose Temple Road Productions produced the unique sequence. Orphan Black co-creator John Fawcett can be on board as govt producer and director.

Boat Rocker manages the Orphan Black international franchise, together with content material distribution and shopper merchandise.