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MIPCOM: Netflix Takes ‘The Honorable Woman’ for U.S.

Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in the Mid-East spy thriller from BBC and Sundance TV

MIPCOM: Netflix Takes 'The Honorable Woman' U.S.

High-end mini-series are a must-have for most big international broadcasters and the combination of the BBC and Sundance Channel brands with the A-list cred of lead Maggie Gyllenhaal, who plays the lead in this Middle East-set thriller, make The Honorable Woman a TV event pubwebs the world over will be clamoring for.

Sales: BBC Worldwide

Netflix has picked up U.S. rights to The Honorable Woman, the BBC’s Middle East-focused spy thriller starring Maggie Gyllenhall.

BBC Worldwide, which is handling international sales of the mini-series, also locked up deals with Canadian public broadcaster CBC, Canal Plus in Spain, TV2 in Norway and Hot channel in Israel among other deals.

Read More: Maggie Gyllenhall wants The Honorable Woman to Spark Gaza Talk

The series, written, directed and produced by BAFTA-winner Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), had pre-sold to Canal Plus in France and to HBO for the Nordic territories.

Drama Republic and Eight Rooks produced The Honorable Woman for BBC and Sundance TV. Greg Brenman was an executive producer on the series.

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