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Global Bulletin: ZDF Enterprises Greenlights ‘Puzzle Lady’ Mystery Series
Naman Ramachandran Germany’s ZDF solves “The Puzzle Lady”; All3Media hires Mike Gould for digital partnerships; Lookout Point taps Pippa Brown for comedy; and Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar buys animated version of Bollywood “Dabangg” franchise.Germany’s ZDF Enterprises has partnered with new Canadian outfit December Films and the U.K.’s Factual Fiction (“Agatha and the Midnight Murders”) to develop mystery drama series, “The Puzzle Lady,” based on American author Parnell Hall’s best-selling series of books.The partners have acquired the television rights to all 20 books in the series that features the eccentric Cora Felton, a crossword puzzle columnist who can’t resist solving crimes.
