Global film and TV studio Fifth Season has inked a deal with Channel 5 and Paramount+ (UK) for seasons one and two of "Wild Cards," a crime solving procedural from Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in association with The CW for commissioning broadcaster CBC in Canada. The series launched on Paramount+ UK in May this year. In addition, Fifth Season has landed further deals for seasons one and two with The Walt Disney Company (Greece, Cyprus, Malta), Sony Pictures Television (Latin America) and Disney (Balkans).
Jennifer Ebell, EVP of Television Distribution at Fifth Season, said: “'Wild Cards' has built up a growing global audience as a blue-sky procedural anchored by characters that people love to spend time with, and the repeat series order is testament to its global appeal as a title. It’s great to be working with our longstanding partners at Channel 5/Paramount+ in the UK and look forward to this being another cornerstone of their offering to viewers.”
Starring Vanessa Morgan (“Riverdale”), Giacomo Gianniotti (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Jason Priestley (“Beverly Hills 90210”, “Private Eyes”), Wild Cards’ first season was The CW’s #1 new series in 2024 in total audience viewing, according to Nielsen. Fifth Season handles global distribution for "Wild Cards," and has secured rights for the upcoming third and fourth seasons of the series.
From Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in association with The CW for commissioning broadcaster CBC in Canada, "Wild Cards" is created by Michael Konyves. Executive producers include Konyves, pilot director James Genn, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, and writers Alexandra Zarowny, James Thorpe and Marcus Robinson. "Wild Cards" is produced by Charles Cooper and Virginia Rankin. The series is overseen by Carolyn Newman, Tashi Bieler and Alix Steerman on behalf of Blink49 Studios.
"Wild Cards" follows a by-the-book, sardonic cop Cole Ellis (Gianniotti), and a spirited, clever con woman Max Mitchell (Morgan), who each use their unique skills to solve crimes. For Ellis, that means hard-boiled police work; for Max, it means accents, disguises and schemes. Season one’s cliffhanger found Ellis about to arrest Max for her heist of a 33 million dollar jewel, but his feelings of betrayal are sidelined by a bombshell revelation from Max; she’s learned the identity of his brother’s murderer. Season two raises the stakes both in their cases to solve and feelings for each other.
The series is part of Fifth Season’s curated slate of premium procedurals, which also includes Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Sisters Troubetzkoy Productions’ "Sight Unseen," focusing on a vision impaired former homicide detective; "Saint-Pierre" from Hawco Productions and starring James Purefoy, Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert, which follows an exiled inspector and his local police officer partner in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, and "The Good Ship Murder," following a former police detective-turned headline singer on a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship who investigates a murder in every port.
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