The MIPCOM Hot List: Buyers Brace for “Fewer, Better, Bigger Shows”

‘White Lies’

(Fremantle)

Game of Thrones alum Dormer leads this South Africa-set thriller, playing a journalist who teams up with a local detective (Daniels) to investigate the ugly underbelly of the wealthy Cape Town neighborhood of Bishopscourt after her brother’s bloody murder. The solid genre setup, combined with Dormer’s star power and the exotic Cape Town setting — rarely seen on primetime screens — should pique the interest of both free-to-air and pay television buyers.