The Jim Henson Company The Conductors to the big screen. Aimed at teens and adults, the novel by author Nicole Glover centers around Hetty Rhodes, a magic-user and former conductor on the Underground Railroad who solves crimes and mysteries in the post-Civil War era. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, it launched in March this year. Flavor Unit’s Latifah and Shakim Compere will steer the feature film adaptation, along with Lisa Henson and Blanca Lista for Henson. BBC Studios The commercial arm of BBC has named Barcelona-based Ypsilon Licensing as its licensing agent for preschool series Hey Duggee (142 x seven minutes)