HBO Boards Ava Pickett’s BBC Drama Series ‘1536’

1536, a drama series set in the heart of Tudor England against the backdrop of Anne Boleyn’s arrest, is heading to the U.S. after HBO boarded the project. The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network will co-produce the eight-part series with the BBC, which commissioned it earlier this year. 1536 comes from The Great writer Ava Pickett.…