Spearheading a new strategy to grow an international slate, Israel-based Yes Studios has picked up “Haze,” an Icelandic crime series produced and created by Sigurjón Kjartansson (“Trapped,” “Katla”).

yes Studios has gone into partnership with Sigurjón Kjartansson’s production company S800 and has become the international distributor for Haze, an eight-part crime drama commissioned by Icelandic ...