'The Killing' to Live Again on AMC In one of the more surprising turns of events for a show known for outlandish plot twists, the cable network AMC announced Tuesday that it had made a deal with Fox Television Studios to produce a third season of "The Killing," which the channel had said last summer it was canceling. "The Killing," a crime drama adapted from the Danish series "Forbrydelsen," drew early praise for its stylish debut season in 2011 -- praise that turned into frustration and criticism of its show runner, Veena Sud, when the resolution of the central murder mystery was put off until Season 2. AMC said in a statement on Tuesday that the lead performers, Mireille Enos (who plays the homicide detective Sarah Linden) and Joel Kinnaman (who plays her partner, Stephen Holder), will return for Season 3, as will Ms. Sud, who will remain the show runner. The network said the coming season "will focus on a new case, which will be resolved over the course of 12 episodes," and that production will begin in Vancouver on Feb. 25. The channel went on to further describe Season 3: "A year after closing the Rosie Larsen case, Sarah Linden is no longer a detective. But when her ex-partner Stephen Holder's search for a runaway girl leads him to discover a gruesome string of murders that connects to a previous murder investigation by Linden, she is drawn back into the life she thought she'd left behind. In July, AMC said that it was canceling "The Killing," as viewership for the show declined from an average of about 2.2 million viewers in its first season to just under 1.6 million in the second. Fox Television Studios said then that it would "proceed to try to find another home for the show," and reports surfaced in the months following that it was talking to other broadcast partners, including Netflix, the streaming video service. On Tuesday people familiar with the discussions said the talks with Netflix were continuing.