Netflix has revealed its debut slate of original Thai productions, including four feature films and two TV series.
21.09.2022 - 19:17 / deadline.com
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The U.S. series comes from creators Danny Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera and showrunner Theo Travers. It stars Esposito as Gracián “Gray” Parish, a taxi driver whose life is turned upside down when he agrees to chauffer a New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster notorious for exploiting undocumented immigrants at the U.S. southern ports.
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Gonera and Brocklehurst created the series based on the UK format created by Brocklehurst and Jim Poyser, now reimagined into a one-hour drama series. Travers serves as showrunner; Esposito, Gonera, Brocklehurst and Travers executive produce alongside Josh Kesselman and Danny Sherman from Thruline and, from A+E Studios, Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson. The six-part series is produced by AMC Studios in association with A+E Studios and Thruline Entertainment.
Three-time Emmy winner Whitford can currently be seen as Joseph Lawrence on The Handmaid’s Tale, a role for which he received his most recent Emmy award for supporting actor in a drama series in 2019 and two subsequent
Netflix has revealed its debut slate of original Thai productions, including four feature films and two TV series.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand. Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – GMM Studios, International, GDH, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers. Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham (“Beautiful Boxer,” “Pleasure Factory”) and will stream from mid-November.
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