John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentVery few The Mediapro Studio shows, indeed very few Spanish series in general, have lit a fire on the open market like “The Head,” an Antarctic-set thriller which lifts off as a murder mystery to constantly evolve into other realms. Starring Álvaro Morte, “Money Heist’s” Professor and Japanese pop idol Tomohisa Yamashita, written by Alex and David Pastor (“Hogar,” “Carriers”) and directed by Jorge Dorado (“The Department of Time,” “The Pier”), “The Head” broke viewership records on co-financiers Hulu Japan and HBO Asia and sold to over 90 countries including HBO in the U.S. The Mediapro Studio retained IP. “Sales opened doors to new markets and clients with whom we hadn’t worked before,” said Laura Fernández Espeso, CEO of The Mediapro Studio.
Netflix Sets Japan, Australia, Taiwan Series
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Naman Ramachandran Netflix has greenlit a trio of series across Japan, Australia and Taiwan, featuring top talent.Japanese sitcom “Let’s Get Divorced” follows a rookie politician and his actor wife who struggle with their marriage life and they decide to split up. However, their parents and agents don’t allow them to do it.
It is co-written by Japan’s top scriptwriters Kankuro Kudo and Shizuka Oishi and the cast includes Tori Matsuzaka, Riisa Naka, Ryo Nishikido, Yuka Itaya, Koji Yamamoto and Arata Furuta.The series is directed by Fuminori Kaneko, Ryosuke Fukuda and Takuya Sakaue and the TBS Sparkle production is produced by Aki Isoyama and Itsumi Katsuno with Naomi Satoh executive producing for Netflix. It will bow in 2023.
“Boy Swallows Universe” is an adaptation of bestselling Australian author Trent Dalton’s novel of the same name. “‘Boy Swallows Universe’ is about a boy who receives a message on a red rotary dial telephone in a secret underground room that tells him he must bust into Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road Prison to save his mum’s life on Christmas Day,” wrote Dalton in a blog post.
The series is written by John Collee (“Hotel Mumbai”) and produced by Brouhaha Entertainment Australia, with Troy Lum (“The Water Diviner”), Andrew Mason (“The Matrix”), Sophie Gardiner (“Chimerica”), Kerry Roberts (“Foe”) and Joel Edgerton (“The Great Gatsby”) serving as executive producers.From Taiwan, Chinese-language series “Copycat Killer” is an adaptation of bestselling Japanese novel “Mohohan” by Miyabe Miyuki. It follows a serial killer who taps into the media interest over his murders and ruthlessly manipulates their victims, the police and the media like a puppet master, turning the case into a national
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Boy Swallows Universe is being adapted for screen by Netflix.WATCH: Bridgerton Season 2 (Netflix) | Official TrailerThe semi-autographical book was an instant hit when it was released in 2018, going on to be published in 34 countries and adapted into a successful stage show in Queensland in 2021.It's been picked up for an eight-part series by Netflix, as part of the streaming giant's mission to bring unique Australian stories to the world"Boy Swallows Universe is a major milestone in our mission to unearth uniquely local stories that bring joy and connection in unexpected ways to our audiences here at home, and throughout the world," said Que Minh Luu, Netflix’s head of local originals for Australia and New Zealand.The highly-awarded novel is set to be adapted by Netflix."That sound you hear is my heart exploding," Dalton said in a statement of the adaptation. "Internal fireworks popping and flashing in pinks and purples and golds."Let me scrape my jaw from the floor and whisper those words again and make sure this dream is true: BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE IS BEING ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN FOR NETFLIX.
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