yes Studios and London and LA-based Paper Entertainment – one of the production companies behind AppleTV+’s Emmy Award-winning series Tehran – have announced a deal to develop comedy-drama Johnny and the Knights of the Galilee for an English-language adaptation in the UK and US called HONEY BOYS. HONEY BOYS tells the entertaining story of Ben, a struggling actor based in London, who returns to his hometown in Cornwall in the wake of his father’s passing. Confronted with the financial … [Read more...] about Paper Entertainment develops HONEY BOYS for the UK & US, based on original yes Studios format
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yes Studios to represent thrilling new Icelandic drama HAZE
yes Studios has announced that it 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 broadcaster RUV. yes Studios will formally launch the series – which has actor Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Succession, Game of Thrones) attached - to buyers at next week’s Content London, where it will be initially seeking pre-sales. HAZE creator Kjartansson (Trapped S1 … [Read more...] about yes Studios to represent thrilling new Icelandic drama HAZE
yes Studios’ award-winning comedy series Bloody Murray to be adapted by Cavea+ in Georgia
yes Studios’ Bloody Murray, winner of Best Comedy at Series Mania in 2022, is to be adapted by Cavea+, the first legal streaming platform in Georgia. The deal is the first for yes Studios in the territory, and it will also be the first-ever scripted adaptation of an Israeli series in Georgia. Bloody Murray is a brilliant comedy that focuses on the relationship between best friends and roommates Murray and Dana and their daily struggles as single, thirty-something women. Dana is a … [Read more...] about yes Studios’ award-winning comedy series Bloody Murray to be adapted by Cavea+ in Georgia
yes Studios launches new documentary series The Lost City: 101 Days in Captivity ahead of MIPCOM
yes Studios continues its drive into premium factual programming with the launch of The Lost City: 101 Days in Captivity, a new three-part documentary series, produced by Paramount’s Ananey Studios for yes Docu. The series, which premieres on yes Docu on 19th September, is yes Studios’ second collaboration with Ananey Studios, following the announcement of a new scripted series, Wonder, earlier this year. The Lost City: 101 Days in Captivity draws on recent events to tell the … [Read more...] about yes Studios launches new documentary series The Lost City: 101 Days in Captivity ahead of MIPCOM
Korean adaptation of yes Studios’ drama Your Honor receives its premiere this week
yes Studios, in partnership with producers MONSTER Company, has announced that the 10-part Korean adaptation of its hit global scripted format Your Honor will launch this week. The first two episodes just dropped on the KT Genie TV platform, with the scheduled channel premiere on ENA. Your Honor has proved one of the most successful scripted formats of recent years, with 10 localised versions either on air or in production with major broadcasters around the world. In addition to South Korea, … [Read more...] about Korean adaptation of yes Studios’ drama Your Honor receives its premiere this week
Arte picks up yes Studios’ global hit series Shtisel
yes Studios has announced that it has extended its relationship with Arte by licensing all three seasons of its hugely popular series Shtisel (33 x 45’) to the broadcaster for launch on arte.tv later this week, on 19th July. This latest deal follows the announcement earlier this year that Arte acquired yes Studio’s award-winning comedy series Bloody Murray (9 x 45’). Shtisel—which stars Michael Aloni (The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, 8200), Dovale Glickman (Oslo, Laces), Neta Riskin … [Read more...] about Arte picks up yes Studios’ global hit series Shtisel