EXCLUSIVE: SonyLIV has already discovered success adapting Israeli scripted hits Your Honor and Fauda and the Indian streamer is now remaking a 3rd title from the agency the community behind them, Yes TV.
The streamer is adapting Magpie as a Hindi-language crime drama with the working title Kan Khajura, which suggests centipede. This follows a cope with distributor Yes Studios.
In Israel, Magpie has run to an 11-part first season and eight-part second on Yes TV. The second just lately accomplished its run to robust evaluations and was produced by the community and Tehran‘s Donna & Shula Productions.
The present tells the story of Asa Katz, a person in jail for homicide who’s launched early on the situation that he cooperates with the police as their informant – a task often called a magpie that he additionally had in jail. He returns to his previous neighbourhood and his older brother, who has little regard for his youthful sibling, however quite a few conflicting pursuits put him in precarious conditions, and he finds himself torn between his lifetime of crime and his work with the police, whereas skilfully navigating each worlds to his benefit.
Sharon Levi, Managing Director of Yes Studios, stated: “We are honoured that this new format deal for Magpie means SonyLIV will soon become home to a third of our drama series. With its key themes of sibling conflict and a desire for a fresh start while constantly being pulled back into an old life, Magpie’s characters and storylines are instantly recognisable – and ripe for adaptation. We look forward to working with the SonyLIV team as it develops the series for its audience and cannot wait to view the final programme once it has been completed.”
We perceive SonyLIV will adapt the sequence in-house. The streamer is a part of Culver Max Entertainment, which was just lately established as a merger of Sony Pictures Networks India and Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and owns manufacturing hub Studio NEXT.
Saugata Mukherjee, Head of Content of Sony LIV, stated, “With the Indian adaptation of Magpie, we are aiming to weave global threads into the tapestry of our culture. The character is complex and piques the viewer’s interest with a compelling storyline. We are happy to collaborate with Yes Studios once again to bring forth this highly acclaimed thriller.”
Magpie was created by Adam Bizanski, Omri Shenhar and Dana Eden and written by Bizanski and Shenhar, with Yes Studios the distributor of the completed program and format. The present gained Best Screenplay on the Berlin TV Series Festival in 2019 and was nominated on the similar occasion for Best International Series and Best Performance.
SonyLIV has a library of greater than 40,000 hours from Culver Max, and gives unique sequence and flicks in languages resembling Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu, together with sports activities such because the UEFA Champions League, UFC and tennis Grand Slam tournaments. The streamer’s most distinguished originals embody Rocket Boys, Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story, Avrodh, and Your Honor. Its remake of Fauda, which is returning for an surprising fifth season, is titled Tanaav.
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