Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefParamount Television Studios and Anonymous Content are getting ready to relocate the filming of ambitious Apple TV Plus series “Shantaram” to Thailand in July, Variety can reveal.The 10-part series is based on Gregory David Roberts’ tome about a man on the run from prison in Australia, who flees to India in the hope of disappearing.
There he builds a new life in the Mumbai underworld. Alexander Siddig recently joined the cast, opposite Charlie Hunnam.The long-gestating series began shooting in Australia in early 2020 under Justin Kurzel, but was shut down due to incomplete scripts and a change in showrunner.
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