International Insider: ‘Cheers’ Fuels Remake Fever; Disney EMEA Exit; Iberseries Report
deadline.comInsiders, it’s me again. Jesse Whittock here to run you through the main international film and TV news. Off we go, and don’t forget to sign up to the newsletter here. ‘Cheers‘ To That Where everybody knows your script: Making your way in the entertainment world today can take everything you’ve got, so it makes sense that you might think remaking an existing program could make things that little bit easier.
That feels part of the thinking behind Big Talk Studios’ plan to relocate the Boston bar that Cheers made famous to the UK. On Monday, Jake revealed that Big Talk, known for BBC/Prime Video comedy The Outlaws and many others, has tapped CBS Studios for the rights to remake iconic sitcom Cheers, 30 years after Ted Danson rang the bell for last orders in America.
Simon Nye, writer of Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells, is adapting the scripts and will showrun if the project gets to series.
With 11 seasons and 275 episodes to assess, Big Talk boss Kenton Allen wasn’t wrong when he said it was a “huge honor” but also a “huge challenge.” He added that he “might be insane” to take on the project.
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