MipTV/Canneseries: Firebird Studios to Remake Korean Hit ‘Train,’ Newen Connect Takes Global Rights to ‘In the Shadows,’ Fox Entertainment Announces French, German Shows
variety.comEd Meza @edmezavar CJ ENM Sells Remake Rights to hit Korean Drama ‘Train’ to Firebrand Studios The U.K.’s Firebird Studios has acquired remake rights for hit Korean drama “Train” from entertainment giant CJ ENM. “Train” follows a detective investigating his love’s death who discovers a parallel universe, where his late partner is very much alive.
Moving back and forth between the two worlds, he tracks down the truth behind her death in one, while protecting her in the other. “With two unforgettable central characters, ‘Train’ is a love story, a detective show, a journey across the multiverse,” said Firebird Pictures CEO Elizabeth Kilgariff.
It’s “a story that defies expectations at every turn and one that we can’t wait to re-tell in a British setting.” Newen Connect secures global distribution rights to France TV’s “In the Shadows” French distributor Newen Connect has acquired international rights to France TV’s new series “In the Shadows,” which began shooting on Monday in Paris and around the Hauts de France region.
The six-part political thriller is an adaptation of the 2011 novel “Dans l’Ombre” by former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and advisor Gilles Boyer, who also helped developed the script.
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