EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s plan to cook up a Willy Wonka reality competition series has moved to the next part of the factory.
Deadline understands that Fremantle-owned Eureka Productions has won the right to produce the show after a bake-off process.
The process has been taking place over the last few months with Eureka beating out a number of other production companies including Wall to Wall, the British production company behind Who Do You Think You Are?, Nobody’s Hero, the production company behind Netflix’s Bullsh*t: The Game Show, and The Garden, which was one of the companies behind Squid Game: The Challenge.
It also beat out American Idol producer Fremantle, which was in the running for a separate bid to make the show out of its U.S.
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