FOX Takes FremantleMedia’s Hole in the Wall

LOS ANGELES, May 20: FOX
has ordered 13 episodes of Hole in the Wall, the Japanese format represented worldwide by
FremantleMedia.

A casting call in Los
Angeles, New York and Atlanta has been announced for the quirky series, which
will be produced by FremantleMedia North America. During each episode, two
teams compete against each other in multiple rounds of play, facing various
barrier walls speeding toward them with oddly shaped cutout holes. Each team
must contort their bodies in unison to fit through the wall or be thrown into a
pool below. The series has been a hit in Japan on Fuji TV since its July 2006
launch. FremantleMedia is currently producing versions in Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, China, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Malaysia,
Mexico, Russia, Sweden and the U.K.

—By Mansha Daswani