{"id":10432,"date":"2018-11-28T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-develop-south-african-crime-thriller-m-net\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T12:13:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T17:13:27","slug":"fremantle-to-develop-south-african-crime-thriller-with-m-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-to-develop-south-african-crime-thriller-with-m-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle to Develop South African Crime Thriller with M-Net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African pay-TV operator MultiChoice and its flagship channel, M-Net, are teaming up with Fremantle to develop the contemporary South African investigative crime thriller <em>Reyka<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reyka<\/em> is set against the tropical coastline and sugarcane fields of KwaZulu Natal. The eight-part series follows the life of Reyka Gama, a flawed but brilliant female detective, who is haunted by her past. The story begins in 1994, at the end of apartheid and the dawning of a new South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reyka<\/em> is created by screenwriter and showrunner Rohan Dickson. Jake Riddell (<em>Death in Paradise<\/em>, <em>Suspects<\/em>) joins Dickson as story consultant and writer.<\/p>\n<p>Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment at the MultiChoice Group, said: \u201cThis partnership with Fremantle is the perfect way to shine the spotlight on the African film and television industry and provides compelling new stories for global audiences beyond African shores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith more than 13.5 million subscribers in Africa and several international awards for our scripted content, we are already the leading African storyteller on the continent. With an esteemed distributer like Fremantle at our side, we can now share our talent and unique content globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Doole, director of global drama at Fremantle, added: \u201cWe are proud to partner with MultiChoice Group for our first South African drama. A compelling story, <em>Reyka<\/em> brings modern-day South Africa and its rainbow nation of different communities and cultures to the global stage.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cReyka<\/em> is a very distinctive lead and watching her complex life unfold in this diverse landscape adds a new dimension to the crime drama genre.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African pay-TV operator MultiChoice and its flagship channel, M-Net, are teaming up with Fremantle to develop the contemporary South African investigative crime thriller Reyka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2697,1634,2836],"class_list":["post-10432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fremantle","tag-m-net","tag-multichoice","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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