{"id":11640,"date":"2019-07-19T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bridge-set-african-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2019-07-19T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T16:44:32","slug":"the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bridge Set for African Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Endemol Shine Group has sealed a deal with South Africa\u2019s <span class=\"s1\">Both Worlds Pictures for a local version of <em>The Bridge<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Both Worlds is seeking a broadcast partner for a South African\/Zimbabwean version of the drama featuring an all African cast. It will be set along the Beit Bridge, the physical border post separating South Africa and Zimbabwe. This would be the seventh adaptation of the show, which has been remade in Malaysia\/Singapore, Germany\/Austria, Croatia\/Serbia, U.S.\/Mexico, U.K.\/France and Russia\/Estonia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The original Swedish-Danish <\/span><i>Bron\/Broen <\/i>was created by Filmlance International. Lars Blomgren, creator of <i>The Bridge<\/i> and Endemol Shine Group\u2019s head of scripted for EMEA, said, \u201cThierry and the team at Both Worlds have such a huge enthusiasm for our beloved series and we couldn\u2019t think of anyone better to create the first African saga. It\u2019s been a joy to watch the various iterations of the format develop around the world and we can\u2019t wait to see the direction they take this one in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Thierry\u00a0Cassuto, founder and executive producer at Both Worlds Pictures, added <i>\u201c<\/i>We are thrilled to adapt the award-winning series <i>The Bridge<\/i> for South Africa and the continent. I\u2019ve always been a great fan of\u00a0the series\u00a0and admired how sensitively remakes were made in parts of the world that are so culturally different. It shows how the story and the characters are able to strike a universal chord, and we intend to create an adaptation that will be equally unique and will resonate with African viewers\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endemol Shine Group has sealed a deal with South Africa\u2019s Both Worlds Pictures for a local version of The Bridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":11641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[606,155],"class_list":["post-11640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-endemol-shine-group","tag-the-bridge","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Bridge Set for African Adaptation - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Bridge Set for African Adaptation - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Endemol Shine Group has sealed a deal with South Africa\u2019s Both Worlds Pictures for a local version of The Bridge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-19T16:10:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-19T16:44:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/TheBridge-ESG-719.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"319\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/\",\"name\":\"The Bridge Set for African Adaptation - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-19T16:10:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-19T16:44:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-bridge-set-for-african-adaptation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Bridge Set for African Adaptation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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