{"id":12367,"date":"2019-11-26T09:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/walter-presents-team-launch-drama-venture\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T15:59:02","slug":"walter-presents-team-launch-drama-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/walter-presents-team-launch-drama-venture\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Presents Team Launch Drama Venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Iuzzolino, Jo McGrath and Jason Thorp, the three founders and creative team behind Walter Presents, are launching a new drama venture, Eagle Eye Drama.<\/p>\n<p>Eagle Eye will focus on producing English-language drama series inspired by hit foreign-language shows they have discovered and championed on Walter Presents channels around the world. The company has the full backing of Channel 4, which will be investing through its Indie Growth Fund and taking a minority stake in the venture.<\/p>\n<p>Iuzzolino, CEO of Eagle Eye Drama, said: \u201cWalter Presents is uniquely placed to spot drama series with the potential to become stand out brands on the international stage and to identify the European creatives with the talent to produce beautifully crafted stories. The next logical step for us is to bring together the best drama ideas from around the world and the most inspiring production talent who can re-imagine them for a mainstream English-speaking audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4, added: \u201cWalter\u2019s passion, expertise and understanding of tastes in global TV drama is unrivaled, demonstrated by the huge success of Walter Presents. We\u2019re very excited to extend our successful partnership with Walter, Jo and Jason as they expand into production to bring foreign TV gems even closer to British audiences through this innovative venture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Iuzzolino, Jo McGrath and Jason Thorp, the three founders and creative team behind Walter Presents, are launching a new drama venture, Eagle Eye Drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":12368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[233,3505,717],"class_list":["post-12367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-eagle-eye-drama","tag-walter-presents","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Walter Presents Team Launch Drama Venture - 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