{"id":13245,"date":"2020-05-29T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-kirk-ellis-bibi-series\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:37:09","slug":"fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Teams with Kirk Ellis for Bibi Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has tapped Kirk Ellis to write for its new TV series <em>Bibi<\/em>, based on the personal and political life of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis, who wrote and produced the <em>John Adams<\/em> event series for HBO, also adapted David McCullough\u2019s <em>1776<\/em> and James Ellroy\u2019s <em>American Tabloid<\/em> for the network. His other credits include\u00a0<em>Into the West<\/em> for Dreamworks\/TNT and <em>Anne Frank: The Whole Story<\/em> for ABC. Adapted from journalist Ben Caspit\u2019s best-selling biography <em>The Netanyahu Years<\/em>, <em>Bibi<\/em> is being produced by Fremantle\u2019s Abot Hameiri.<\/p>\n<p>Guy Hameiri, co-founder of Abot Hameiri, said: \u201cKirk Ellis\u2019s track record speaks for itself, so we\u2019re delighted that he is joining this unique project. The series is the biggest IP we can deliver out of Israel today to the world, and with Kirk\u2019s esteemed catalog of work, particularly in exploring the lives of high-profile figures, it makes him a perfect addition to this series looking at one of the most influential figures in modern geopolitics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an epic political story with a very big philosophical and psychological undertone,\u201d Hameiri added. \u201cAt the same time, it will be a scandalous family melodrama that explores how the personal can become political, and vice versa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ellis commented: \u201cBenjamin Netanyahu is one of the most complex figures in modern history. His is a life lived on a Shakespearean scale. Ben Caspit\u2019s insightful reporting demonstrates how private life always shapes public affairs, and there\u2019s no shortage of conflict\u2014or opinions\u2014when it comes to Benjamin Netanyahu. I\u2019m thrilled and honored to be working with Guy and the entire Abot Hameiri team to bring this story to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has tapped Kirk Ellis to write for its new TV series Bibi, based on the personal and political life of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":13246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3887,2697,3888],"class_list":["post-13245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bibi","tag-fremantle","tag-kirk-ellis","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fremantle Teams with Kirk Ellis for Bibi Series - 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\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fremantle Teams with Kirk Ellis for Bibi Series - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fremantle has tapped Kirk Ellis to write for its new TV series Bibi, based on the personal and political life of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-29T14:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-29T14:37:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/kirk-ellis-520.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\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\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/\",\"name\":\"Fremantle Teams with Kirk Ellis for Bibi Series - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-29T14:30:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-29T14:37:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-teams-with-kirk-ellis-for-bibi-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mobile\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fremantle Teams with Kirk Ellis for Bibi Series\"}]},{\"@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\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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