{"id":13575,"date":"2020-08-11T09:20:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-three-acquires-luca-guadagninos\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:20:48","slug":"bbc-three-acquires-luca-guadagninos-we-are-who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-three-acquires-luca-guadagninos-we-are-who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Three Acquires Luca Guadagnino\u2019s We Are Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eight-part limited series <em>We Are Who We Are<\/em>, which marks the first TV series for Academy Award-nominated director Luca Guadagnino (<em>Call Me by Your Name<\/em>), has been acquired for BBC Three.<\/p>\n<p><em>We Are Who We Are<\/em> tells the story of two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy. The series explores friendship, first love, identity and immerses the audience in all the exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes Chlo\u00eb Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, Alice Braga, Jordan Kristine Seam\u00f3n, Spence Moore II, Kid Cudi, Faith Alabi, Francesca Scorsese, Ben Taylor, Corey Knight, Tom Mercier and Sebastiano Pigazzi.<\/p>\n<p>An HBO-Sky series, it is produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment and by Mario Gianani for Wildside, both Fremantle companies, with Small Forward. Fremantle is the international distributor for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Deeks, head of program acquisition at the BBC, said: \u201cWe are so delighted that this beautifully observed drama will be enjoyed by BBC viewers\u2014it really is very special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Lynn, executive VP, head of EMEA distribution, International, Fremantle, who brokered the deal with the BBC, added: \u201cAs a longstanding fan of Luca Guadagnino\u2019s work, it&#8217;s a joy to introduce his television debut to U.K. audiences with the BBC. The series is fast becoming one of the most anticipated shows of the year, exploring universal issues such as identity, culture, gender and diversity, making it the perfect addition to BBC Three and its young adult audience. We\u2019re proud to bring a premium HBO original series, from two of Fremantle\u2019s renowned drama labels, to its U.K. home on the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eight-part limited series We Are Who We Are, which marks the first TV series for Academy Award-nominated director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name), has been acquired for BBC Three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[917,2697,3958],"class_list":["post-13575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-three","tag-fremantle","tag-we-are-who-we-are","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Three Acquires Luca Guadagnino\u2019s We Are Who We Are - 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