{"id":13984,"date":"2020-10-26T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:25:58","slug":"netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Readies Second Thai Original Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has in the works its second Thai original series, <em>Bangkok Breaking<\/em>, produced by Production Playground.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bangkok Breaking<\/em> is an action-thriller drama set in the wild world of Bangkok\u2019s road rescue services and centering on Wanchai, who has newly arrived in Bangkok and must unravel a city-wide conspiracy alongside a young, upstart journalist. All six episodes of the series will premiere exclusively on Netflix in 2021 to its members in over 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Create Asia 360\u2019s Rehan Malik and Clayton Fitts co-created <em>Bangkok Breaking<\/em> and will executive produce. Prabda Yoon (<em>Someone from Nowhere<\/em>, <em>Invisible Waves<\/em>, <em>Last Life in the Universe<\/em>) is serving as executive producer, and Kongkiat Komesiri (<em>Slice<\/em>, <em>Muay Thai Fighter<\/em>, <em>Khunpan<\/em>) is directing.<\/p>\n<p>Prabda Yoon said: \u201cI follow and enjoy many Netflix movies and series. That\u2019s why I am excited to work with Netflix directly, but what I\u2019m most excited about is taking part in showcasing Thai talent and creativity on a global platform. The opportunity to work with so many skilled and experienced Thai people from the industry is really impressive; and Netflix partnering with Thai producers can only benefit our work and inspire the creative community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kongkiat Komesiri said: \u201cBangkok Breaking is a series that serves all tastes, with action, excitement, drama and romance, appealing to a wide audience across Asia and, I hope, internationally. With the full support of Netflix we can realize our vision for this series; I am excited, honored and incredibly proud to work with a global platform like Netflix. I\u2019ve amassed over 20 years of experience in film making, collecting every technique for this moment, and today I have the opportunity to show that Thai content has what it takes to capture the interest of audiences around the world. I promise to give my absolute best to delight our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Myleeta Aga, director of content for Southeast Asia and Australia at Netflix, said: \u201cBangkok Breaking gripped us the instant we read the script. Our second Thai original is a special story that Thai audiences will truly enjoy, providing a unique point of view of life in one of the world\u2019s best known and loved cities. We\u2019re excited to support more great stories from this vibrant and very talented community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has in the works its second Thai original series, Bangkok Breaking, produced by Production Playground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":13985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4148,88,4149],"class_list":["post-13984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bangkok-breaking","tag-netflix","tag-production-playground","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix Readies Second Thai Original 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\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix Readies Second Thai Original Series - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Netflix has in the works its second Thai original series, Bangkok Breaking, produced by Production Playground.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-26T14:20:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-26T15:25:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Prabda-Yoon-Showrunner-Kongkiat-Komesiri-as-Director-1020.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/\",\"name\":\"Netflix Readies Second Thai Original Series - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-26T14:20:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-26T15:25:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-readies-second-thai-original-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Netflix Readies Second Thai Original 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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