{"id":14031,"date":"2020-11-03T09:28:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-amazon-original-film-exclusively-scotland\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:19:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T18:19:01","slug":"new-amazon-original-to-film-exclusively-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-amazon-original-to-film-exclusively-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"New Amazon Original to Film Exclusively in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Prime Video has commissioned a new U.K.-produced series, the epic thriller series <em>The Rig<\/em>, which will be its first original filmed exclusively in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series is produced by Wild Mercury Productions (part of Banijay UK), created by David Macpherson and directed by John Strickland (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>Bodyguard<\/em>). It is set to launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Rig<\/em> follows the crew of the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As they endeavor to discover what\u2019s driving this force, bonds are broken, allegiances formed and generational fault lines exposed. The crew of the Bravo will be driven to the limits of both their loyalties and their endurance, into a confrontation with forces beyond their imagination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Rig<\/em> is a brilliant story, expertly told, in the most dramatic of settings,\u201d said Georgia Brown, director of European Amazon Originals for Prime Video. \u201cIt asks searching questions about nature and the environment, about what it takes to survive and to be human, which feels very pertinent to the world we are living in now. We\u2019re delighted to add this to our growing roster of U.K.-made Amazon Original shows, all available to stream at no extra cost for Prime members around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek Wax, managing director of Wild Mercury, said, \u201c<em>The Rig<\/em> is a character-driven, epic thriller, full of heart-grabbing action and bold, original ideas, and we are delighted to be working with Amazon Prime Video in bringing it to life. David Macpherson captures life on a North Sea oil rig with extraordinary authenticity and it\u2019s been exciting to work with him, director John Strickland and our creative team in realizing the scale and vision of this world. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Prime Video has commissioned a new U.K.-produced series, the epic thriller series The Rig, which will be its first original filmed exclusively in Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-14031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-prime-video","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Amazon Original to Film Exclusively in Scotland - 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