{"id":14630,"date":"2021-03-17T09:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-play-slates-second-original-series\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T16:50:42","slug":"lionsgate-play-slates-second-original-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lionsgate-play-slates-second-original-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Play Slates Second Original Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionsgate Play has lined up the college romance drama series <em>U-Special<\/em> (working title) as its second original series production.<\/p>\n<p><em>U-Special<\/em> is set in the cheerful, quirky and vibrant world of a large university campus filled with young people from all over the country. Akarsh Khurana will serve as showrunner, and the series will star an ensemble cast led by Sumeet Vyas, Arjun Mathur, Parambrata Chatterjee, Rukshar Dhillon, Taaruk Raina, Gopal Datt and Ahsaas Channa.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Lionsgate Play announced the Indian adaptation of the hit Lionsgate U.S. series <em>Casual<\/em>, to be directed by Kunal Kohli and starring Lara Dutta and Prateik Babbar, as its first original series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter receiving a great response to the announcement of the adaptation of <em>Casual<\/em>, we couldn\u2019t wait to reveal the next series in our lineup of exciting and provocative original programming,\u201d said Rohit Jain, managing director for South Asia and networks for emerging markets Asia. \u201cThis series is designed to connect and resonate with young audiences who are our largest demographic. 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