{"id":17330,"date":"2022-08-09T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-bow-bet\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:51:49","slug":"south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pulse<\/em>, a South African original sci-fi survival thriller, has been picked up by BET+ in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Media Musketeers, <em>Pulse<\/em> tells the story of an electromagnetic pulse that disables a secure building and disrupts the bio-electric signals in everyone\u2019s minds, trapping a group of video game designers and turning each floor into a psychotic battlefield. The six-part series will premiere on Paramount-owned BET+ on August 16.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pulse<\/em> was filmed in Mauritius and produced in the U.K. and South Africa. It stars Tarryn Wyngaard (<em>Raised By Wolves<\/em>, <em>The Tree<\/em>), Thapelo Mokoena (<em>Trackers<\/em>, <em>Nothing For Mahala<\/em>, <em>Bulletproof<\/em>), Carel Nel (<em>Raised By Wolves<\/em>, <em>Grant<\/em>, <em>Roots<\/em>), Sven Ruygrok (<em>Spud<\/em>, <em>Zulu<\/em>) and Earl Wan (<em>Just Mates<\/em>, <em>Supercapitalist<\/em>, <em>Coronation Street<\/em>). Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, is distributing the series.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Docherty, managing partner at Media Musketeers, said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be happier for this atypical, modern story to have found such a fantastic home in the U.S. We hope BET+\u2019s audience will enjoy the first African show of its kind, which is a showcase for the talent that came together under the constraints of lockdown to deliver something completely new and fresh from the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Ford, managing director at AMR, added: \u201cWe are very pleased to announce what we expect to be the first sale of many for this series. <em>Pulse<\/em> is an entertaining, complex hybrid of sci-fi thriller and horror which uniquely combines to create a unique and exciting drama.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulse, a South African original sci-fi survival thriller, has been picked up by BET+ in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1642,5141],"class_list":["post-17330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bet","tag-pulse","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+ - 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\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+ - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pulse, a South African original sci-fi survival thriller, has been picked up by BET+ in the U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-09T14:15:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-09T15:51:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/PULSE-bet-plus-paramount-0822.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/\",\"name\":\"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+ - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-09T14:15:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-09T15:51:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+\"}]},{\"@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. She can be reached at cregan@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/author\/chelsearegan\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+ - TVDRAMA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+ - TVDRAMA","og_description":"Pulse, a South African original sci-fi survival thriller, has been picked up by BET+ in the U.S.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/","og_site_name":"TVDRAMA","article_published_time":"2022-08-09T14:15:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-09T15:51:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/PULSE-bet-plus-paramount-0822.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chelsea Regan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chelsea Regan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/","name":"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+ - TVDRAMA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-08-09T14:15:01+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-09T15:51:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/south-african-thriller-pulse-to-bow-on-bet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South African Thriller Pulse to Bow on BET+"}]},{"@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. She can be reached at cregan@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/author\/chelsearegan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}