{"id":18110,"date":"2023-01-18T09:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/koreas-something-special-options-hostages\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:35:04","slug":"koreas-something-special-options-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/koreas-something-special-options-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea\u2019s Something Special Options Hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul-based Something Special has optioned the award-winning drama series <em>Hostages<\/em> from Israel\u2019s Armoza Formats, marking the company\u2019s first foray into the acquisition of scripted formats.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli crime thriller follows a renowned female surgeon about to perform a routine operation on the president when her family is taken hostage. She is ordered to sabotage the procedure and kill the president\u2014or her family will die.<\/p>\n<p>The series was created by Rotem Shamir, Omri Givon and Yezira Ivrit.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hostages<\/em> originally aired on Channel 10 in Israel in 2013 and has since been adapted in India on Hotstar and in the U.S. on CBS. The finished tapes have sold into, among other countries, the U.K. (BBC Four), Germany (RTL Crime), France (Canal+), Brazil (Globosat), Australia (SBS) and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Something Special\u2019s Jin Woo Hwang, president and executive producer, and InSoon Kim, executive VP and head of content, said: \u201cWe are very excited to work with the Armoza Formats team to bring a local version of <em>Hostages<\/em> to Korea and are finalizing the production details very soon. This is Something Special\u2019s first scripted format acquisition, and we are looking forward to expanding into the scripted space as our company goes into our fourth year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adi Brukner, sales executive for Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, Benelux, Canada and MEA at Armoza Formats, said: \u201cWe are thrilled that Something Special has chosen our award-winning format <em>Hostages<\/em> as their first scripted adaptation for the Korean market. 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