{"id":19746,"date":"2023-12-11T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-rocker-asia-expands-korea-scripted-format-sales\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T12:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:43:18","slug":"boat-rocker-asia-expands-into-korea-with-scripted-format-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/boat-rocker-asia-expands-into-korea-with-scripted-format-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat Rocker Asia Expands into Korea with Scripted Format Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boat Rocker has expanded its scripted format capabilities in Asia, and its Hong Kong-based sales team has closed various content sales and a format deal in Korea with Next Entertainment World.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean production company, behind<em> Train to Busan<\/em> and <em>Smugglers<\/em>, has acquired the rights to adapt <em>Orphan Black<\/em>. Boat Rocker has also sold <em>Orphan Black: Echoes<\/em>, starring Krysten Ritter (<em>Jessica Jones<\/em>) and Keeley Hawes (<em>Bodyguard<\/em>), to Now Studio.<\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong-based sales team also brokered a format deal for a well-known third-party scripted title with a Hong Kong producer. More details will be revealed when the production team and cast have been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have closed a deal with Next Entertainment World as we expand our focus in the Asian scripted marketplace with format sales, including representing third-party titles,\u201d said Henry Or, senior VP of strategic partnerships for Asia at Boat Rocker. \u201cThere continues to be a strong appetite for premium scripted projects, and we\u2019re looking forward to growing this line of business with our own award-winning IP and third-party content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, Boat Rocker scored several content sales to leading Asian streaming platforms. This includes the sale of the comedy <em>Slip<\/em>, starring Zoe Lister-Jones (<em>Life in Pieces<\/em>), to Watcha (Korea), CatchPlay+ (Taiwan and Indonesia) and Now Studio (Hong Kong and Macau). Now Studio also bought the sci-fi psychological thriller <em>Beacon 23<\/em>, starring Lena Headey (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>) and Stephan James (<em>Homecoming<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boat Rocker has expanded its scripted format capabilities in Asia, and its Hong Kong-based sales team has closed various content sales and a format deal in Korea with Next Entertainment World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4159,4879,8219,8220,8221,8222,195,7634,8223],"class_list":["post-19746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-beacon-23","tag-boat-rocker","tag-boat-rocker-asia","tag-henry-or","tag-next-entertainment-world","tag-now-studio","tag-orphan-black","tag-orphan-black-echoes","tag-slip","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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