{"id":21443,"date":"2024-09-24T10:22:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T10:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:22:53","slug":"cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Cineflix Rights Acquires Skybound\u2019s Heart Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cineflix Rights has picked up the new Fuji TV series <em>Heart Attack<\/em>, produced by Skybound Entertainment (<em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, <em>Invisible<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The dystopian drama, billed as \u201clive-action anime,\u201d follows a segment of the population known as Variants, who have gained supernatural abilities and are being persecuted by the government. When two Variants make an unexpected connection that unlocks a secret power, they begin the fight for their existence and freedom, eventually leading to a revolution.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heart Attack<\/em> is based on the graphic novel of the same name by <em>Mortal Kombat 2<\/em>\u2019s Shawn Kittelsen and Eric Zawadzki. It is directed by Takeshi Maruyama (<em>Spaghetti Code Love<\/em>). Executive producers are Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs and Glenn Geller for Skybound and h Koji Ishi and Takeshi Shimokawa for Fuji TV.<\/p>\n<p>The series stars Kanichiro (<em>Kubi<\/em>, <em>Last Ninja\u2013Blue Shadow<\/em>), Toko Miura (<em>Drive My Car<\/em>, <em>Weathering with You<\/em>) and Goro Kishtani (<em>Returner<\/em>, <em>Graveyard of Honor<\/em>), among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy turning anime into live-action drama, <em>Heart Attack<\/em> will appeal not just to the millions of superfans of an incredibly popular TV genre but also wider audiences who love sci-fi thrillers,\u201d said James Durie, head of scripted at Cineflix Rights. \u201cWith the added pedigree of Skybound, the creatives behind the huge global hit that is <em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, we are expecting a lot of interest from global buyers as we gear up to launching it at MIPCOM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cineflix Rights team has an outstanding reputation for placing top-tier dramas with broadcasters and streaming platforms around the globe,\u201d commented Rick Jacobs, managing partner of linear content at Skybound Entertainment. \u201cWe\u2019ve had great partnerships with Cineflix Rights in the past and we are excited to continue our collaborations with them as we launch <em>Heart Attack<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koji Ishii, senior executive director at Fuji TV, added, \u201cAs part of Fuji TV\u2019s global business strategy, we are very pleased to be able to co-produce <em>Heart Attack<\/em> with Skybound with an eye on the global market. With Cineflix Rights distributing the series, I hope that people around the world will enjoy this powerful story that will captivate sci-fi fans with its theme of young men and women, love and oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cineflix Rights has picked up the new Fuji TV series Heart Attack, produced by Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead, Invisible).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3462,3399,7549,4656,9707,7550,472],"class_list":["post-21443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cineflix-rights","tag-fuji-tv","tag-heart-attack","tag-james-durie","tag-koji-ishii","tag-rick-jacobs","tag-skybound-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cineflix Rights Acquires Skybound\u2019s Heart Attack - 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\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cineflix Rights Acquires Skybound\u2019s Heart Attack - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cineflix Rights has picked up the new Fuji TV series Heart Attack, produced by Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead, Invisible).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T14:22:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T14:22:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/CineflixRights-HeartAttack-0924.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/\",\"name\":\"Cineflix Rights Acquires Skybound\u2019s Heart Attack - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-24T14:22:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-24T14:22:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/cineflix-rights-acquires-skybounds-heart-attack\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cineflix Rights Acquires Skybound\u2019s Heart Attack\"}]},{\"@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\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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