{"id":24688,"date":"2026-03-27T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:46:58","slug":"mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MHz Choice Acquires North American Rights to Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African crime series <em>Cousins<\/em> has been exclusively acquired in North America by MHz Choice.<\/p>\n<p>The limited series, based on a true story, follows two 12-year-old cousins, Issie Fourie and Petro Nel, who were kidnapped and murdered in 1966 in the quiet town of Odendaalsrus, and the victims\u2019 families\u2019 subsequent two-decade quest for justice.<\/p>\n<p>The series was written by Saartjie Botha and Philip Rademeyer and directed by Jaco Bouwer. The series is produced by Wolflight Films, with Roelof Storm serving as executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Cousins<\/em> is a haunting and evocative period crime drama and a powerful story of loss and justice that transcends geography,\u201d said Lance Schwulst, executive VP of content strategy at MHz Choice. \u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud to introduce this moving, cinematic series to U.S. audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Cousins<\/em> is one of the most powerful and meticulously crafted dramas to come out of South Africa in recent years,\u201d said Nomsa Philiso, director of content and general entertainment of English and Portuguese content at MultiChoice. \u201cWe are incredibly proud to see this story\u2014rooted in our history yet resonating far beyond our borders\u2014find a new home with audiences in the U.S. and Canada. MHz <em>Cousins<\/em> has a strong track record of championing exceptional international storytelling, and we\u2019re thrilled that <em>Cousins<\/em> will join their lineup. As a Canal+ company, we remain committed to bringing distinctive African stories to global viewers, and this partnership marks another meaningful step in that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African crime series Cousins has been exclusively acquired in North America by MHz Choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":24687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[12087,7138,1648,5487],"class_list":["post-24688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cousins","tag-lance-schwulst","tag-mhz-choice","tag-nomsa-philiso","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MHz Choice Acquires North American Rights to Cousins - 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\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MHz Choice Acquires North American Rights to Cousins - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South African crime series Cousins has been exclusively acquired in North America by MHz Choice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-27T14:31:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-27T15:46:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/2-MHz-Choice-326.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=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\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\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/\",\"name\":\"MHz Choice Acquires North American Rights to Cousins - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-27T14:31:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-27T15:46:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mhz-choice-acquires-north-american-rights-to-cousins-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MHz Choice Acquires North American Rights to Cousins\"}]},{\"@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\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\",\"name\":\"Kloudia Sakowski\",\"description\":\"Kloudia Sakowski is the associate editor of World Screen. 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