{"id":5882,"date":"2016-04-04T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T07:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/versailles-to-make-u-s-premiere-on-ovation\/"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:08:09","slug":"versailles-to-make-u-s-premiere-on-ovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/versailles-to-make-u-s-premiere-on-ovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Versailles to Make U.S. Premiere on Ovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: Ovation TV has acquired the U.S. premiere rights for the Anglo-French drama <em>Versailles<\/em> from Zodiak Rights.<\/p>\n<p>A CANAL+ original production, <em>Versailles<\/em> is co-produced by Capa Drama, Zodiak Fiction and Incendo. The period drama is scheduled to premiere on Ovation TV on October 1. The series is set in the year 1667, when King Louis XIV\u2014portrayed by George Blagden (<em>Vikings<\/em>)\u2014is a 28-year-old monarch on the verge of greatness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLouis XIV created an international style and culture icon when he created the palace of Versailles, and in so doing, installed himself in the annals of history as not only a determined leader and libertine, but a harbinger of France\u2019s profound artistic impact on the rest of the world,\u201d said Scott Woodward, the executive VP of programming and production at Ovation. \u201cThe epic nature of this story is captured extraordinarily well in this lush production. <em>Versailles<\/em> is the epitome of \u2018event\u2019 programming and there\u2019s no better network to showcase it than Ovation TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Torrance, the head of scripted at Zodiak Rights, commented, \u201c<em>Versailles<\/em> is a standout drama with a winning combination of first-class acting talent, writing prowess and high production values. The Ovation acquisition highlights the true global appeal of such a sweeping and fascinating story brought to life with an energetic and cinematic style. We are certain that the series will play out extremely well for Ovation, demonstrating how high-end European dramas can grip audiences amidst the best of the home-grown scripted dramas coming out of America.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CANNES: Ovation TV has acquired the U.S. premiere rights for the Anglo-French drama Versailles from Zodiak Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[680,340,647],"class_list":["post-5882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ovation-tv","tag-versailles","tag-zodiak-rights","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Versailles to Make U.S. Premiere on Ovation - 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