{"id":5896,"date":"2016-04-05T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T02:15:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T06:15:01","slug":"scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandi Thriller The Bridge Gets Russian Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMSTERDAM\/CANNES: The original scripted format <em>The Bridge<\/em> has landed in Russia, with Endemol Shine Group partner Weit Media set to develop a local adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>NTV Channel in Russia commissioned 20 episodes to run over two seasons. The show, based on Filmlance International and Nimbus Film\u2019s hit Scandinavian thriller <em>Bron\/Broen<\/em>, begins when a body is found on the Narva Friendship Bridge between Russia and Estonia. Production will begin in June for a 2017 broadcast, with season two being filmed consecutively.<\/p>\n<p>The format has to date been adapted in the U.S., French and U.K. markets.<\/p>\n<p>Lars Blomgren, the managing director of Filmlance, said: \u201c<em>The Bridge <\/em>is a truly global format, marrying provocative themes with grounded storytelling and characters. By setting the central concept against the unique cultural and socio-political backdrop of the Russian\/Estonian border, it allows for a new and extraordinary story to unfold. I\u2019m extremely excited at the prospect of working with our colleagues at Weit Media and can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yulia Sumacheva, the CEO of Weit Media, remarked: \u201c<em>The Bridge <\/em>is an outstanding drama series and we are thrilled at this opportunity to produce the Russian-Estonian adaptation with it\u2019s extraordinary cast and are looking forward to working closely with Lars Blomgren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marina Williams, COO of international operations at Endemol Shine Group, added: \u201c<em>The Bridge <\/em>has huge resonance across a variety of markets and I am delighted that our team in Russia has the opportunity to develop this intelligent, ambitious adaptation. NTV is one of the key broadcasters in the Russian market and their involvement is a real testament to the quality of the project: we look forward to the series going into production and it\u2019s launch later in the year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMSTERDAM\/CANNES: The original scripted format The Bridge has landed in Russia, with Endemol Shine Group partner company Weit Media set to develop a local adaptation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[696,606,697,155,698],"class_list":["post-5896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-bronbroen","tag-endemol-shine-group","tag-russia","tag-the-bridge","tag-weit-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scandi Thriller The Bridge Gets Russian Treatment - 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\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scandi Thriller The Bridge Gets Russian Treatment - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AMSTERDAM\/CANNES: The original scripted format The Bridge has landed in Russia, with Endemol Shine Group partner company Weit Media set to develop a local adaptation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-05T06:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-05T06:15:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Marino\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joel Marino\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/\",\"name\":\"Scandi Thriller The Bridge Gets Russian Treatment - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-05T06:00:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-05T06:15:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/b3ccbe08162f6677585ed46386169b48\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/scandi-thriller-the-bridge-gets-russian-treatment\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Scandi Thriller The Bridge Gets Russian Treatment\"}]},{\"@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\/b3ccbe08162f6677585ed46386169b48\",\"name\":\"Joel Marino\",\"description\":\"Joel Marino is associate editor for World Screen and TV Latina. 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