{"id":8090,"date":"2017-08-04T09:47:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-preps-first-chinese-language-original\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T16:12:14","slug":"netflix-preps-first-chinese-language-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-preps-first-chinese-language-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Preps First Chinese-Language Original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has ordered its first Chinese-language original series, <em>Bardo<\/em>, a jailbreak thriller from Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>IFA Media (<em>The\u00a0Teenage Psychic<\/em>) and writer\/director Sam Quah (<em>The Free Man<\/em>) are working on\u00a0<em>Bardo<\/em>\u00a0for Netflix. The eight-episode series follows the journey of Ah Quan, a good man who has descended into crime and now waits in prison for execution. An encounter with a mysterious inmate causes him to experience events from alternative timelines. After learning that his son is in danger, Ah Quan escapes to protect his family, only to discover he is a pawn in a much larger game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA supernatural premise, a production team that\u2019s created regional hits, and an up-and-coming director who\u2019s received international acclaim\u2014all of this has Netflix excited about\u00a0<em>Bardo<\/em>,\u201d said Erik Barmack, the VP of international original series at Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Smith, executive\u00a0producer of\u00a0<em>Bardo<\/em>,\u00a0said: \u201cTaiwan&#8217;s film and TV industry is full of amazing creativity and Sam&#8217;s a new Asian talent who is open to pushing the boundaries and trying new things but with a strong insight into local and regional themes. The combination of this range of skills from across the region and the chance to work with a global platform like Netflix that is producing amazing content we&#8217;d all love to create made this a great partnership for IFA. The story itself is steeped in local realities and dilemmas but the approach, the script and the dramatic feel is something completely new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quah commented: \u201cAfter a year of preparation, I am delighted the show is coming to fruition. It\u2019s been a pleasure working with IFA Media and global streaming platform Netflix, with all parties having shared the same visions for the concept throughout the process. The trust and respect given have allowed for me and the writers a great freedom to work and, in the process, also allowed for the vision of the show to expand and grow. This series, which is being developed with Taiwanese lead writer Lily Chen, originates from current issues in modern society regarding real-life prisoners on death row, and the series addresses the beliefs these prisoners have regarding their own freedom. Currently, the series is preparing for shoot, and I look forward to working with the production crew to create an extraordinary series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has ordered its first Chinese-language original series, Bardo, a jailbreak thriller from Taiwan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2043,88],"class_list":["post-8090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bardo","tag-netflix","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix Preps First Chinese-Language Original - 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\/netflix-preps-first-chinese-language-original\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix Preps First Chinese-Language Original - 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