{"id":9681,"date":"2018-07-03T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tony-jordans-besa-lines-international-talent\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:58:40","slug":"tony-jordans-besa-lines-up-international-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tony-jordans-besa-lines-up-international-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Jordan&#8217;s Besa Lines Up International Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 12-part crime thriller <em>Besa<\/em>, from Tony Jordan (<em>EastEnders<\/em>, <em>Life on Mars<\/em>, <em>Dickensian<\/em>), has assembled a team of international talent from Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Slovenia and France.<\/p>\n<p>Currently in production across Southeastern Europe, <em>Besa<\/em> is directed by Dusan Lazarevic (<em>Misfits<\/em>, <em>Death in Paradise<\/em>, <em>Silent Witness<\/em>). The cast includes Arben Bajraktaraj (<em>Taken<\/em>, <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1<\/em>, <em>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/em>), Rasa Bukvic (<em>A Good Day to Die Hard<\/em>, <em>Le Transporteur: H\u00e9ritage<\/em>, <em>Taken<\/em>), Milos Timotijevic (<em>Chernobyl Diaries<\/em>, <em>Humidity<\/em>, <em>In the Land of Blood and Honey<\/em>), Lana Baric (<em>You Carry Me<\/em>, <em>Hush<\/em>, <em>Lucky Accident Crash<\/em>) and Sebastian Cavazza (<em>Ederlezi Rising<\/em>, <em>Short Circuits<\/em>, <em>Breakages<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Tatjana Pavlovic, head of international distribution at the Antenna Group, said: \u201cThere is much interest from international buyers for <em>Besa<\/em> and we have great hopes for its international success. We are very proud that this is the first time talent from across southeastern Europe has been brought together to make a compelling crime series drama, and hopefully set the trend for more multicultural productions from our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pete Smith, director of Antenna Group, added: \u201cBesa breaks in new ground in many ways; Tony Jordan from the U.K. executive produces the series as well as overseeing the team of local writers and I am particularly proud we have gathered together outstanding talent from across southeast Europe, both cast and crew, who have all worked internationally, making this a first for the region.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12-part crime thriller Besa, from Tony Jordan (EastEnders, Life on Mars, Dickensian), has assembled a team of international talent from Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Slovenia and France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2599,385],"class_list":["post-9681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-besa","tag-tony-jordan","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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