TVFORMATS
Cineflix Rights has secured multiple local production deals for Voltage TV’s Tempting Fortune format.
Tempting Fortune launched in a second season on the U.K.’s Channel 4 on March 16 and was co-produced by GroupM Motion Entertainment. Now, Sky Italia ordered a six-episode run from Italian producer Blu Yazmine. The format is also in production for a major Nordic broadcaster, with both commissions being filmed at Voltage’s international production hub in Malaysia.
ACUNMEDYA is in production for a minimum 15-episode second season for Mexico’s TV Azteca, alongside first seasons for Greece and Romania.
The Voltage TV format has also now been optioned in 15 countries worldwide.
Tempting Fortune is a reality adventure format featuring a group of strangers who have to journey through a remote wilderness with an epic cash prize awaiting them. To keep the money, all they have to do is reach a designated finish line, some 18 days of trekking away, without spending it.
Tim Mutimer, CEO of Cineflix Rights, said: “Tempting Fortune is a highly entertaining and mischievous format which taps into the dilemmas that confront us all, wherever we live around the world. I’m thrilled to be rolling out the format across Europe as well as for a second season in Mexico. With multiple format deals as well, and a production hub in place, we’re also in discussions with other producers and broadcasters about further local versions.”
Sanjay Singhal, CEO of Voltage TV, added: “Tempting Fortune has been a great success in the U.K., and it will be fascinating to see how the social questions it raises play out in countries with different cultural and moral values to ours.”
