{"id":4708,"date":"2016-02-01T14:15:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/zig-zag-to-co-produce-prank-game-show-format\/"},"modified":"2016-02-01T14:20:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:20:55","slug":"zig-zag-to-co-produce-game-show-with-yoshimoto-kogyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/zig-zag-to-co-produce-game-show-with-yoshimoto-kogyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Zig Zag Inks New Co-Pro Deal with Yoshimoto Kogyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/TOKYO: Zig Zag Productions has teamed up with Japan&#8217;s Yoshimoto Kogyo for the co-production of the hidden-camera game-show format <em>PrankStars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>PrankStars<\/em> will look on as four teams of experts, including comedians, special effects artists and magicians, help celebrities and members of the public prank their friends and families. The team that generates the biggest reaction from their unsuspecting victim wins.<\/p>\n<p>Zig Zag and Yoshimoto Kogyo are currently in discussions with Masi Oka (<em>Heroes<\/em>, <em>Hawaii Five-0<\/em>) to host the program. The two companies previously co-produced <em>Time Out<\/em> for KTV and <em>Split\/Second<\/em> for Nickelodeon.<\/p>\n<p>Zig Zag Productions CEO Danny Fenton stated: &#8220;We are so pleased to again partner with Yoshimoto. This time we\u2019re bringing the new exciting prank\/game-show hybrid <em>PrankStars<\/em> to market with superstar host Masi Oka fronting the show. We think we have the perfect team to make this a show to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aki Yorihiro, the CEO of Yoshimoto Entertainment USA, the U.S. operating subsidiary of Yoshimoto Kogyo, added: \u201cYoshimoto\u2019s strength is in our amazing writers who invent the craziest elements for our game and variety shows. We are excited to work with Zig Zag on <em>PrankStars<\/em> as it\u2019s a series that has a built in audience across the globe.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/TOKYO: Zig Zag Productions has teamed up with Japan&#8217;s Yoshimoto Kogyo for the co-production of the hidden-camera game-show format PrankStars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":4709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[174,175,176,177],"class_list":["post-4708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-masi-oka","tag-prankstars","tag-yoshimoto-kogyo","tag-zig-zag-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zig Zag Inks New Co-Pro Deal with Yoshimoto Kogyo - 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