{"id":8607,"date":"2021-12-02T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T14:15:13","slug":"kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"KOTV Productions to Remake State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal-based KOTV Productions has acquired the rights to remake the Emmy Award-winning <em>State of the Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Nick Hornby&#8217;s novel\u00a0<em>State of the Union<\/em><em>: A Marriage in Ten Parts<\/em> and the first adaptation by See Saw Films, the French-Canadian version\u00a0<em>l&#8217;Union Libre<\/em> will star Louis Morissette and Marie-Claude Gu\u00e9rin. It is slated to debut on Radio-Canada&#8217;s SVOD platform verotv.ca in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Endeavor Content is handling global sales of the finished tape and format rights for the series.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of See Saw Films said: \u201cWe are delighted to partner with KOTV. It feels like such a natural fit to have a French-Canadian adaptation, as we share the same type of humor and rhythm in dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Selig, senior VP of international TV distribution of the Americas for Endeavor Content, added: \u201c<em>State of the Union<\/em> was an instant success worldwide. Marital relationships are popular, universal topics that audiences deeply relate to. We are confident that the adaptation will also resonate with the French-Canadian audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Vallant of aroma-TV, who brokered the deal, stated: \u201cWe are delighted at the opportunity to adapt such a major work of art. <em>State of the Union<\/em> is simply so intelligent, witty, funny, and eccentric in the way it sheds light on contemporary relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal-based KOTV Productions has acquired the rights to remake the Emmy Award-winning State of the Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":8608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2391,2392],"class_list":["post-8607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-kotv-productions","tag-see-saw-films","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KOTV Productions to Remake State of the Union - TVFORMATS<\/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\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KOTV Productions to Remake State of the Union - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Montreal-based KOTV Productions has acquired the rights to remake the Emmy Award-winning State of the Union.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-02T14:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-02T14:15:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/KOTVProductions-lUnionLibre-1221.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"301\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"226\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\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\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/\",\"name\":\"KOTV Productions to Remake State of the Union - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-02T14:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-02T14:15:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/kotv-productions-to-remake-state-of-the-union\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"KOTV Productions to Remake State of the Union\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\",\"name\":\"TVFORMATS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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