{"id":9386,"date":"2022-11-29T10:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/jane-virgin-set-south-african-remake\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:28:26","slug":"jane-the-virgin-set-for-south-african-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/jane-the-virgin-set-for-south-african-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane the Virgin Set for South African Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jane the Virgin<\/em> has been licensed as a format to Alta Global Media (AGM) to develop a South African version of the series.<\/p>\n<p>The local-language, 12-episode romantic dramedy is currently being prepped for adaptation for the Sub-Saharan African territories. South Africa\u2019s Mandlakayise Dube (<em>Silverton Siege<\/em>) is on board to direct the pilot. Writer\/producer Jafta Mamabolo from Johannesburg is writing.<\/p>\n<p>The South African adaptation will follow a 22-year-old proud Zulu virgin who becomes accidentally inseminated by her gynecologist and must grapple with her newfound pregnancy and the love triangle she suddenly finds herself at the center of.<\/p>\n<p>Propagate International secured the deal for the South African adaptation and has sold the format to a number of territories, including China, South Korea, India, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Turkey and a new option in Serbia. Propagate\u2019s chairman and co-CEO, Ben Silverman, who served as an executive producer on The CW&#8217;s <em>Jane the Virgin<\/em>, brought the format to the U.S. from Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to partner with Alta Global Media to bring <em>Jane the Virgin<\/em> to South Africa,\u201d said Dan Thunell, co-head of Propagate International. \u201cAlta is assembling a top-tier local team, and we look forward to kicking off production in the near future.\u00a0<em>Jane the Virgin<\/em> has resonated with viewers around the world because it tackles relatable, universal themes, and we are confident the series will succeed in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane the Virgin has been licensed as a format to Alta Global Media (AGM) to develop a South African version of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2699,2700,113,2361],"class_list":["post-9386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alta-global-media","tag-ben-silverman","tag-jane-the-virgin","tag-propagate-international","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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