{"id":9403,"date":"2022-12-08T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-genius-game\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:01:37","slug":"banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Options CJ ENM\u2019s The Genius Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay has inked an option deal for CJ ENM\u2019s survival game-show format <em>The Genius Game<\/em> for adaptation in the U.K., Denmark and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Players in <em>The Genius Game<\/em>\u00a0are chosen based on their social IQ, charisma, charm and intelligence to challenge their analytical reasoning, attention to detail, memory and loyalty in battles of intelligence and manipulation. Remarkable Entertainment, Mastiff TV Denmark and Mastiff TV Norway are attached to produce the U.K., Denmark and Norway versions, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>An adaptation has already been made in the Netherlands, where it premiered as<em> The Genius: The Netherlands<\/em> on October 3.<\/p>\n<p>James Townley, global head of content development at Banijay, said,\u00a0\u201c<em>The Genius Game<\/em>\u00a0is an entertaining, high-stakes social game which has generated significant international interest. We have experienced and talented creatives in the UK, Denmark, and Norway who are ready to bring this psychological social experiment to audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are overjoyed to create opportunities for\u00a0<em>The Genius Game<\/em>\u00a0to be produced in different versions of the show,\u201d said Diane Min, head of format sales at CJ ENM. \u201cWith the elements of a hit show, including problem-solving skills, social skills and the betrayal element, it is a show that can entertain viewers from all territories. As\u00a0a multi-season megahit show in Korea, bolstering our IP in a local format will bring so much fun and thrill to its viewers as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banijay has inked an option deal for CJ ENM\u2019s survival game-show format The Genius Game for adaptation in the U.K., Denmark and Norway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":9404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[759,1448,1467,2529,2490,2723,2471,2724],"class_list":["post-9403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay","tag-cj-enm","tag-diane-min","tag-james-townley","tag-mastiff-tv-denmark","tag-mastiff-tv-norway","tag-remarkable-entertainment","tag-the-genius-game","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Banijay Options CJ ENM\u2019s The Genius Game - 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\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banijay Options CJ ENM\u2019s The Genius Game - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banijay has inked an option deal for CJ ENM\u2019s survival game-show format The Genius Game for adaptation in the U.K., Denmark and Norway.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T15:01:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CJENM-TheGeniusGame-1222.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"318\" \/>\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\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/\",\"name\":\"Banijay Options CJ ENM\u2019s The Genius Game - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-08T15:01:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-08T15:01:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/banijay-options-cj-enms-the-genius-game\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Banijay Options CJ ENM\u2019s The Genius Game\"}]},{\"@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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