{"id":9844,"date":"2023-07-20T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T13:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/prime-video-reboots-takeshis-castle\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:59:06","slug":"prime-video-reboots-takeshis-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/prime-video-reboots-takeshis-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video Reboots Takeshi\u2019s Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis are on board for Prime Video\u2019s reboot of the Japanese physical challenge show <em>Takeshi\u2019s Castle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Launching on August 30 exclusively to Prime members in the U.K. and Ireland, <em>Romesh and Tom Take Takeshi\u2019s Castle<\/em> will see the pair of comedians, podcasters and admirers of nostalgic game shows providing voice-over. Viewers will watch as over 100 contestants\u2014the \u201cattacking army\u201d\u2014attempt to storm the impenetrable castle, fighting off all manner of guards, devils and giant foam mushrooms along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Ranganathan and Davis said, \u201cNothing is more magical than a reboot of a successful show from yesteryear, heavy though is the pressure in bringing back the wonder that is <em>Takeshi\u2019s Castle<\/em>. We are honored to be bringing back the maddest show of all time to a whole new generation; hopefully, they can take away the life lessons we learned from the original.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Takeshi\u2019s Castle<\/em> has a special place in the hearts of U.K. viewers, and Tom and Romesh\u2019s ingenious new take on the show makes it as incomprehensible as ever and very, very funny,\u201d said Dan Grabiner, head of originals for the U.K. and Northern Europe at Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p><em>Takeshi\u2019s Castle<\/em> is a Prime Video Japan original reboot that launched in April in Japan. Rumpus Media will produce the eight-episode <em>Romesh and Tom Take Takeshi\u2019s Castle<\/em> in the U.K. Iain Wimbush is the executive producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedians Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis are on board for Prime Video\u2019s reboot of the Japanese physical challenge show Takeshi\u2019s Castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2563,3213,2270,3214,3215],"class_list":["post-9844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-prime-video","tag-romesh-and-tom-take-takeshis-castle","tag-romesh-ranganathan","tag-takeshis-castle","tag-tom-davis","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prime Video Reboots Takeshi\u2019s Castle - 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