The end of June is a somewhat odd time of year. Technically summer just started, but for most in the United States summer weather has been an established fact for several weeks, and with the Fourth of July just around the corner it’s already nearly time to start thinking about such dreaded phrases as “back to school” and “election season.”
On the streaming front, however, times are fantastic. New seasons of “The Boys” and “House of the Dragon” are in full swing, and one of the most well-received shows in recent memory is coming back with new episodes this very week! See which one below, and find out what other titles are coming to a streaming service near you in this final week of June.
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On the streaming front, however, times are fantastic. New seasons of “The Boys” and “House of the Dragon” are in full swing, and one of the most well-received shows in recent memory is coming back with new episodes this very week! See which one below, and find out what other titles are coming to a streaming service near you in this final week of June.
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- 6/24/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Nah Yung Suk, one of South Korea’s most successful TV producers, says the content marketplace in his home country has been divided into two distinct eras: “Before Netflix” and “After Netflix.”
On the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Nah Yung Suk offers his observations on the rise of Korean popular culture throughout the world. The producer’s latest series reflects the incredible global growth of content imports and exports: “Jinny’s Kitchen,” an unscripted series for Amazon Prime Video, revolves around the opening of Korean street food restaurant in a small town in southeastern Mexico.
The Netflix effect cited by Producer Nah, as he is widely known, began about five years ago when the streaming giant began investing in original Korean-language content. That influx of capital into the spurred more outside coin to flow into Korean producers, and it also encouraged domestic firms such as Cj Enm to step up their ambition.
On the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Nah Yung Suk offers his observations on the rise of Korean popular culture throughout the world. The producer’s latest series reflects the incredible global growth of content imports and exports: “Jinny’s Kitchen,” an unscripted series for Amazon Prime Video, revolves around the opening of Korean street food restaurant in a small town in southeastern Mexico.
The Netflix effect cited by Producer Nah, as he is widely known, began about five years ago when the streaming giant began investing in original Korean-language content. That influx of capital into the spurred more outside coin to flow into Korean producers, and it also encouraged domestic firms such as Cj Enm to step up their ambition.
- 9/6/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has announced its first slate of Malaysian content and localized user experience, including its first Malaysian Originals, romantic drama series That Cover Girl and action film Budak Flat.
Budak Flat is produced by Skop Production, with Syafiq Yusof on board as advisor, and co-directed by Eugene Lim, Woo Ming Jin and Faizal Ishak. The cast is headed by Pablo Amirul, Zahiril Adzim, Nabila Huda, Aaron Aziz, Balan Kash and Yung Raja.
“The film explores the rivalry between two criminal brothers who find their relationship tested to a deadly conclusion when a murder triggers a gang war in their flat,” said Budak Flat producer Shamin Yusof. “It’s a uniquely Malaysian action film that we hope will find audiences across the globe on Prime Video.”
Skop Productions is one of Malaysia’s biggest production houses with credits including hits Mat Kilau, Munafik and the Abang Long Fadil franchise.
Budak Flat is produced by Skop Production, with Syafiq Yusof on board as advisor, and co-directed by Eugene Lim, Woo Ming Jin and Faizal Ishak. The cast is headed by Pablo Amirul, Zahiril Adzim, Nabila Huda, Aaron Aziz, Balan Kash and Yung Raja.
“The film explores the rivalry between two criminal brothers who find their relationship tested to a deadly conclusion when a murder triggers a gang war in their flat,” said Budak Flat producer Shamin Yusof. “It’s a uniquely Malaysian action film that we hope will find audiences across the globe on Prime Video.”
Skop Productions is one of Malaysia’s biggest production houses with credits including hits Mat Kilau, Munafik and the Abang Long Fadil franchise.
- 5/18/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Is it time for South Korea’s TV drama series to move over and make way for Korean unscripted entertainment — namely game shows and reality shows?
While 2003 drama series “Jewel in the Palace,” or the more recent “Crash Landing on You,” “Memories of the Alhambra,” “Mr. Queen,” “Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)” and “Descendants of the Sun” have for years successfully tugged at emotional heartstrings across Asia, the unscripted category has equally long been a staple of Korean domestic TV.
Korean variety shows have been a catch-all with multi-generational appeal. Talent contests have worked well in the home market, but often were too quirky — too much dialogue, or distracting titles flashing across the screen — which meant that they were best exported as formats rather than finished shows.
Examples of those include Mbc’s 2015 hit “King of Mask Singer,” which became “The Masked Singer” for Fox in the U.S. (and...
While 2003 drama series “Jewel in the Palace,” or the more recent “Crash Landing on You,” “Memories of the Alhambra,” “Mr. Queen,” “Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)” and “Descendants of the Sun” have for years successfully tugged at emotional heartstrings across Asia, the unscripted category has equally long been a staple of Korean domestic TV.
Korean variety shows have been a catch-all with multi-generational appeal. Talent contests have worked well in the home market, but often were too quirky — too much dialogue, or distracting titles flashing across the screen — which meant that they were best exported as formats rather than finished shows.
Examples of those include Mbc’s 2015 hit “King of Mask Singer,” which became “The Masked Singer” for Fox in the U.S. (and...
- 4/16/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In October 2021, Yoo Ki-hwan, content manager at Netflix Korea, received an e-mail from a stranger with a bold pitch for a show involving 100 contestants competing in a series of brutal challenges to win a cash prize worth 300 million Korean won (about $315,000). The scale of the show was so grand that it stopped Yoo in his tracks. The sender turned out to be Jang Ho-gi, a producer at leading Korean broadcaster Mbc, now the lead producer of Physical 100, Netflix’s latest hit reality show.
“It had tones that I had not seen in plans for unscripted projects, and that made me want to make it into a Netflix show,” Yoo says.
Physical 100, which takes the form of a survival game, brings together Korea’s highest-profile athletes, bodybuilders and sports influencers, such as mixed martial arts fighters like Yoshihiro Akiyama, as they compete in extreme games that test their physical strength. The...
“It had tones that I had not seen in plans for unscripted projects, and that made me want to make it into a Netflix show,” Yoo says.
Physical 100, which takes the form of a survival game, brings together Korea’s highest-profile athletes, bodybuilders and sports influencers, such as mixed martial arts fighters like Yoshihiro Akiyama, as they compete in extreme games that test their physical strength. The...
- 2/24/2023
- by Soomee Park
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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