International Originals Travel to Paramount+ Globally
Among the slate of originals, British drama ‘The Gold’ will premiere across all international markets on September 14 and in the US on September 17.
“THE GOLD” (UK), “BARGAIN” (Korea) and Second Season of “LOS ENVIADOS” (Latin America) Confirmed to Premiere Beginning Next Month Globally
International Originals Continue to Drive Acquisitions and Engagement Around the World, with Over 70 Percent of Viewership Outside Origin Country, Driving Paramount+ to Become a Leading Streamer Globally
August 7, 2023 – Paramount+ today announced global premiere dates for key internationally produced originals. The news comes as the service’s international slate of content sees strong performance among subscribers around the world and continues to expand with 85 international originals already produced, in production or greenlit for Paramount+, driving the service to become a leading streamer globally. It also follows the launch of Paramount Television International Studios earlier this year, the new international studio division of Paramount Global, which is focused on creating premium international scripted content to fuel the growth of Paramount+.
Among the slate of originals, British drama THE GOLD will premiere across all international markets on September 14 and in the US on September 17; globally acclaimed Korean crime-thriller BARGAIN will debut globally on October 5; and the second season of the Spanish-language series LOS ENVIADOS will land on Paramount+ globally by the end of this year, following the success of the first season as the service’s best-performing Spanish-language scripted series in the U.S. to date. With premiere dates to be announced at a later time, British drama SEXY BEAST will drop globally, along with the Korean series QUEEN WOO and A BLOODY LUCKY DAY, which will premiere exclusively on the streaming service in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Paramount+ continues to invest in internationally originated content, particularly through Paramount Television International Studios, which recently surpassed the mark of 70 percent of viewership from outside the content’s origin country.* Recent successes include the Mexican films AT MIDNIGHT and UNO PARA MORIR (Death’s Roulette) having surpassed 85 percent of viewership from non-Mexican markets, with UNO PARA MORIR (Death’s Roulette) becoming a top 10 title watched across the globe.
Tom Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Streaming, Paramount, said: “At Paramount+, we believe in the power of internationally originated content to drive engagement. We know there is a huge appetite for premium high-quality programming from around the world, and we are thrilled to leverage Paramount’s global scale and expertise to build a slate of new hits and franchises with worldwide appeal.”
International originals premiering globally on the platform include:
THE GOLD (UK), premiering September 14 with all episodes available in international markets and September 17 in the US with the first two episodes, followed by weekly episode releases.
The miniseries is inspired by the real-life events that took place on November 26, 1983, when six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport, and inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth £26m. What started as ‘a typical Old Kent Road armed robbery, according to detectives at the time, became a seminal event in British criminal history, remarkable not only for the scale of the theft – at the time the biggest in world history – but for its wider legacy. The disposal of the bullion caused the birth of large-scale international money laundering, provided the dirty money that helped fuel the London Docklands property boom, united blue and white collar criminals, and left controversy and murder in its wake. Created and written by Neil Forsyth (Guilt), The Gold stars Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington 1 and 2) alongside Jack Lowden (Small Axe: Mangrove, Slow Horses), Dominic Cooper (The Preacher, The Devil’s Double), Charlotte Spencer (The Duke, Cinderella), Tom Cullen (Becoming Elizabeth, Black Mirror), Emun Elliott (Guilt, Old), Sean Harris (Southcliffe, Mission: Impossible), Ellora Torchia (Ali and Ava, Midsommar) and Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect, The Last Kingdom). Co-produced by Tannadice Pictures, an Objective Fiction partner, and Paramount Television International Studios, THE GOLD provides a pulsating dramatization of this extraordinary and epic story for the first time in its entirety. THE GOLD is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside of the Paramount+ markets.
BARGAIN (SOUTH KOREA), premiering globally with all episodes to drop on October 5*.
BARGAIN revolves around a group of strangers who gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives – seeking to bargain. Unlike the original film, the series follows the characters after an unexpected earthquake traps them inside the building. With no one to trust, they must find a way to survive. BARGAIN has been awarded with the ‘Critics’ Choice Award’ at Serien Camp Festival in Cologne on June, and won ‘Best Screenplay’ at Canneseries Festival this year. BARGAIN is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside of Korea, Japan and Taiwan. BARGAIN is a project developed by Paramount+ and TVING, out of Paramount’s global partnership with the Korean entertainment powerhouse, CJ ENM.
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