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‘Walking Dead’ Maker Skybound Strikes “First-Of-Its-Kind” Deal With Prime Video For Scandi Dystopian Thriller
'Walking Dead's Skybound is behind Prime Video Scandi thriller 'VAKA', 'Tell Me your Name' & Japanese Series 'Heart Attack' With 'Drive My Car' star.
Rick Jacobs, Skybound’s Managing Partner of Linear Content, said the team were “eager to jump” into the new funding model having already made the hugely-successful adult animation Invincible for Amazon, for which the streamer takes global rights and is launching the second tranche of Season 2 episodes today. Former CBS entertainment president Glenn Geller, who joined Skybound last year to run its TV division, said VAKA “fits squarely into the box” occupied by fans of its content such as The Walking Dead. While there hasn’t been a non-English hit the size of Squid Game since the Netflix Korea smash broke out more than two years ago, Jacobs said the market is now far more used to local language fare, and it is “no longer a news story.”
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