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Sony’s Wayne Garvie Urges European Industry To Create More TV Franchises -AVPSummit
Sony's Wayne Garvie spoke about 'Doctor Who' and European TV franchises at the AVPSummit.
“Once the Americans have a successful returning series they do something we Europeans seem to be incapable of – turn them into franchises,” the boss of The Crown outfit’s international productions said this morning. Franchises “don’t have to be the biggest budget or have lots of action,” Garvie went on to say, floating the likes of Netflix’s Sex Education, also made by a Sony indie, which is the “one show producers and audiences all around the world want to talk to me about.” He cited “rich Italian stories” being retold in some form by Americans and Brits, such as Netflix’s The Decameron, which dropped trailer yesterday, and the upcoming adaptation of The Leopard.
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