This week, were talking to Turkish TV powerhouse Tims & B Productions.
Its a Turkish drama at its core but without losing the love element.
Its looking at more Western-style dramas in that sense.
Tims & B Execs. From left, Selin Arat, Timur Savcı & Burak SağyaşarTims & B
There are more criminal thriller elements to this that we wanted to try and work with.
(Read Love, which was selected for Deadlines Global Breakout this week,here).
Both projects entered Netflixs top 10 list for Non-English TV series.
The rest is television history.
It aired in more than 140 countries and was watched by more than 500 million people worldwide.
Its the second series to enter Sandboxs metaverse afterThe Walking Dead.
Its one of our evergreen projects and its still being licensed and re-licensed.
Its just really a phenomenon.
But, says Arat, its important that the Turkish industry doesnt rest on its laurels.
Turkish series are still number two in the world, she says.
So, we are under competition.
But she has a hunch that the move to linear TV might be returning.
Sometimes, it can kind of kill the magic.
Up next, Tims & B is developing a new period drama adapted from a best-selling novel.
This, says the company, is planned to be the highest-budgeted Turkish series ever, surpassing evenMagnificent Century.
But if we can manage it, it is sure to be our next hit afterMagnificent Century.
