Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week, we go to Indonesia and take a look at a religious romance series with a “Gen Z twist” Santri Pilihan Bunda, which has emerged as local streamer Vidio’s most popular title in 2024 so far. Conservative values clash with progressive views in a show that’s based on an uber-popular Wattpad series
Name: Santri Pilihan Bunda
Country: Indonesia
Streamer: Vidio
Producer: Vidio, Screenplay Films
International sales: Vidio
Where To Watch: Tbc
For fans of: Gen Z programs, My Nerd Girl...
This week, we go to Indonesia and take a look at a religious romance series with a “Gen Z twist” Santri Pilihan Bunda, which has emerged as local streamer Vidio’s most popular title in 2024 so far. Conservative values clash with progressive views in a show that’s based on an uber-popular Wattpad series
Name: Santri Pilihan Bunda
Country: Indonesia
Streamer: Vidio
Producer: Vidio, Screenplay Films
International sales: Vidio
Where To Watch: Tbc
For fans of: Gen Z programs, My Nerd Girl...
- 6/4/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
Online story platform Wattpad and Thai media firm Gmmtv have joined forces to adapt digital comic “My ID Is Gangnam Beauty!” for TV.
The show will begin production this summer and be known as “Beauty Newbie” when it begins airing on Gmmtv in early 2024.
The adaptation will follow Liu, a young woman who feels the need to get plastic surgery, and Guy, who is seen as having a perfect face. The show asks whether, in a world that judges and criticizes based on appearance, romance can blossom between two people who see themselves so differently?
The underlying webtoon by Maenggi Ki has been viewed 1.4 billion times and has a significant following in Thailand, where Korean culture is popular and beauty pageants remain a mainstay of mass TV.
“Beauty Newbie” features some of Thailand’s biggest young talents, including Baifern-Pimchanok as Liu, Win-Metawin as Guy Fah-Yongwaree as Fay and Great-Sapol (“Catch Me Baby”) as Sense.
The show will begin production this summer and be known as “Beauty Newbie” when it begins airing on Gmmtv in early 2024.
The adaptation will follow Liu, a young woman who feels the need to get plastic surgery, and Guy, who is seen as having a perfect face. The show asks whether, in a world that judges and criticizes based on appearance, romance can blossom between two people who see themselves so differently?
The underlying webtoon by Maenggi Ki has been viewed 1.4 billion times and has a significant following in Thailand, where Korean culture is popular and beauty pageants remain a mainstay of mass TV.
“Beauty Newbie” features some of Thailand’s biggest young talents, including Baifern-Pimchanok as Liu, Win-Metawin as Guy Fah-Yongwaree as Fay and Great-Sapol (“Catch Me Baby”) as Sense.
- 3/29/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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