Tomorrow Studios, an ITV Studios partnership, has optioned Japanese crime format Connected: The Homebound Detective, produced by Envision Entertainment and Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV, for an adaptation in the U.S. market.
Envision Entertainment and Nippon TV will co-produce the adaptation with Tomorrow Studios. The series follows an agoraphobic young man, still living in his childhood bedroom, who uses his genius internet research abilities to help solve crimes.
The show was broadcast this April in Japan, where it became the top-rating series on Japanese catch-up service TVer and Hulu Japan. It was created by Creative Director Itaru Mizuno for Nippon TV and Michael Nakan, founder and CEO of Envision Entertainment.
“We’re delighted that Tomorrow Studios has partnered with us to produce the U.S. version of Connected; it confirms my belief that the format has great potential, with its unique global structure,” said Nakan. “We look forward to launching...
Envision Entertainment and Nippon TV will co-produce the adaptation with Tomorrow Studios. The series follows an agoraphobic young man, still living in his childhood bedroom, who uses his genius internet research abilities to help solve crimes.
The show was broadcast this April in Japan, where it became the top-rating series on Japanese catch-up service TVer and Hulu Japan. It was created by Creative Director Itaru Mizuno for Nippon TV and Michael Nakan, founder and CEO of Envision Entertainment.
“We’re delighted that Tomorrow Studios has partnered with us to produce the U.S. version of Connected; it confirms my belief that the format has great potential, with its unique global structure,” said Nakan. “We look forward to launching...
- 12/7/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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