EXCLUSIVE: Norway‘s newest format obsession, The Box, is getting a second season.
Business broadcaster TV2 has ordered a second run of the journey actuality format, during which superstar contestants positioned in separate containers discover themselves dumped in the midst of challenges that they know nothing about. Seafood TV will return to provide.
In Norway, the present launched earlier this month, and its first episode has now consolidated to over 1,000,000 views, in accordance with producers — no imply feat in a rustic of simply over 5 million individuals.
In every episode, contestants instantly discover themselves in the midst of a problem when their yellow field opens and should work out what to do, working with the others to realize the purpose. Every ep ends with a pair of contestants partaking in a duel to remain within the recreation.
Seafood TV, the Norwegian indie producer that makes the present, has additionally been buying it internationally itself, and we perceive one other take care of an undisclosed community has set to be be introduced. This follows remake agreements with RTL Nederlands and TV2 in Denmark, and Seafood’s Chief Inventive Officer, Aleksander Herresthal, has mentioned six native variations are within the works.
The producer had initially bought the concept on to TV2 in Norway off paper, an uncommon and rarely-seen deal sort. Recognized for reveals corresponding to survivalist format Kompani Lauritzen (Superstar Process Pressure), the biz determined to promote The Field instantly, permitting execs to pitch direct to networks.
“We predict we’ve one thing actually particular and the explanation we did the distribution was Kompani was a tough promote, as a result of distributors would say it’s much like SAS: Who Dares Wins, though it isn’t,” Herresthal instructed Deadline. “It’s simpler when you pitch your self, as a result of you might have the fervour for the mission. You’re promoting your self and folks see that keenness. With so many massive teams round, you must discover new methods of doing enterprise.”
Leisure codecs are in vogue this January, because the return of The Traitors within the UK and U.S. have pushed viewing and media dialogue. The beginning of the yr tends to be when many massive actuality sequence drop in Europe and the U.S., with the colder climate preserving individuals indoors through the week. A number of different massive reveals corresponding to The Apprentice are set to drop this month all over the world.
