Studiocanal has acquired international rights to «kiDnap Game,» an 11-part survival thriller created and directed by Japan’s Yusuke Kato, set across seven Asian cities and starring Kentaro Sakaguchi and Lee Joon-gi. The series, produced by Fuji Television, Hong Kong’s MakerVille and South Korea’s Simstory, will be presented to buyers at Mipcom in Cannes this week.
Stop the presses. A pan-Asian survival thriller, eleven episodes, seven cities, two bankable faces, and a distributor that bought the rights before anyone saw a frame. Who could have predicted this? Literally anyone who has watched this industry recycle the same pitch since 2019. The only genuine shock here is that lowercase “i” in the title. Riveting. Mipcom buyers will queue anyway.