Showtime Hit ‘Your Honor’ to Get Balkan Remake From Croatia’s Antitalent (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChristopher Vourlias Croatian production house Antitalent has signed an option agreement to develop and produce a local version of the best-selling global format “Your Honor,” the hit drama whose American remake for Showtime stars Emmy winner Bryan Cranston.The series follows a judge who must deal with the fallout when his son is involved in a hit-and-run that gets him embroiled with an organized crime family.
Facing impossible choices, he discovers how far a father will go to save his son’s life.The Balkan remake will travel across the former Yugoslavia with a story that spans Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, according to Antitalent’s Danijel Pek.
Speaking to Variety at the Sarajevo Film Festival, the producer said: “Our aim is to produce a high-quality TV series with the participation of some of the best authors and talents from the region.” “Your Honor” is the remake of the Israeli series “Kvodo,” which was created by Shlomo Mashiach and Ron Ninio and produced by Yes TV and Koda Communication, with Yes Studios handling international distribution.
The format has sold worldwide to territories including India (SonyLiv), France (TF1), Germany/Austria (ARD, ORF), Italy (RAI) and Spain (Atresmedia, Portocabo).
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