‘The First Family’: Israeli Drama Series Set For U.S. Remake From ‘Euphoria’ EP & Blue Ant Studios
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Israeli series Prime Minister’s Children is taking another run at the U.S.The series, which was created by Noa Rotman, granddaughter of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Shachar Magan, is being developed by ADD Content, the company behind HBO’s smash hit Euphoria, and Blue Ant Studios.The show, which will be known in the U.S.
as The First Family, explores the household and personal relations surrounding the country’s most prominent politician.The series, which was originally produced by Koda Communication for HOT 3 in 2011, had reportedly previously been in the works at The CW with Timberman-Beverly Productions.Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Founder and Head of International at ADD Content, who brought the Zendaya-fronted Euphoria to HBO and is an exec producer on the U.S.
series, is now looking to take another crack at the scripted format with Blue Ant Studios, the company behind Amazon’s upcoming The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks.
The two companies will co-develop and co-produce as they look to set it up.The drama follows what happens when a fractured family already tearing at the seams is thrown into the highest profile position in the country?
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