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Euphoria to get German adaptation

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By Express News Service

Euphoria, the American teen drama, which fetched actor Zendaya the title of youngest two-time winner of Emmy Awards, is about to have a German adaptation.

According to Variety, German’s Zeitsprung Pictures has purchased the present from manufacturing and distribution firm ADD Content, who’re in-charge of the worldwide rights for the collection.

Created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, the collection follows Rue Bennett performed by Zendaya, who’s a recovering drug addict, as she struggles to discover a place on the earth. Though the collection was a topic of controversy for its content material and portrayal, Euphoria grew to become some of the watched present in HBO after Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. The collection has been renewed for third season.

The German model has roped in writers Jonas Lindt and Pauline Lorenz. “Euphoria is one of the biggest and most successful IPs and we are very happy to develop the story for a German adaptation of this unique coming-of-age series together with the outstanding writers Jonas Lindt and Paulina Lorenz. We strongly believe that the universal topics facing Gen Z such as identity, mental illness, addiction and sexuality, which they navigate whilst constantly standing under great pressure to succeed and perform, must be told in a very specific local way – in this instance from the perspective of young German teens,” mentioned Michael Souvignier, CEO of Zeitsprung Pictures, and producer Lennart Pohlig mentioned, as per the report.

(This story initially appeared in Cinema Express)

Euphoria, the American teen drama, which fetched actor Zendaya the title of youngest two-time winner of Emmy Awards, is about to have a German adaptation.

According to Variety, German’s Zeitsprung Pictures has purchased the present from manufacturing and distribution firm ADD Content, who’re in-charge of the worldwide rights for the collection.

Created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, the collection follows Rue Bennett performed by Zendaya, who’s a recovering drug addict, as she struggles to discover a place on the earth. Though the collection was a topic of controversy for its content material and portrayal, Euphoria grew to become some of the watched present in HBO after Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. The collection has been renewed for third season.

The German model has roped in writers Jonas Lindt and Pauline Lorenz. “Euphoria is one of the biggest and most successful IPs and we are very happy to develop the story for a German adaptation of this unique coming-of-age series together with the outstanding writers Jonas Lindt and Paulina Lorenz. We strongly believe that the universal topics facing Gen Z such as identity, mental illness, addiction and sexuality, which they navigate whilst constantly standing under great pressure to succeed and perform, must be told in a very specific local way – in this instance from the perspective of young German teens,” mentioned Michael Souvignier, CEO of Zeitsprung Pictures, and producer Lennart Pohlig mentioned, as per the report.

(This story initially appeared in Cinema Express)