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Stranger Things Producers Working on Netflix Coming-of-Age Series
 Jonathan Entwistle, director of The End of the F***ing World, and the producers of Stranger Things have partnered on the new Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This, based on the Charles Forsman graphic novel.
The eight-episode coming-of-age story is about a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school, all the while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality and mysterious superpowers starting to awaken from deep within her.
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BBC Two’s The Luminaries Adds to Cast
 Filming has begun on BBC Two’s The Luminaries, which has added to its cast Himesh Patel (The Aeronauts, EastEnders) and Ewen Leslie (The Cry, Top of the Lake: China Girl).
Eleanor Catton’s adaptation of her 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Luminaries is a 19th-century tale of adventure and mystery set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush. The series will be broadcast on BBC Two in the U.K. and TVNZ1 in New Zealand.
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Sam Wu Becomes CEO of Rakuten Viki
 Sam Wu has been promoted to CEO of Rakuten Viki, a video platform specializing in Asian series and movies.
Wu, who was most recently the company’s senior VP of finance, will take over the position from Interim CEO Masaya Ueno. Wu joined Viki in 2012 and played a key role in leading the acquisition of Viki by Rakuten in 2013.
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Global Agency – Daydreamer
 (Drama, ongoing) Sanem begins working at an advertising agency and falls in love with Can, a world-class photographer, while his brother, Emre, schemes to be the one chosen to run the family business.
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GMA Worldwide – Color of My Blood
 (Drama, 40x45 min.) Two long-lost brothers become worst enemies vying for the love of one woman and the love of their family.
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A2 Filmes – Dead Awake
 (Horror/thriller, 1x99 min.) A young woman must save herself and her friends from an ancient evil that stalks its victims through the real-life phenomenon of sleep paralysis.
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TV Drama Weekly
Omri Givon, creator, writer and director of When Heroes Fly.
TV Drama Guide 2018/2019
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