Israel’s ‘Significant Other’ Set To Be Remade In France Several Years After Nicola Shindler Produced UK Version Starring Katherine Parkinson
Yes Studios has licensed the Israeli series 'Significant Other' for a French adaptation by Babylone Hills Productions and Screenline Productions, following its success in Israel and a previous UK version produced by Nicola Shindler and starring Katherine Parkinson. The show, created by Dana Modan, Assi Cohen, and Ram Nehari, centers on two lonely neighbors in their late 40s whose lives intersect after a suicide attempt and a heart attack. Yes Studios has also sold two other shows, 'Bloody Murray' and 'Who Died?', for adaptation in Germany, reflecting growing international interest in its comedy formats.
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'Significant Other' Ohad Romano EXCLUSIVE: Your Honor producer yes Studios has struck its latest international deal for Significant Other, the hit Israeli TV show that became a UK series starring Katherine Parkinson. Babylone Hills Productions and Screenline Productions (Culte) will adapt Significant Other in France. The comedy drama follows two lonely neighbors in their late 40s – a single woman and a newly divorced man – whose paths cross on the night that he decides to commit suicide by swallowing medication and she has a heart attack. Their relationship begins as they are taken to hospital together in an ambulance.
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