MUMBAI, India, June
6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix Inc., the world's leading
Internet television network, today announced a new Netflix original
series based on the critically-acclaimed best-selling novel
Sacred Games by Indian author Vikram
Chandra. Shot on location in India, this Hindi-English series will be
produced in partnership with Phantom Films, one of India's leading production houses, and be
available to Netflix members globally upon completion.
Set in Mumbai, Sacred
Games delves into the city's intricate web of organized crime,
corruption, politics and espionage that lie beneath India's economic renaissance. It is an epic
masterwork of exceptional richness and power that interweaves the
lives of the privileged, the famous, the wretched and the
bloodthirsty.
"Over the last few years, I've watched with great excitement and
pleasure as Netflix has transformed narrative television with its
ground-breaking, genre-bending shows," commented Mr. Chandra.
"I'm confident that all the colour and vitality and music of the
fictional world I've lived with for so long will come fully alive
on the large-scale canvas provided by Netflix. I'm thrilled
to be working with Netflix and Phantom Films."
"We are very happy to start this journey with Netflix by
producing Vikram's outstanding story, set in Mumbai," said Madhu
Mantena of Phantom Films. "And we are extremely confident
that, together we will create some exciting and groundbreaking
Television content from hereon."
"We are delighted to partner with creative powerhouse, Phantom
Films, to bring Vikram Chandra's
epic novel to life with the best Indian and global film talent
available today," said Erik Barmack,
vice president of international original series at Netflix.
"Sacred Games reinforces our commitment to bring the authenticity
of local stories to Netflix members across 190 countries
worldwide."
About Netflix
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is the world's leading Internet
television network with over 81 million members in over 190
countries enjoying more than 125 million hours of TV shows and
movies per day, including original series, documentaries and
feature films. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime,
anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen. Members can
play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or
commitments.
About Phantom:
Phantom Films is India's first
'Directors' Company'. It was formed by four young creative minds of
the country, viz. Vikas Bahl,
Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena in 2011. Phantom has a distinct
focus on fostering creative energies to create enduring and
entertaining content. In the last 4 plus years of the company's
existence they have had 10 releases till now including films like
Lootera, Hasee toh Phasee, Queen, Ugly, NH10, Bombay Velvet &
Masaan, which won the Fipresci Award in the Un certain Regard
category at Cannes last year. This
year too, Phantom had its' next film Raman
Raghav 2.0 play at Director's Fortnight and a huge
multi-starrer film Udta Punjab up for worldwide release in June.
Phantom has also partnered with Blumhouse Productions and Ivanhoe
Pictures, to produce multiple horror films for the global
market.
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