The creator of the Masked Singer format is formally stepping into enterprise with Fox.
Korean producer Wonwoo Park has signed an unique first-look take care of Fox Various Leisure, the community’s in-house unscripted studio. Beneath the deal, the studio and Park’s firm, dl flip, will develop unscripted tasks for each the worldwide market and for air in the US. The primary such undertaking is an American model of the Korean expertise competitors Lotto Singer.
“Due to the inventive genius and imaginative and prescient of Wonwoo Park, the success of The Masked Singer and the affect it has had on Fox and quite a few different networks all through the world can’t be understated,” stated Allison Wallach, govt vp and head of Fox Various Leisure. “Wonwoo’s potential to establish and develop ideas which are distinctive in premise and common in enchantment makes him some of the progressive producers within the enterprise, and we’re excited to see the place this partnership will take us.”
Park beforehand had a first-look deal at Common Tv Various Studio.
“Korea had lengthy been an unnoticed market, however over the previous few years codecs resembling The King of Masked Singer have been offered all around the world,” stated Park. “Many Okay-Pop singers are massively fashionable world wide, and Korean manufacturing firms clearly have the power to supply high-efficiency programming. I anticipate this collaboration with Fox to create extra hits, and our crew right here at dI flip is prepared.”
Lotto Singer, which debuted on Korean community MBN final yr, is a expertise competitors that lets viewers win money prizes in the event that they appropriately guess on contestants’ performances.
The take care of Park comes on the heels of Fox launching a $100 million fund to establish and develop unscripted codecs worldwide. The community additionally just lately signed an enormous new total take care of Gordon Ramsay that features the formation of a brand new manufacturing arm, Studio Ramsay International.
