EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is entering into a strategic partnership with Japanese production company The Seven, owned by leading broadcaster TBS Holdings, which will produce multiple original live-action titles for the streamer over the next five years.
TBS launched The Seven, headed by TBS Holdings board director Tatsuo Sugai, with investment of Yen30BN (US$205M) at the end of 2021 as part of its global expansion strategy. The partnership with Netflix will see the company develop and produce live-action shows that will premiere exclusively on the streamer across 190 countries.
Netflix has previously worked with The Seven’s head of development and production, Akira Morii, who was a producer on the streamer’s hit dystopian drama Alice In Borderland, as well as the company’s visual effects producer Tomofumi Akahane.
Morii is also working with Netflix on…
