LONDON — U.S. network
has picked up international conspiracy drama “Odyssey” from
. The broadcaster has gone straight to series.
The show will be exec produced by Red Arrow Entertainment and its U.S. scripted arm
, with NBC’s Universal TV producing.
The show kicks off when three strangers’ lives collide — a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a
political activist. It stars
as Sgt. Odelle Ballard, Peter Facinelli and Jake Robinson. The series is written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, and directed by Peter Horton.
Exec producers are Simon Maxwell from Red Arrow, and Mikkel Bondesen, Henrik Bastin and Kristen Campo
from Fabrik.
Jan Frouman, CEO of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, said: “The project has been a fantastic collaborative effort from our U.K. scripted team and our U.S. partners, Fabrik Entertainment. Following on from series orders from Amazon for ‘Bosch’ and FX for ‘The Comedians,’ ‘Odyssey’ confirms Red Arrow as a major player in the international scripted market.”
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