Netflix has picked up global rights to Mandarin-language TV horror-thriller series “Green Door.” The SVOD service is launching the series on March 16 in more than 190 countries and has said that the acquisition adds to the “increasing diversity and breadth of content that Netflix has to offer.”
On-demand streaming on Netflix begins from Saturday.
Reported on Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Express.co.uk, Broadway World
Taiwanese thriller mini-series GREEN DOOR was adapted from novel CATHARSIS by Joseph Chen. The series centers around a psychiatrist who sees clients affected by paranormal activities. The story explores the natural desires for happiness and security among humans.
The show premieres tonight in Taiwan on PTS.
“...He later returned with Ms. Demyanenko for the first half of “Blue Room.” Mr.O’Connor’s lighting transformed the stage to a fiery orange-red. But even so, the temperature of “Blue Room,” set to spare music by Nick Brooke and Ian Chen, remained coolly minimal...”
Blue Room had a successful world premiere at New York Live Arts on Feb. 13-15, 2014. Here’s a review article written by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/arts/dance/elena-demyanenko-and-dai-jian-collaborate.html
A version of this review appears in print on February 17, 2014, on page C2 of the New York edition with the headline: Disparate Backgrounds but a Common Thread.