The BBC, SBS, Acorn, and Canal+ have all acquired the New Zealand-Ireland co-production The Gone.
Keeper Pictures have announced several new acquisitions of their television series The Gone, which include the UK’s BBC, Australia’s SBS and Acorn, and Poland’s Canal+.
The Gone is a six part drama that follows an Irish detective (Richard Flood) teams up with a Kiwi cop (Acushla-Tara Kupe) to find an Irish couple who have vanished from a rural New Zealand town. The pair have to contend with a community's growing disquiet that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders.
Sue Deeks, Head of Programme Acquisitions for the BBC was quoted "Set amongst the beautiful New Zealand landscape, The Gone is an atmospheric and suspenseful mystery thriller, guaranteed to keep viewers guessing until the very end."
The series is directed by Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger and Hannah Quinn, written by Anna McPartlin and Michael Bennett. The Gone is co-produced by Keeper Pictures and Kingfisher Films, in association with Southern Light Films (New Zealand) for RTÉ and TV New Zealand, with international distribution handled by Red Arrow Studios.
The second season of the Irish-New Zealand co-production recently received five awards at the New Zealand Television Awards.
Financiers for The Gone are Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund, Screen Ireland, RTÉ, TVNZ, NZ On Air, Red Arrow Studios International, Fulcrum Media Finance, Inevitable Pictures and the Coimisún na Meán (formerly BAI).
