"Epidemic" becomes a pandemia

Why did the series director Pavel Kostomarov and producers Valery Fedorovich and Evgeny Nikishov become a hit of Netflix?

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“Epidemic” (on Netflix is ​​re -reduced to to the lake) - a series based on the book of Yana Wagner Wongozero. The acute -social drama about the deadly virus against the backdrop of apocalyptic events was largely predicted by the current pandemic collapse. An unknown virus gradually captivates the population. Money is no longer worth anything, the authorities no longer matter. Food and gasoline are resources for which everyone is fighting.

The epidemic has a long train of international victories that have become a contribution to its current popularity. The film version of the multi -part film was a member of the MMKF competition. This is the first Russian project presented at the Canneseri International Festival in France. The show on the Premier (Gazprommedia Holding) showed a tremendous audience interest. The attention of the audience was even more warmed up by the scandal when the demonstration was interrupted, and then resumed with the commentary of the announcer.

After the scandal of the scandal, the fifth and sixth series were shown in one bunch. In the fifth-they retained the author’s version: the security forces shoot local residents due to the spreading virus and the riots that followed, drive people into buses. In response to the stripping of the district, the flame of the national rebellion is lit. The sixth series began with a prologue mounted in the film, which reported that "power in the country was trying to seize illegal armed groups."

And the series begins the second, even more successful life.

On October 12, the Epidemic was released on TV-3.

And on October 7, the series started on Netflix (the rights were acquired as part of a special Netflix Original catalog, which includes such projects as “House Cards”, “Very Strange Cases”, “Orange - Hit of the Season”).

Stephen King on Twitter for the “damn good Russian series” did not spare the praise: “... Imagine a spaghetti westerne, only with snow and infected with Russian killers ... It was perfectly removed. In some scenes, everything is upside down. Why? I have no idea. "

In 59 countries, the Epidemia got into the top 10 most popular shows on the service.

In the world top, according to Flixpatrol.com (aggregator of statistics of views of online platforms in 56 countries of the world), on October 11 it is in third place. The first line in the list of the most popular shows is occupied by the “Ghosts of the Bly Manor”-the second season of the Horror-Antology Mike Flanagan. The second is Emily in Paris - an American comedy series created under the guidance of the producer of the film "Sex and the City" Darren Starra.

Of course, first of all, Netflix became interested in the Russian show because of its convincing prediction. In addition, the series about the “local apocalypse” was well made and inventively shot (Pavel Kostomarov has serious operator work), combines universal problems (family, social) with originality, which ensures the exotic place of action.

And what is now more exotic than today's Russia?

Producers understand that the main thing is not so much to get on the Netflix list as not to get lost there under the ruins of original shows and products from around the world.

The Epidemic Netflix Originals will duplicate and show in different languages, in different countries.

Prior to this, Netflix Originals was released under the brand of our series “Better than People” (the transaction value is $ 1 million), but its success was more modest.

Now there is work on creating the second season of the series who thundered throughout the world. This will be an original story. It is not known whether the doctors in it will come up with a vaccine from an vengeful virus, but the producers promise that the script will reflect a lot of what is happening today, and the heroes will have a long journey - perhaps as a compensation for our prolonged quarantine sitting home.