Starz acquires US rights to Sony’s S.W.A.T. spin-off as series sells globally
S.W.A.T. Exiles follows a unit of untested, unpredictable young recruits
American network and streamer Starz has picked up the US rights to S.W.A.T. Exiles, as the crime procedural spin-off from Sony Pictures Television (SPT) also lines up sales across Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.
Starz will premiere the 10-part first season, which sees Shemar Moore reprise his role as Daniel Harrelson, on September 25, with new episodes airing weekly on Fridays and streaming on the Starz app.
In addition to the US sale, S.W.A.T. Exiles was also acquired by Sky GSA (Germany, Switzerland a and Austria), Disney+ (Latin America), Sky New Zealand, Stan in Australia, Rai and Sky Italia in Italy, DPG in Flemish Belgium, Tet in the Baltics, Bell Media in English Canada, Quebecor Content in French Canada, AXN (Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan and across South-East Asia), WOWOW in Japan, LG Uplus in South Korea, BeIN (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) and Canal+ (Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe, Poland, Sub-Saharan Africa via Canal+ MNET and French-speaking African territories).
The announcement of the acquisitions comes around 13 months after SPT first revealed it was commissioning the spin-off after the flagship series ended an eight-season run on US broadcaster CBS.
The show was financed and greenlit through a partnership between SPT Studios and SPT’s global distribution division. Jason Ning serves as showrunner and executive producer, with other exec producers including Neal H Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film, Moore, James Scura and Jon Cowan.
The series follows Moore’s character as he is pulled out of forced retirement to lead a last-chance experimental S.W.A.T. unit made up of untested, unpredictable young recruits. Other cast members include Lucy Barrett (Deep Water), Adain Bradley (Warfare), Zyra Gorecki (La Brea), Freddy Miyares (When They See Us) and Ronen Rubinstein (9-1-1: Lone Star).
“As we continue to expand the S.W.A.T. universe, this project reflects our broader strategy of making bold investments in premium IP and leveraging our independent studio model to identify opportunities, move quickly and maximise value around the world,” said SPT chairman Keith Le Goy.