Fox to distribute Israeli scripted TV series about Oct. 7 survivors

Industry giant Fox Entertainment Group will distribute a scripted drama series by Israel’s Yes Studios about the events of October 7, Fox said this week. Fox is also credited as a producer of the series.

The four-part Hebrew-language anthology series, named “Shahar Adom” (“Red Dawn” in English), will be titled “One Day in October” for international release, Fox said.

The series is “among the most powerful projects I’ve seen, let alone been involved with,” Fox Entertainment Studios head Fernando Szew said to entertainment industry site Deadline in a Tuesday report.

Szew called the episodes “beautifully filmed, yet gut-wrenching” and said the series shows “people at their best in the midst of unimaginable, horrible circumstances,” allowing the audience to “ultimately feel their profound love for life.”

Actors Yuval Semo, Yael Abecassis and Naomi Levov star in the show, which tells four true stories of events on October 7, including that of a volunteer ambulance driver who drove south to help on the morning of October 7, a Kibbutz Be’eri bike rider who hid with a Bedouin youth as they were surrounded by Hamas terrorists, and two Nova party-goers who evaded capture in a tiny toilet cubicle.

The series is to premiere in Israel on Yes TV in October and then enter into international distribution by Fox Entertainment Global.

In June, Yes Studios announced that it was investing NIS 100 million (around $26 million) in TV shows and films that tell the stories of the October 7 Hamas attack, as part of its efforts toward Israeli advocacy worldwide.

“We’re doing what’s necessary, especially now, in the time of war,” said Ilan Sigal, CEO of Yes Studios.

Jessica Steinberg contributed to this report.