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[01/20/22 - 06:34 AM]
Fareed Zakaria to Host New Original Series on CNN+
Filmed in a cinematic style that weaves rare archival footage with engaging contemporary interviews, "Flashpoints" is a new CNN Original Series, expected to begin streaming as an anthology later in 2022.







FLASHPOINTS WITH FAREED ZAKARIA (CNN PLUS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/20/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from CNN's press release, January 2022) CNN's Fareed Zakaria will host Flashpoints with Fareed Zakaria for CNN+, the much-anticipated streaming subscription service that is set to launch in spring 2022. Zakaria will use his insightful expertise to decode the backstories of the power dynasties, revolutions, spy missions, missed opportunities, and history-shaping assassinations to help viewers understand how the world's most dangerous people and places have arrived at transformational tipping points. Filmed in a cinematic style that weaves rare archival footage with engaging contemporary interviews, Flashpoints is a new CNN Original Series, expected to begin streaming as an anthology later in 2022. Zakaria, who most recently won an Emmy(R) in 2021 for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis and previously won a Peabody Award, is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN's flagship global affairs program that airs weekly on CNN around the world. He has written four New York Times bestselling books, and is a columnist for The Washington Post. His most recent book, Ten Lessons for a Post Pandemic World, has already been translated into 25 languages.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Fareed Zakaria
CREW INFORMATION:
· no information is available
GENRE(S):
· reality
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available