Imagine if a horror character along the lines of SADAKO from the RINGU franchise were to use their supernatural abilities to entertain people with magic trick and illusions and you'll have an idea of what magician / illusionist The Sacred Riana's act is like. After wowing and creeping out viewers and judges on both Asia's Got Talent and America's Got Talent (and racking up hundreds of millions of views with videos on YouTube and Facebook), The Sacred Riana (a.k.a. Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani) is now set to headline a show of her own.
Fremantle Media and Wahana Kreator Nusantara are teaming up to bring us The Sacred Riana: Bedtime Stories,
an English-language, Asian horror anthology series set around the continent and inspired by folklore and urban legends. Each self-contained, stand-alone episode has a unique cast and storyline, delivering Asian horror to a worldwide audience."
In addition to telling these horror stories, the show will also feature The Sacred Riana's magic and illusions.
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Fremantle's CEO for Asia Pacific, had this to say about The Sacred Riana: Bedtime Stories –
The fact that we are developing an international drama for the world stage, led by an Indonesian superstar such as The Sacred Riana, just shows us all how our industry is changing and great content can come from all corners of the world."
I don't watch any Got Talent shows, but after hearing this news I took a few minutes to watch a Sacred Riana performance. After seeing that, I think hosting a horror anthology is a fitting gig for her. I'll give The Sacred Riana: Bedtime Stories a chance… but in the meantime I'm going to be watching more of her performances on YouTube.
The companies involved with Bedtime Stories released the promotional image that can be seen below.
