Kazakhstan-based JKS Entertainment and 1ON Studios have teamed up to co-produce Target, a new YA mystery drama series featuring top local TikTok stars.

The 8 x 30 minute series follows the story of high school student Mark and his friends, who attend Alma, an elite private school. When Mark starts receiving mysterious targeted messages on his social media feed, he doesn’t pay much attention. But when the posts describe events that start happening in real life, he takes them much more seriously.

When he receives a “target” predicting that a life-threatening fire will break out at the school, he realizes he must act. Having succeeded in convincing their peers that the danger is real, they set out to prevent a catastrophe.

The show features an array of TikTok bloggers, from YOLO House and BIP House, including Lunamccall and Raidess as well as Homm9k, who has 43.3 million TikTok followers.

Filming began in Almaty on the 4th and will wrap in mid-autumn 2022. The series will be in English with a second season already in development, and global rights are currently available.

Beksultan Kazybek of JKS Entertainment said: “I have long dreamed of creating competitive content with our Tik Tokers, because I wanted to show that they can be actors too. Tik Tok is made up of billions, but only a few come up. on the world stage. It is a question of charisma, of inner energy that we are happy to share. We’ve also prepared some surprises for our fans: the most ‘shipped’ couples who are beloved by the audience will develop romantic relationships in the series as their characters progress.”

Temirlan Ataulla and Oleg Dyo of 1ON Studios added: “It was obvious that sooner or later an international scripted series with Tik Tokers and Kazakh talent would emerge. There was a desire to bring together the best representatives of the industry. TikTok stars are the elite of new media. You have to agree, doing a story about a school played by high school idols is quite an appealing idea. Our mission is to create a special and comfortable space to work with international teams and talent, and to develop content that will resonate in global markets”.