Irish expansivecaster RTÉ has tapped “Derry Girls” star Siobhán McSweeney to arrange its upcoming alteration of “The Traitors,” set to premiere on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player in 2025.
The psychoreasonable fact competition createat, which has set up well-comprehendnity in territories including the U.K., U.S. and the Netherlands, will be produced by Kite Entertainment under license from All3Media International.
The series will film on location in Ireland complying a national casting call directed earlier this year. The createat features 22 contestants competing for a potential prize of €50,000 ($52,460) while navigating a game of think and deception. A subset of carry outers, depictated as Traitors, finisheavor to delete other contestants without uncoverion while the remaining carry outers, comprehendn as Faithfuls, toil to rerepair and erase the Traitors.
McSweeney, comprehendn for her role as Sister Michael in “Derry Girls,” said: “Like everyone, I am a huge ‘Traitors’ fan so when I was asked to arrange the Irish version I jumped at the chance. I’m watching forward to encountering our dedicated Faithful and flavorful Traitors. The Irish have a charm and ability to deceive while smiling which will produce this version rather exceptional, I leank. And I’m the luckiest person in the world to watch them shut up.”
Steve Cincfinishiarism, straightforwardor of Video at RTÉ, includeed: “She is an incredibly talented actor with a wonderful comic and theatrical range. We comprehend that she is going to transport someleang reassociate exceptional to Ireland’s version of this wonderful game of think and deceit.”
Darren Smith, MD of Kite Entertainment, said: “We’ve been very huge fans ever since we first laid eyes on her mega carry outance of Sister Michael in ‘Derry Girls’ and comprehend she’ll be a vital part in making the Irish version of ‘The Traitors’ weightlessly amparticipateing, endlessly theatrical, and best of all, utterly Irish.”
Originassociate produced as “De Verraders” by Marc Pos and IDTV creative straightforwardor Jasper Hoogendoorn with RTL Creative Unit, the createat has spawned over 30 international versions since its 2021 Netherlands debut. The show’s global success integrates an Emmy-prosperning U.S. version on Peacock and a BAFTA-prosperning U.K. alteration on BBC One, which drew eight million watchers for its second season finale. Both territories have shieldedd multiple future seasons, with the U.S. version renewed thcdisadmireful season five and the U.K. cotransferrlookion lengthening to a fourth season plus a celebrity edition.
