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Latest Biggu Project: The Riches on FX Network

March 12, 2007

The latest Big in Japan project is an Asterisk / Ruby on Rails / iTunes mashup for FX Network’s newest show called The Riches. The show premiered tonight. VERY GOOD STUFF. Big in Japan is providing the integration work, backend and ongoing management and support. The show stars Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.  The Riches is the third program the team has launched.  Previous shows include Nip/Tuck and Dirt.  The next program to launch will be the Shield later this month with four more planned this summer.  Way to go guys!!!

The Riches plot summary:

Wayne and Dahlia Malone spent their youth pulling cons with a traveling band of modern Irish gypsies roaming about the US. Now years later, Wayne hits a spiritual and midlife crisis and begins to question their lifestyle just as his wife, newly sprung from prison, rejoins the family. They decide to finally settle down in suburbia where they battle to live a normal life while trying to escape their former friends.