Following their strategic partnership initiated in December, Rise Studios and Inter Medya have officially entered production on their inaugural co-investment project, Caged Love (Tutsak Sevda).

Directed by Canan Çelik, the production features a successful cast. Joining leads Eslem Akar and Mert Altınışık are Caner Kurtaran, Faruk Pakiş, Gül Arcan, Aslı Saçar, Hasan Ballıktaş, Berna Üçkaleler, Pelin Orhuner and more. The screenplay is authored by Zeynep Küçükerciyes and Ali Göğebakan.

Filming of Caged Love is underway on location in Turkey. The series is developed for a multi-platform global release, utilizing premium production standards to ensure broad international appeal.

"Caged Love represents the next chapter of our global co-production strategy," noted Can Okan, Founder and CEO of Inter Medya. "By combining our international production expertise with the strength of Rise Studios, we are working together to honor the global appeal of Turkish drama through high-quality storytelling. Seeing this story finally come to life on set is a testament to the hard work and shared ambition of both companies.”

“This partnership reflects our ambition to back stories that travel,” added Amanda Turnbull, CEO and Founder of Rise Studios. “With CCaged Love, we’re bringing together a powerful emotional story and a globally proven genre to create something both locally authentic and widely relatable. Working with Inter Medya supports our intention to step into an adjacent market that shares cultural sensibilities while offering strong regional and international appeal.”

Caged Love is a romantic drama that explores identity, sacrifice, and forbidden love.
The story follows Deniz, a young woman accused of a crime she did not commit, who assumes the identity of her dying friend to protect her daughter. As she enters the grand mansion of the powerful Demiricihan family under her new identity (Sevda), she is forced into a marriage with a man (Baran) she was never meant to love. Although they are forced into marriage by the family’s matriarch, they must overcome both internal and external conflicts before they can confess and surrender to their love, shadowed by the belief that he was once the secret lover of Baran’s late brother.