EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars) and Rob Benedict (The Boys) will lend their voices to Saigon, a new iHeartPodcasts drama based on the bestselling Vietnam-set novel of the same name by Anthony Grey.
The scripted podcast comes from Thoroughbred Studios, which is run by media veterans Jeff Bewkes, Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox. It produces alongside Goldhawk Productions and the series will launch April 22.
Billed as an epic story of love, war and power set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Vietnam, the series follows Joseph, an American who arrives in a city of glamor and colonial power. He falls in love with a woman whose divided loyalties draw him into a world of revolution and danger.
The saga unfolds across decades, moving from the final days of French colonial rule to the earliest years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. It weaves together personal stories and
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