Netflix has begun production on their first two series in Southeast Asia.

Netflix's Erika North

Netflix's Erika North

The streaming service is working on 'The Ghost Bride' and 'The Stranded' in Malaysia and Thailand respectively.

One is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name, directed by locals Quek Shio Chuan and Ho Yuhang, and the other is about a group of students who are left fending for themselves after a tsunami hits their school on a private island and is being helmed by Sophon Sakdaphisit.

Netflix's director of international original programming, Erika North, told The Hollywood Reporter: "There's a huge concentration of film talent in Southeast Asia.

"From a Netflix perspective we really think about content in a holistic way.

"We're really thinking about the way we can engage with producers and content creators across the spectrum, from licensing through to originals."

On their aims, he added: "Over the last year and a half we have been identifying some of the great programming that exists in these markets, on the TV and film side, and bringing that to a greater audience.

Executive producer Ekachai Uekrongtham, also head of Bravo! Studios, GMM Studios International, added how excited he is that Netflix are giving genres which would never be seen around the world due to lack of funding a chance to go global.

He said: "The idea of giving Thai content expansive global distribution through Netflix really excites me.

"It opens up many new possibilities in terms of the stories that we want to tell the world and also the kind of genres which we may have no had the opportunities to do either because of budget constraints or local market demands."

The dates and details on the two Southeast Asian original series is coming to Netflix later this year.