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Eine interessante Entwicklung: Während die deutsche Serie „Turmschatten“ bei Paramount+ noch vor Ausstrahlung abgesägt wurde, hat das Format jetzt eine neue Heimat bei Sky gefunden, die zuletzt wiederum aus der eigenen Original-Fiction-Produktion ausgestiegen sind.

Die Serie „Turmschatten“ (Credit: Jürgen Olczyk / Paramount + / The Amazing Film Company)

Nachdem bei Paramount+ der Rotstift angesetzt wurde, war die Zukunft der noch nicht gestarteten deutschen Original-Serie „Turmschatten“ mit Heiner Lauterbach ungewiss. Jetzt springt aber Sky Deutschland in die Bresche und strahlt den High-End-Thriller ab 15. November bei Sky und Wow aus. Sky Deutschland wiederum ist bekanntlich selbst erst vor einiger Zeit aus der Produktion eigener fiktionaler Formate ausgestiegen.

„Wir sind begeistert, dass ‚Turmschatten“ bei Sky Deutschland Premiere feiert. Mit ‚Babylon Berlin‘, ‚Das Boot‘ oder ‚Der Pass‘ hat das großartige Sky-Team Meilensteine für deutschsprachige High-End-Serien gesetzt, die ihresgleichen suchen. Wir fühlen uns von der ersten Sekunde sehr zuhause“, sagt Produzent Thomas Peter Friedl.

„Mit ‚Turmschatten‘, so Christian Asanger,...

„Ich bin Dagobert“, die sechsteilige Serie mit Friedrich Mücke in der Hauptrolle des Kaufhauserpressers Arno Funke, startet am 2. Oktober bei Rtl+.

Anfang Juni hatte die sechsteilige Serie „Ich bin Dagobert“ (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung) das Seriencamp Festival in Köln eröffnet, jetzt hat Rtl+ den 2. Oktober als Starttermin für die Ausstrahlung der Serie bekannt gegeben.

In „Ich bin Dagobert“ spielt Friedrich Mücke den Kaufhauserpresser Arno Funke, der Ende der 1980er, Anfang der 1990er Jahre unter dem Pseudonym Dagobert zahlreiche Bomben- und Brandanschläge auf Kaufhäuser verübte, mit denen er Millionenbeträge erpresste.

Weitere Rollen in der Zeitsprung-Produktion, die Hannu Salonen nach einem Drehbuch von Ronny Schalk inszeniert hat, haben u.a. Misel Maticevic, Sonja Gerhardt, Moritz Führmann, Doguhan Kabadayi und Bettina Lambrecht übernommen.

In der fünften Folge wird Funke selbst einen kurzen Cameo-Auftritt haben, in dem er im Team der Ermittler auf „Dagobert“ trifft.

Wohl im Herbst startet die ganz andere Crime-Serie „Ich bin Dagobert“ mit Friedrich Mücke in der Hauptrolle als Kaufhauserpresser Arno Funke auf Rtl+. Am heutigen Mittwoch feierte sie Weltpremiere beim Seriencamp Festival. Hier ist der Trailer.

(Credid: Rtl/Zeitsprung Pictures)

Leider hat Rtl das Einbinden des Trailer auf Seiten jenseits von YouTube unterbunden. Deswegen kann hier nur der Link gepostet werden.

Anfang der 1990er-Jahre trieb Kaufhauserpresser Arno Funke unter dem Pseudonym „Dagobert“ sein Unwesen. Er legte Bomben, erpresste Kaufhäuser, narrte die Polizei und beschäftige Medien und Menschen. Seine Taten führten zum längsten und spektakulärsten Erpressungsfall in der deutschen Kriminalgeschichte. Die sechsteilige Serie „Ich bin Dagobert“ erzählt – inspiriert von der Geschichte Arno Funkes – vom Aufstieg und Fall des einsamen Autolackierers.

In der Hauptrolle ist Friedrich Mücke („Der Ballon“) als Kaufhauserpresser Dagobert zu sehen. Weitere Rollen übernehmen Mišel Matičević („Babylon Berlin“), Sonja Gerhardt („Deutschland 83“), Moritz Führmann („Harter Brocken“), Bettina Lambrecht („Pastewka...

Das Seriencamp Festival in Köln wird morgen mit der Rtl+-Serie „Ich bin Dagobert“ eröffnet. Im Vorfeld konnte Beta Film für die Serie über den Kaufhauserpresser Arno Funke bereits in zahlreiche Territorien verkaufen.

Friedrich Mücke in „Ich bin Dagobert“ (Credit: Rtl)

Im Vorfeld ihrer morgigen Weltpremiere zur Eröffnung des Seriencamp Festival in Köln vermeldet Beta Film zahlreiche Verkäufe der Rtl+-Serie „Ich bin Dagobert“.

Wie „Deadline“ berichtet, wurde die auf der wahren Geschichte des Ende der 1980er, Anfang der 1990er Jahre unter dem Pseudonym Dagobert agierenden Kaufhauserpressers Arno Funke basierende Serie mit Friederich Mücke in der Hauptrolle aktuell an Mhz für die USA und Kanada, Sbs in Australien, Dr in Dänemark, Tet in Lettland und Rtl in Ungarn verkauft.

Rtl+ wird die Serie, die von Zeitsprung Pictures produziert und von Hannu Salonen nach einem Drehbuch von Ronny Schalk inszeniert wurde, noch in diesem Jahr ausstrahlen.

Exclusive: German drama series I Am Scrooge has landed homes in North America, Europe and Australia ahead of its world premiere at Seriencamp in Cologne this week.

Beta Film has sold the Rtl miniseries, which is from the German producer-distributor’s subsidiary Zeitsprung Pictures, to Mhz in the U.S. and Canada, Sbs in Australia, Dr in Denmark, Tet in Latvia and Rtl in Hungary. Launching on Rtl+ in Germany later this year, it will open Seriencamp tomorrow (June 5).

I Am Scrooge is set in West Berlin in 1988, following Arno Funke, a man operating under the alias ‘Scrooge McDuck’ who becomes the center of one of the most spectacular extortion cases in German criminal history. Funke, a failing artist, uses his talent to build bombs in his kitchen, detonating them overnight at high-end department stories as leverage for extortion. Detectives are soon on the cases, as Funke bags more than...

‘After the Party’ in the U.K.

Channel 4 has acquired U.K. rights to the acclaimed New Zealand drama “After the Party” from Lingo Pictures.

The six-part series, co-created by and starring Robyn Malcolm (“Black Bird”), follows Penny Wilding, a mother, teacher and environmental activist, whose life imploded five years earlier after she accused her husband Phil, played by Peter Mullan, of a sex crime and nobody believed her.

When Penny’s now ex-husband returns to town, her daughter pressures her to let go of her accusations and move on. As her old furies rise to the surface, Penny must decide what’s more important – the truth or rebuilding her relationships with the people around her.

Co-created by Dianne Taylor, “After the Party” was produced by Australia’s Lingo Pictures and Luminous Beast in New Zealand as an original commission for New Zealand’s Tvnz in association with and distributed by ITV Studios.

In a push to bulk up a library of adult-skewing dramas and to expand the brand identity beyond family fare, Disney+ has ordered a raft of scripted originals out of France, Germany and Spain.

Out of Gaul, the streamer has commissioned “The Lost Station Girls,” a true-crime thriller about a two-decades-long inquiry into the murders of four young women in the south-of-France. “Emily in Paris” star Camille Razat will topline the investigation drama produced by Itinéraire, the same outfit behind Disney’s BAFTA nominated “Oussekine,” while Gaëlle Bellan (“Tout Va Bien”) oversees the project. Production is already underway in the city of Perpignan.

In Germany, the period comedy “Vienna Game” will reframe the 1814 Congress of Vienna as a “a seven-month-long party” that takes an irreverent view of European diplomacy while paying deference to women behind the scenes who really got the job done. Bettina Kuhn of Satel Film is set to produce,...

Each year we are proud to partner with the European Film Promotion to celebrate ten emerging European talents as part of their ongoing Efp Shooting Stars programme. Today we’re pleased to join the reveal of 2023’s cohort, who we’ll be getting to know better next year at the 73rd Berlinale.

Here are 2023’s European Shooting Stars:

Joely Mbundu (Belgium), Alina Tomnikov (Finland), Leonie Benesch (Germany), Thorvaldur Kristjansson (Iceland), Benedetta Porcaroli (Italy), Yannick Jozefzoon (The Netherlands), Kristine Kujath Thorp (Norway), Judith State (Romania), Gizem Erdogan (Sweden) and Kayije Kagame (Switzerland).

We’ll be meeting with each of the Shooting Stars out in Berlin next February and speaking to them. So, remember to check back next year for those interviews.

In the meantime, here are more details about each of the intake from the Efp themselves.

Belgium / Joely Mbundu ©Tina Herbots

Joely Mbundu hails from Villeneuve-St-Georges, France and attended school in Flanders,...

Alexis von Wittgenstein’s Munich-based production shingle Violet Pictures is expanding its TV series pipeline with a slew of new projects, among them a historical drama about the role of women in the creation of modern Europe, the story of a mother of three who became one of the Soviet Union’s most successful spies, and a 1970s-set anti-nuclear activist romance.

The company, whose credits include “Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood,” which premiered last year on Ard and currently streams on Netflix, is also partnering with “Unorthodox” producer Real Film Berlin on a four-project slate that includes the tentatively titled “Sayn & Schein,” a dark comedy about a royal title dealer set in the present-day world of German and British aristocracy.

“It’s a booming market,” says von Wittgenstein, noting that there are people who pay intermediaries hundreds of thousands of euros to obtain princely titles. The series is also produced by Michael Lehmann,...

The series, co-written by Ronny Schalk (Dark) and directed by Hannu Salonen (Arctic Circle), explores a historical retelling of the bloody events that occurred in the early years of Oktoberfest – the popular German celebration we know and love today. The show centers around the character Curt Prank (based on the real life of Georg …

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Lagardere Studios Distribution has boarded “The Machinery,” an action-packed thriller series headlined by Kristoffer Joner (“The Revenant”), which was teased by Viaplay during a presentation at Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference on Thursday.

Set at the border between Sweden and Norway, the show follows Olle Hultén, an ordinary dad who wakes up on a ferry at the border of Strömstad and Sandefjord after a late night in possession of a bag full of cash, a gun and a robbery mask. Hunted by the police, he sets off on a journey to prove his innocence.

The show will premiere on Viaplay, the streaming service operated by Nent Group. Headed by industry veteran Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, Lagardere Studios Distribution is set to represent “The Machinery” in international markets.

Joner stars in the show opposite Julia Schacht (“Melk”), Emilia Roosmann (“Fartblinda”), Hanna Alström (“Kingsman”), Anastasios Soulis (“Gåsmamman”), Emil Almén (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...

Elisa Viihde, the popular Finnish Svod service behind “All the Sins” and “Shadow Lines,” is developing “Bad Apples,” a daring psychological drama series, with Lagardere Studios Distribution.

The concept for “Bad Apples” was created by Marja Pyykkö who will also be directed the eight-part show. Fire Monkey Productions is producing the series with Mia Ylönen (“Moscow Noir”) on board to write.

“Bad Apples” is set in 1970’s Finland when women unwilling to conform to society were considered damaged and sent to an asylum on an islolated island for treatment. Away from the world, these women seemed to have found a way to be themselves until a strange rumour started spreading about a secret ward. The series will follow a student activist, Onerva, who is committed to an experimental psychiatric program for women at a 1970s sanatorium.

Anni Wessman, the head of international at Elisa, said “Bad Apples” will be headlined...

Shoot is underway on Beta Film’s high-end drama series Empire Oktoberfest (working title) by Hannu Salonen (Arctic Circle).

The six-hour series about the fierce battle between two family breweries, set in Munich in 1900, stars Mišel Maticevic (Babylon Berlin), Martina Gedeck (The Lives Of Others) and up-and-coming talents Klaus Steinbacher (Das Boot) and Mercedes Mueller (Passenger 23).

The drama sheds light on a chapter in the history of the world-famous, iconic German beer festival, where Munich’s powerful secretly carry out their affairs. The show portrays two beer-brewing dynasties fight for domination of the famous event and revolves around a young girl who falls in love with a poor brewer’s son. Their feelings are against her father’s wishes – a rich mobster, who has come to town to try and bully his way into the inner circle of Munich’s brewery dynasties. Soon, blood is being shed and the young...