Canal+, SBS in Oz & AMC Networks Central Europe buy Australian thriller ‘Troppo’ and Germany’s ‘Bonn’

Troppo (Source: Leonine Studios)

Canal+ in France, Australia’s SBS and AMC Networks Central Europe are among buyers of Australian thriller Troppo and German series Bonn following deals with Leonine Studios.

Troppo, which debuted on ABC in Oz and is based on Candice Fox’s Crimson Lake novel series, has been acquired by Canal+ owned thriller channel Polar+, with the company taking basic pay TV, SVOD, TVOD and EST rights to French speaking territories.

AMC Networks Central Europe has acquired pay, free TV and SVOD rights to the show in Adria-Balkans, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, while RTP2 has free TV rights in Portugal.

The series was created by Yolanda Ramke and previously sold to Viaplay for the Nordics and the Netherlands as well as Amazon Freevee for Germany and the UK.

It is an EQ Media Group and Beyond Entertainment production in association with Renegade Entertainment, with major production financing from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, AGC Studios in association with Aperture Media Partners.

Political thriller Bonn, meanwhile, has been picked up by RTV Slovenija, MTVA Hungary, RTP2 Portugal and SBS Australia, which have all taken free TV rights.

It is produced by Odeon Fiction in cooperation with Wilma Film, Prague, on behalf of ARD with producing broadcaster WDR, supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, FFF Bayern and the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF).