Apple TV+ has made its first German-language commission with a UFA Fiction dark comedy titled Where’s Wanda?. The show tells the story of Dedo and Carlotta Klatt, who are desperate to locate their missing daughter months after her disappearance. When the police fail to find her, they take matters into their own hands and discover […]
Germany’s Leonine Studios has appointed producer and UFA Fiction alum Benjamin Benedict to the management team of its Wiedemann & Berg Television. He will lead the company, together with Oliver Vogel, Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg. Benedict previously served at UFA Fiction as head of high-end drama, managing director and producer, with credits including The […]
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired two new non-English language dramas, Señorita 89 and KaDeWe – Our Time Is Now, from distributor Fremantle. Both shows will launch in the UK later this year, with the 8 x 60-minute Señorita 89 delving behind the curtain of Latin America’s beauty pageant culture in the 1980s, where hidden amongst the laughter, […]
Sky has unveiled three new German dramas, ranging from a show from Deutschland 83 producer UFA Fiction set after a global apocalypse to a “radical reimagining” of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, while the UK division has unveiled details of The Lovers. German drama Helgoland 513: 2034 is set on the North Sea island of Helgoland, which has become humanity’s […]
Joerg Winger, co-creator of Deutschland ’83 and MD of German prodco UFA Fiction, is launching a new drama outfit under the company’s umbrella. Berlin-based Big Window Productions will focus on the development, production and distribution of high-end drama formats. Winger will lead Big Window alongside Sebastian Werninger and Philipp Driessen. The production team includes Imran […]
U-Next adds German drama trio Japanese streaming platform U-Next has acquired exclusive SVoD rights to three high-profile German dramas after striking a deal with from ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE). Wild District (10 x 60 minutes) is produced by Dynamo in co-production with ZDFE and tells the story of a man who escapes the Colombian armed conflict […]
FremantleMedia has signed a deal with author Robert Harris to produce the TV adaptation of his latest novel Munich. The international coproduction between FremantleMedia’s Euston Films and UFA Fiction will be shot in the UK and Germany. Munich is a spy thriller set to the fateful Munich Conference of September in 1938. It deals with […]
Beta Film has tapped a producer from German compatriot UFA Fiction to become its international development and coproduction chief. Friedemann Goez has been named executive for German, European and international developments and coproductions. Goez was previously at UFA Fiction, where he worked on series such as Beta coproduction The Same Sky, which is from Paula […]
A sequel to German spy drama Deutschland83 has been greenlit and Amazon has scooped the exclusive rights for its German service, ahead of free TV broadcaster RTL, which commissioned the original series. FremantleMedia’s UFA Fiction makes the show, a breakout international hit, and will produce the sequel, Deutschland86, for releases in 2018. Production gets underway […]
German pubcaster ZDF has commissioned a two-part miniseries about revolutionary priest Martin Luther to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Heaven and Hell – Martin Luther (WT) will run to two 120-minute episodes, with shooting in Prague already underway. FremantleMedia-owned UFA Fiction is attached to produce, with Uwe Janson directing. Stefan Dähnert and […]
