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EXCLUSIVE: Beta's hit detective series Babylon Berlin, set against the backdrop of the final years of the c, returns this autumn for its fourth season with the drama entering Germany's dark 1930s. Ahead of its highly anticipated launch in Germany on SKY on October 8, as well as on HBO for the CEE and Sky UK, Deadline…

Sky Studios has poached Academy Award-nominated producer Tobias Rosen from Warner Bros. International Television Production to the newly-created role of Vice President in Germany. Rosen will oversee the Das Boot and Babylon Berlin producer’s slate across Germany, Austria and Switzerland as it targets…

Sky Studios’ Devils and Gomorrah producer Nils Hartmann has had his role expanded to oversee both Germany and Italy, replacing Marcus Ammon in the former. Reporting to Sky Studios Chief Content Officer Jane Millichip and starting immediately, Hartmann, who has been with Sky Italia for almost two decades, will help…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Ivanir, the Ukrainian-Israeli actor who has starred in The Good Shepherd and Netflix series Away, has joined the cast of Season 4 of German crime drama Babylon Berlin. Deadline understands that he will recur in the new season, which is produced by Tom Tykwer's X Filme Creative Pool in co-production…

SPOILER ALERT: If you are among the few who haven’t actually watched Netflix’s Tiger King docuseries, this review contains a lot of details about what goes down in the sad big cat saga. With Netflix poised in the coming days to cash in and crank the base up a notch with more Tiger King, it's time to come out and say…

EXCLUSIVE: German series Babylon Berlin has cracked the 100-territory mark for distributor Beta Film, with latest deals including Africa's biggest subscription TV network M-Net and China's Lemon Tree. Ahead of Mipcom, where Beta will continue sales efforts, we can reveal the first look at footage from the third season…

As expected, well-received German crime-drama series Babylon Berlin is coming back for a third season. Producing partners X Filme Creative Pool, ARD Degeto, Sky and Beta Film have confirmed that shooting will begin this fall in Berlin and at other new locations. Director-writer trio Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloegten and…

It's a big day for awards nominations… but before we get to the Emmy noms, The Crown, Peaky Blinders and The Handmaid's Tale are going head-to-head against German series Babylon Berlin in the Rose D'Or awards. The four shows have been nominated for the European television awards, which cover a broad range of scripted…

German filmmaker Tom Tykwer has been set as President of the jury for the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. As one of the highest-profile German directors working in the past 25 years, it’s hard to believe Tykwer hasn’t previously held the role. He has, however, presented six films at the Berlinale since 1992. His first time…

Sky is ramping up efforts to compete with streaming giants such as Amazon and Netflix with plans to increase investment in Sky original programming by 25%. In an earnings report released on Thursday, the European pay-TV giant also confirmed plans to launch in Spain as the company returned to profit growth in the…

Agatha Christie Productions has appointed IMG as international sales partner for its upcoming slate of seven new Christie dramas. In August last year, ACP entered a deal with BBC One for the films to be produced over the next four years by Mammoth Screen. The adaptations kick off with Ordeal By Innocence which Sara…

Mike Myers is set to star as his mentor Del Close in the comedy Del from director Betty Thomas. The film follows an aspiring comedian who is taken under the wing of Close, a legendary teacher notorious for pushing his students to their limit. What begins as a disastrous relationship ultimately transforms each of them…