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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix's first German original series Dark was always going to be a tough act to follow for its creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar. The mind-bending, time-weaving show debuted on the platform in December 2017 and attracted a global fanbase across a run of three taut, satisfying seasons until it…

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been finalized on 1899, the major European Netflix series from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar. Joining the previously announced Emily Beecham are: Aneurin Barnard (The Goldfinch), Andreas Pietschmann (Dark), Miguel Bernardeau (Elite), Maciej Musial (The Witcher), Anton Lesser (Game Of…

EXCLUSIVE: Cruella and Little Joe actress Emily Beecham is set to star in Netflix’s anticipated European series 1899, we can reveal. Fast-rising Beecham becomes the first name aboard for the big-canvas period horror, which comes from in-demand German writer-director-producers Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese, creators…

Netflix has revealed its most popular non-English language films and TV series in the U.S., with the list containing an interesting mix of titles from Europe, Asia and South America, plus a few surprises. Spanish-language genre pic The Platform, set in a nightmarish vertical-style prison, tops the list of most-watched…

Here’s the trailer, and date announcement (June 27), for the final series in Netflix’s hit German original Dark. That day matches the date of the promised apocalypse in the show. Expect more time-bending (and possibly mind-bending) twists this time. “The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end,” teases the…

Netflix is planning to begin sharing more data with producers regarding the performance of their content on its platform, a panel at Berlin Film Festival heard today. The streamer's famously opaque strategy of keeping data strictly for in-house usage has begun to soften recently. This week, Netflix said it would begin…

W&B Television, the German indie behind Netflix show Dark and the hit German drama 4 Blocks, has been commissioned to make a series tracing the beginnings of German hip-hop for TNT Serie. Turner Germany's series channel has ordered six-part series Almost Fly, which will be written and directed by Florian Gaag, who…

Endemol Shine has sold Wiedemann and Berg Television, the drama producer behind hit Netflix series Dark, to Leonine, the German media conglomerate backed by New York investment outfit KKR. This comes after Leonine, which was formed through the merger of Tele München Group, Universum Film, i&u TV, acquired Wiedemann…

EXCLUSIVE: Vikings star Erik Madsen has been cast in the lead role in eco-crime drama Maritime from Wiedemann & Berg, the makers of Netflix’s first German-language series Dark. Madsen will play troubled marine biologist Morten Solheim, who is fighting to save the world’s oceans and environment from corrupt governments…

Theatrical play for foreign-language movies is increasingly hard to come by in markets such as the U.S. and UK, despite the best efforts of a handful of dedicated distributors. There are bright spots on the horizon, however, attendees at the 2019 Zurich Summit heard yesterday. Wild Bunch chief Vincent Maraval told the…

Netflix’s remarkable international growth will continue apace, a packed industry event heard at the European Film Market in Berlin this morning. It was standing room only at the buzzy session titled ‘From Idea to Screen: Developing European Content for and with Netflix’, which gave industry an insight into the…

The duo behind Netflix’s first German original have set up their next project at the streamer. Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar said today that 1899 will follow a migrant steamship heading west to leave the old continent from London to New York. The original series will follow the boat’s passengers, a…