Leonine Studios has picked up six-part event series “Herzogpark,” one of the first big-budget offerings commissioned by German broadcast giant Rtl’s streaming service Tvnow.
Leonine will handle worldwide sales, and is set to launch global distribution at next month’s Mipcom market in Cannes. The show, from “Bad Banks” producer Letterbox Filmproduktion, is directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, who is best known for his Oscar-winning short film “Toyland.”
Billed as a scandalous society comedy-drama with strong female characters, the cast is led by Heike Makatsch (“Love Actually”), Lisa Maria Potthoff (“Kaiserschmarrndrama”), Antje Traue (“Dark”) and Felicitas Woll. Others include Heiner Lauterbach (“Welcome to Germany”), Jeanette Hain (“The Reader”), Trystan Pütter (“Babylon Berlin”) and Lukas Spisser (“What We Wanted”) and Francis Fulton-Smith (“Blackout”).
The show centers on Hannah, Elisabeth and Annabelle, who are beautiful, rich and want to stay in their home in Munich’s highly exclusive residential area of Herzogpark at all costs.
Leonine will handle worldwide sales, and is set to launch global distribution at next month’s Mipcom market in Cannes. The show, from “Bad Banks” producer Letterbox Filmproduktion, is directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, who is best known for his Oscar-winning short film “Toyland.”
Billed as a scandalous society comedy-drama with strong female characters, the cast is led by Heike Makatsch (“Love Actually”), Lisa Maria Potthoff (“Kaiserschmarrndrama”), Antje Traue (“Dark”) and Felicitas Woll. Others include Heiner Lauterbach (“Welcome to Germany”), Jeanette Hain (“The Reader”), Trystan Pütter (“Babylon Berlin”) and Lukas Spisser (“What We Wanted”) and Francis Fulton-Smith (“Blackout”).
The show centers on Hannah, Elisabeth and Annabelle, who are beautiful, rich and want to stay in their home in Munich’s highly exclusive residential area of Herzogpark at all costs.
- 9/1/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
German media group Leonine has taken international distribution rights to the six-part premium series “Herzogpark,” following a deal with its producers Letterbox Filmproduktion (“Bad Banks”). The rights for German-speaking territories are held by Mediengruppe Rtl Deutschland.
The dramedy centers on four women from Munich’s upscale Herzogpark district, for whom keeping secrets has become a life’s work, a side effect of social survival. But when a murder is committed, the truth threatens to come out, and the urge to protect their secrets drives the women to the edge.
The series is directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, winner of the Oscar for best live-action short film with “Spielzeugland.” Head writer is Regina Dietl, who penned the screenplay with a writers’ room team, based on an idea by Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann.
Patricia Riekel, who has headed Europe’s biggest people magazine Bunte as editor-in-chief for over 20 years, and who lives in Herzogpark,...
The dramedy centers on four women from Munich’s upscale Herzogpark district, for whom keeping secrets has become a life’s work, a side effect of social survival. But when a murder is committed, the truth threatens to come out, and the urge to protect their secrets drives the women to the edge.
The series is directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, winner of the Oscar for best live-action short film with “Spielzeugland.” Head writer is Regina Dietl, who penned the screenplay with a writers’ room team, based on an idea by Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann.
Patricia Riekel, who has headed Europe’s biggest people magazine Bunte as editor-in-chief for over 20 years, and who lives in Herzogpark,...
- 2/22/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The script for the six-part event series is currently being developed by head writer Regina Dietl.
New German independent media group Leonine has picked up international distribution rights for Letterbox Filmproduktion’s planned drama-comedy-thriller series Herzogpark centring on the road to empowerment for four women from Munich’s highly exclusive residential area.
The script for the six-part event series is currently being developed by head writer Regina Dietl together with a writers’ room team based on an original idea from Letterbox producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitmann, and is set to go into production for the Rtl Media Group’s streaming service Tvnow...
New German independent media group Leonine has picked up international distribution rights for Letterbox Filmproduktion’s planned drama-comedy-thriller series Herzogpark centring on the road to empowerment for four women from Munich’s highly exclusive residential area.
The script for the six-part event series is currently being developed by head writer Regina Dietl together with a writers’ room team based on an original idea from Letterbox producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitmann, and is set to go into production for the Rtl Media Group’s streaming service Tvnow...
- 2/22/2020
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
TVNow, the streaming platform from leading German commercial broadcaster Rtl, has given the green light to its first big-budget event series, giving a six-episode order to Herzogpark from Letterbox Filmproduktion.
Oscar-winning short film director Jochen Alexander Freydank (Spielzeugland) will direct the series from a script by Regina Dietl based on an original idea from Letterbox producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann. Higuchi-Zitzmann will also produce together with Michael Lehmann for Letterbox.
The series is set in Munich's posh Herzogpark neighborhood and follows four high-society women, each with their own dark secrets — secrets that are brought to the surface after a shocking murder. Herzogpark is ...
Oscar-winning short film director Jochen Alexander Freydank (Spielzeugland) will direct the series from a script by Regina Dietl based on an original idea from Letterbox producer Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann. Higuchi-Zitzmann will also produce together with Michael Lehmann for Letterbox.
The series is set in Munich's posh Herzogpark neighborhood and follows four high-society women, each with their own dark secrets — secrets that are brought to the surface after a shocking murder. Herzogpark is ...
- 2/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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