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‘Dark’: The Netflix Show’s Creators Discuss the Impossibility of Saying Goodbye

‘Dark’: The Netflix Show’s Creators Discuss the Impossibility of Saying Goodbye
[Note: The following interview discusses Season 3 of the Netflix series “Dark.”]

If seeing an entire reality flipped in the last season of “Dark” seemed jarring, know that it felt just as dissonant to the people helping to bring it to life.

When it came time for Martha (Lisa Vicari) to take on some of the some iconography that in previous seasons was associated with Jonas (Louis Hofmann), that exchange between the two main characters made for a moment that forced them and series co-creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar to recalibrate a little.

“Just even her wearing the yellow raincoat in the costume test was really weird. Also for [Lisa] because it was so iconic for Jonas as his character. For Louis, being on set and she’s entering the room with his jacket, the first reaction was like, ‘Give me back my jacket! This is mine!'” Odar said in a recent interview with IndieWire.

Of course,
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‘Dark’ Ends with a Timely Lesson on Confronting the Impossible

‘Dark’ Ends with a Timely Lesson on Confronting the Impossible
[Note: The following contains spoilers for “Dark” Season 3, including the ending.]

For as much as the show invited questions of who was or wasn’t one, the villain of “Dark” never really mattered as much as many of the potential antagonists would have had you believe. After all the talk of inevitability, it seemed like this grand trilogy of seasons was destined to be a rope that, rather than snapping under the tension pulling at either end, would instead unravel in a pile, however neat.

That’s how the series comes to a close in Season 3, capped off by an ending that pushes aside the idea of an ultimate victor. Seemingly doomed to spend an infinite number of years inside quarreling realities dominated by time travelers with flexible morality, “Dark” ends with the idea that power comes from a different place entirely: humility. As Jonas (Louis Hofmann) and Martha (Lisa Vicari) dislodge themselves from a loop that also includes their scarred
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‘Dark’ Season 3 Review: Brilliant Netflix Sci-Fi Series Gets a Masterful Farewell Season Remix

‘Dark’ Season 3 Review: Brilliant Netflix Sci-Fi Series Gets a Masterful Farewell Season Remix
[Note: The following review contains mild spoilers for Season 3 of “Dark.”]

The greatest trick nested within “Dark” is what it manages to make inevitable. Even before the third and final season of the German-language Netflix sci-fi time travel epic, each new wrinkle has arrived with a shock, but also with the storytelling confidence that this is always how it would unfold. Juggling a dizzying amount of causal loops and concurrent timelines and logical paradoxes, “Dark” has always operated with a combination of precision and patience required to make each new successive detail feel earned. In telling the story of the unassuming town of Winden, the construction of that story has felt, fittingly, like that of a ticking clock.

The giant gambit at the end of last season was that not only were Jonas (Louis Hofmann) and Martha (Lisa Vicari) destined to experience their tragic love story across increasingly stratified generations, they would have an entire new reality to contend with. Season
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Netflix's 'Dark' Season 3 Trailer Kicks off the "Final Cycle"

Netflix's 'Dark' Season 3 Trailer Kicks off the
The final cycle is about to begin – and end.

Netflix on Tuesday unveiled the trailer for the third and final season of German hit drama Dark and revealed that it will launch on June 27. That is no coincidence as in the series, which focuses on four estranged families and a time-travel conspiracy that spans three generations, that is the day of the apocalypse.

"We will offer answers to the questions that our viewers have been asking and help untangle the story through time," said Dark co-creators and showrunners Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar last year. “...
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Netflix Looks to Dispel Myths in Berlin as it Ramps Up European Production

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Netflix Looks to Dispel Myths in Berlin as it Ramps Up European Production
Netflix is looking to create more transparency and dispel some of the myths around working with the streaming giant as it ramps up its European operations, though the company’s fast-paced shooting schedules are “not for everyone,” director of international originals Rachel Eggebeen said Tuesday morning at the Berlinale Series Market.

“It’s a fast pace that we work at,” she said. “Once we commission a show, we commit to it. We’re all in, we need partners that are all in, and we go.”

Eggebeen appeared in conversation with a group of leading European TV creators to discuss the realities of producing for the Los Gatos-based streaming service. The panel, moderated by Variety‘s international editor Manori Ravindran, featured writer-producer Laura Buffoni, producer-writer Jantje Friese, producer Meta Soerensen, producer Fatima Varhos, and writer-producer Anna Winger.

As Netflix increases its production in Europe, Eggebeen said the company is committed to
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Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, Jeffrey Hirsch to Speak at Variety and European Film Market’s Berlinale TV Summit

  • Variety
Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, Jeffrey Hirsch to Speak at Variety and European Film Market’s Berlinale TV Summit
Variety and the European Film Market are teaming up to host a half-day TV summit as part of this year’s Berlinale Series Market & Conference. Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett will participate in a panel with “Stateless” co-creators Elise McCredie and Tony Ares. Startz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch will participate in a keynote conversation at the summit as well.

“Expanding our thought-leadership summit series to international markets is a key initiative for Variety,” said Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, the company’s group publisher and chief revenue officer. “The Efm at Berlinale is the perfect partner for us to expand our brand globally.”

The summit will feature a series of conversations on international TV production and finance. Netflix will hold a panel on the art of producing with Meta Sørensen, Jantje Friese, Fatima Varhos, Laura Buffoni, Anna Winger, and Rachel Eggebeen, director of international originals.

Also, ITV Studios will present a discussion about the global
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Smackdown '60: Glynis Johns, Janet Leigh, one Mary and two Shirleys

A lusty bar owner, a vengeful hooker, a teenage wallflower, a doomed secretary, and a sexually liberated suffragette made up the Best Supporting Actress quintet for 1960.

That shortlist found room for two established Hollywood stars (Glynis Johns and Janet Leigh), both overdue for their first nominations, two rising starlets named Shirley (Jones & Knight) and an acclaimed Scottish import (Mary Ure). They all caught Oscar's attention and it didn't hurt that their films were so popular. This resulted in one of the most homogenous lineups ever -- all blondes (though Glynis was a redhead for her role) and from their early 20s to mid 30s (average age: 29).

This Month's Panelists    

Here to talk about these five nominated turns and the movies that housed them are writer/director Leslye Headland (Russian Doll, Bachelorette), theater and screenwriter Peter Duchan (Dogfight), freelance critic Kyle Turner, and your Film Experience co-hosts Murtada Elfadl  and Nathaniel
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‘Dark’ Renewed For Second Season By Netflix

‘Dark’ Renewed For Second Season By Netflix
If you have been enjoying the current season of ‘Dark’ on Netflix, you will be pleased to hear that the show has been renewed for a second season. The series was the first German-language show to be produced by Netflix and has proved to be very popular throughout Europe and in the United States. The show is set in a small German town and focuses on the lives of four families that begin to fall apart with the disappearance of two teenagers. The show is set in the present day but there is a supernatural time traveling element to the

‘Dark’ Renewed For Second Season By Netflix
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‘Dark’ Season 2 Officially Ordered by Netflix

  • Slash Film
‘Dark’ Season 2 Officially Ordered by Netflix
Dark, the eerie, stylish time-travel mystery show from Germany, just got the go-ahead for season 2 on Netflix. The series was marketed as a kind of German Stranger Things, and while it certainly shares some connections with that other Netflix hit, Dark is a bit more cerebral and a lot less nostalgic. Overall, it’s a creep-tastic show […]

The post ‘Dark’ Season 2 Officially Ordered by Netflix appeared first on /Film.
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Netflix reveals $1.75bn European production investment

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CEO Reed Hastings outlines streaming giant’s commitment to European content; teaser for first German original series revealed.

Netflix has spent more than a billion dollars on European film and TV productions, according to Reed Hastings, the co-founder and CEO of the streaming giant.

During a press event in Berlin, Hastings said that since 2012 Netflix has spent $1.75bn on European licensed, original and co-production film and TV projects.

This includes more than 90 original productions in various stages of development, including films, documentaries, and TV shows.

We are one of the most active supporters and financers of European content,” said Hastings.

He said that European content is being watched by 93 million subscribers around the world, adding that more than two thirds of viewing of European content comes from outside of Europe.

“We’re creating these global audiences for great local productions,” he said.

During the event, Netflix released the debut teaser for its first German original series [link=tt
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