‘Dark’ Producer Wiedemann & Berg Continues Fantasy Push With Netflix’s ‘Tribes of Europa’

straight to your inboxThe second leg of Man City's Champions League last-16 tie with Borussia Monchengladbach will now take place in Budapest.While it had initially looked like the game would take place at the Etihad Stadium, a change in Covid-19 regulations in Germany has extended travel restrictions, meaning Monchengladbach would be unable to travel to England for the match.

Dieter Wedel, one of Germany's most successful television directors, has been indicted on suspicion of rape connected to allegations dating back to 1996. The public prosecutor's office in Munich brought the indictment before the 10th criminal chamber of the Munich I district court on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: 300: Rise Of An Empire and The Departed producer Gianni Nunnari of Hollywood Gang Productions and producer Andre L III of MiLu Entertainment have acquired rights to Cuban author and journalist Armando Lucas Correa’s well-received novel The German Girl, which they are developing as an international TV series.

Red Arrow Studios, the production group owned by German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, took a €46 million ($55M) hit to its revenue in 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic halted production around the world.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorProducer Gian-Piero Ringel, Oscar nominated for Wim Wenders’ “Pina,” and writer-director Sven Bohse, who directed true crime miniseries “Dark Woods,” a ratings hit last year in Germany, will be presenting their political thriller “Hinterland” this week as part of the European Film Market’s Co-Pro Series program.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentGaston Pavlovich, famed for producing Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” and “The Irishman,” is joining Sophokles Tasioulis, producer of Terrence Malick’s “Voyage of Time,” to produce “The Hague.”The feature is set up at Tasioulis’ Sophisticated Films banner in Germany and Pavlovich’s Mexico-based international production banner Fábrica de Cine.“The Hague” is based on a story and treatment by Ilan Ziv, an Israeli who fought as a young man in the Yom

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.

Stanley Tucci (“The Lovely Bones,” “Hunger Games”) and Clarke Peters (“The Wire”), has shared a behind-the-scenes featurette with Variety.The on-set first-look comes as Germany’s Beta Film has acquired international rights to “La Fortuna,” which marks the first incursion into drama series direction by Oscar winning director Alejandro Amenabar (“The Others,” “The Sea Inside”).An adventure series, based on the true-to-life discovery of the biggest sunken treasure of all time in 2007, “La

Mónica Marie Zorrilla The producers of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” have been booked and busy producing a new unscripted international drag queen singing competition (that’ll reportedly blow your wig off) for ViacomCBS’ all-new SVOD rebrand Paramount Plus.“Queen of the Universe,” produced by World of Wonder, the company behind “Drag Race,” promises to be a singing competition like no other, wherein drag queens from all around the world compete to see who really rules the drag universe.In addition,

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeBunim-Murray Prods. has a new boss: Julie Pizzi has been named president of the Banijay-owned studio.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has gone strong for Manchester City's Champions League last-16 first leg against Borussia Monchengladbach.City are in Hungary for the away leg as Germany have Covid-19 restrictions in place, but away goals will still count for any scored by the Blues.

straight to your inboxManchester City resume their Champions League campaign on Wednesday evening, as they take on Bundesliga outfit Borussia Monchengladbach in the last 16.Apart from Nathan Ake, who has been ruled out through injury, City have a full squad to choose from ahead of their midweek European trip, with Phil Foden, Rodri, Aymeric Laporte, Kyle Walker, Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres all pushing for a place in the starting line-up.The German side aren't in great form heading into this

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational distributor Global Screen, part of Will Smith’s Telepool, has sold crime thriller miniseries “Dark Woods” to U.S., Canada, Spain and France, following its stellar ratings success in Germany.Inspired by a true crime, unsolved for almost 30 years, the six-part show centers on a high-ranking police officer’s desperate search for his sister, and the family’s suffering.

direct to your inboxBorussia Dortmund fans have a new transfer theory about Jadon Sancho following his latest goal for the club.Sancho has been a priority transfer target for Manchester United for a number of years now. The club attempted to sign the former Manchester City youngster in the summer transfer window, however, the 20-year-old ended up staying in Germany as Dortmund stood firm over their €120million asking price.

EXCLUSIVE: Henrik Bastin, the driving force behind Amazon’s cop drama series Bosch, is launching a new production company after exiting Red Arrow Studios joint venture Fabrik Entertainment.

straight to your inboxA supercomputer has predicted the results of the Champions League last 16 ties - with Manchester City tipped to qualify for the quarter-finals.City face Borussia Monchengladbach in the first knockout round of the competition. The German side currently sit seventh in the Bundesliga and qualified in second place behind Real Madrid in Group B.

Elyas M’Barek, star of Who Am I and hit German comedy franchise Fack ju Göhte, and Deutschland 89lead Jonas Nay have been cast to star in 1000 Zeilen (1000 Lines), a media satire inspired by the real-life 2018 fake news scandal involving disgraced Der Spiegel journalist Claas Relotius. Nay will play Lars Bogenius, an award-winning star writer at a major German news magazine who secretly has been faking his interviews and reporting.