German Producers Call For Shooting Ban as Film Funders Offer Help

Dieter Laser, a veteran German actor best known to international audiences for playing the evil Dr. Heiter in cult horror film The Human Centipede, has died.

A German court on Tuesday proposed ending a criminal trial resulting from a fatal mass panic at the 2010 Love Parade techno music festival, citing questions over when the proceedings could resume in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus or not, the German film industry has determined that the show must go on. Germany will still hand out its equivalent of the Oscars, the German Film Awards, in a live ceremony in Berlin on April 24, despite the country being on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

European fans of spandex, spangles and pop kitsch will not be denied.

Look if you've noticed you're enjoying one too many wines amid social distancing and the coronavirusa lockdown - don't feel too bad about it.

Germany's cinema associations have set up an emergency fund to help theaters hit by the coronavirus shutdown, and the film that was number one in the German charts when the epidemic hit will be the first to fill the coffers.

For Berlin-based American writer-producer Anna Winger, creating the Netflix series “Unorthodox” offered a unique opportunity to tell a Jewish story in Germany.

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Germany’s Studio Babelsberg is seeking to find a settlement with hundreds of film crew members following the shutdown earlier this month of Warner Bros.’ “The Matrix 4” and Sony Pictures’ “Uncharted” amid the coronavirus outbreak.

"It's the safest place in Germany right now"

MADRID — In one of the first detailed breakdowns from a major European company of marketing strategies in the Series Mania/MipTV online marketplace, Germany’s Beta Film has announced that it will stage a virtual Beta Brunch on March 31.

MADRID — In one of the first detailed breakdowns from a major European company of marketing strategies in the Series Mania/MipTV online marketplace, Germany’s Beta Film has announced that it will stage a virtual Beta Brunch on March 31.

Max Conze is stepping down as CEO of German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, with immediate effect. Chief financial officer Rainer Beaujean has taken on additional responsibilities as he becomes the chairman of the executive board.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Unorthodox,” steaming now on Netflix.

Future and Drake’s January single, “Life Is Good,” has been a huge hit for the dynamic duo, spending eight weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Roddy Ricch’s long-running smash, “The Box.” Despite its success, German producer Ambezza—who contributed to the beat alongside OZ and D. Hill—recently told HipHopDX that he’s not even sure Future and Drake even know his name.

Gabi Delgado-López, co-founder of the German electropunk group Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (or D.A.F.), has died. His bandmate Robert Görl confirmed the news on social media. He was 61.

Germany’s Beta Film, a prime mover of this and next week’s virtual TV marketplace, has sold “Cryptid,” produced by Dramacorp for the Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay SVOD service, to Joyn, the new German AVOD venture launched in 2019 by Discovery and ProSiebenSat.1.

German performing rights organization GEMA has launched an emergency relief fund worth up to $43 million for its songwriter and composer members, according to Music Business Worldwide.