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EXCLUSIVE: Five years after Netflix inked their first ever European overall series deal with Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, the studio has re-upped with the duo in a splashy eight-figure pact, we can reveal.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Sebastian Stan, whose “A Different Man” screens in the Berlin Film Festival, Christoph Waltz and Tom Wlaschiha, the “Faceless Man” in “Game of Thrones,” were among the guests at Studio Babelsberg Night, the historic Berlin film studios’ party at Soho House Berlin held to celebrate the 74th edition of the festival. The event was supported by Mexican tequila brand Don Julio, the Motion Picture Assn. and Little Moons.

Ed Meza @edmezavar With some of Germany’s most successful production companies in its stable, Leonine Studios is reaping the rewards with such feature film and television hits as “School of Magical Animals,” “Nightlife,” “Dark” and “Pagan Peak.” Leonine’s production division includes such well-established companies as Wiedemann & Berg Film, which focuses on theatrical features, W&B Television and Odeon Fiction, which produce movies and series for all broadcasters and streaming platforms in Germany, documentary outfit Gebrueder Beetz and format maker I&U TV. “We are in for high creative quality and commercial success,” explains Quirin Berg, who, along with Max Wiedemann, serves as Leonine’s chief production officer and managing director of Wiedemann & Berg Film.

There will no second season for mystery thriller series 1899. Netflix has canceled the series, from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, who revealed the news on social media.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix EMEA TV boss Larry Tanz has claimed the streamer is defying subscriber teething problems by continuing to grow investment in the region, standing by commitments and helping crews and talent as he prepares to welcome a wealth of prospective hits including Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s 1899.

PRIMETIME PROGRAMMETIFF’s 2022 Primetime programme features compelling television series from Canada and around the world.“1899 Baran bo Odar,” Jantje Friese | Germany, USA – World Premiere“Dear Mama” Allen Hughes | USA – World Premiere“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 5) Bruce Miller, Elisabeth Moss | USA – World Premiere “High School” Clea DuVall, Laura Kittrell | USA, Canada – World Premiere“The Kingdom Exodus” Lars von Trier | Denmark – North American Premiere“LIDO TV” Lido Pimienta, Sean O’Neill | Canada – World Premiere “Mystery Road: Origin Dylan River” | Australia – International Premiere TIFF INDUSTRY CONFERENCE “In welcoming the global film and television industries back to Toronto for the first time in two years, we are thrilled to be hosting our curated five-day Conference in-person again. It’s a supercharged year with the opportunity to hear directly from those setting the bar in the new global industry today,” said Lee. “Conversations between creators, champions, and moguls can collectively shape the business to achieve more inclusivity and sustainability in their areas of expertise,” said Macnaughton.

Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s 1899, the highly-anticipated fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale and Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom Exodus have made the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022 Primetime programme.

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle and HBO Max Nordic are getting behind the inaugural European edition of The Writers Lab (TWL), the program devoted exclusively to script development for women and non-binary writers over the age of 40.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was in Berlin this morning to open the streamer’s new DACH Headquarters (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Netflix has unveiled the first image of 1899, the hotly-anticipated new mystery series from Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, creators of global hit Dark. For their new show, Friese and Odar have gone back to the turn of the 20th century for a story set among European immigrants struggling to reach the "new world." The eight-episode series follows the mysterious circumstances around the voyage of an immigrant ship from Europe to New York.

Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, the creators of the hit show Dark, available to stream now on Netflix, have a brand new show coming out titled 1899!

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 concluded in June 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been finalized on 1899, the major European Netflix series from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar.

EXCLUSIVE: Cruella and Little Joe actress Emily Beecham is set to star in Netflix’s anticipated European series 1899, we can reveal.

Tim Ives, the director of photography of Stranger Things, has said that the nighttime photography of Gregory Crewdson has “inspired me with its heightened reality.” Eric Messerschmidt, the DP of Mindhunter and a former assistant of Crewdson’s, has stated that the artist’s work “lives right on the edge between reality and surrealism.” A number of observers have noted that the look of Ozark can often feel like a Crewsdon photo.