X Filme Creative Pool Set to Adapt Germany’s Smash Podcast ‘Zeit Crime’ into Series for Paramount+ (EXCLUSIVE)
21.02.2023 - 15:05
/ variety.com
Marta Balaga Berlin-based X Filme Creative Pool will adapt one of the most successful German-language podcasts, “Zeit Crime” (“Zeit Verbrechen”) into an anthology series for Paramount +. Awarded the German Podcast Prize, “Zeit Crime” is based on the criminal investigations of Sabine Rückert and Andreas Sentker. According to producer Jorgo Narjes, it currently boasts 5 million streams per month and an average of 1.5 million listeners per episode, “most of them female and in their late twenties.” So far, the podcast consists of more than 100 episodes. Filming started this month and will continue until the end of June 2023.
The show is helmed by four directors, making four separate 60-minute-long films, each one inspired by a specific story from the podcast. Faraz Shariat, also behind HBO/Sky show “The Baby,” Helene Hegemann (“Axolotl Overkill”), Jan Bonny (Netflix’s “King of Stonks”) and Mariko Minoguchi, who recently brought sci-fi “Element” to Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development, are on board.
The episodes are written in collaboration with Raquel Dukpa, Paulina Lorenz, Esther Preussler and Jan Eichberg. Narjes and Uwe Schott, X Filme Creative Pool’s CEO, teased: “Four crimes. Four films. Four creative teams. With our adaptation of ‘Zeit Crime,’ we are introducing novel perspectives to the crime genre.” As each of the films will have a different style and narrative approach, they “ought to captivate newcomers and fans of the podcast alike,” they stated. The company is also behind the popular neo-noir period series “Babylon Berlin,” created by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Hendrik Handloegten, and “The Sheikh,” inspired by true events. “We are very happy about the trust that Paramount+, Zeit and the podcast
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