‘Dark Woods’ Producers Team on High-Octane Police Drama ‘Sonderlage’ for RTL (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features EditorProduction companies ConradFilm and Bavaria Fiction are following their German ratings and international sales hit “Dark Woods” with new high-octane police drama franchise “Sonderlage,” which has been ordered by German broadcaster RTL.Crime drama “Dark Woods” was the most-watched program on German broadcaster ARD’s streaming service in 2020, and was sold last year to numerous territories, including North America, the U.K., France, Spain, the Nordic region, Japan and India.Filming of the first two 90-minute “Sonderlage” films has just begun in Hamburg and Berlin.
Inspired by true events, “Sonderlage” (a working title whose literal translation is “special situation”) focuses on police work in exceptional situations such as terrorist attacks, hostage taking and high-scale extortion.
The film is directed by Andreas Senn (“Unbroken”) and written by Norbert Eberlein (“Beat”). Michał Grabowski (“LOMO: The Language of Many Others”) is responsible for visual design.Executive producers are Marc Conrad (“Dark Woods”) from ConradFilm, and Lucia Staubach (“Tatort: Dortmund”) and Maren Knieling (“Dark Woods”) for Bavaria Fiction.
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