‘Game of Thrones’ Producer Frank Doelger on His New Series, the Utopia-Set ‘Concordia’: I’m Always Intrigued with Subverting Genres’
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Any new show by producer Frank Doelger – whose credits include “Game of Thrones,” “The Swarm,” “John Adams” and “Rome” – must rate as an event.
That event takes place Oct. 17 at Cannes Mipcom trade fair, with the world premiere of “Concordia,” on which Doelger serves as executive producer and showrunner.
Produced by Intaglio Films, a joint venture of ZDF Studios and Beta Film, which share international distribution, “Concordia” is backed by a powerful partnership of ZDF, MBC, France Télévisions and Hulu Japan.
Shot in English, the six-part series is directed by Barbara Eder (“The Swarm,” “Barbarians,” “Cop Stories”). “Concordia” begins in classic Noir style cutting from a seeming suicide on a windswept moor to the discovery of a young man’s dead body, found beside a road just outside Sweden’s Concordia, a attempt to create a utopia powered by AI surveillance to ensure a fairer, more humane and safer society.
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