Leonine Studios Boards European Thriller Series ‘The Seed’ From Writer Christian Jeltsch For Germany’s ARD Degeto & Norway’s NRK

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EXCLUSIVE: Leonine Studios has taken worldwide rights to German-Norwegian thriller series The Seed (working title), which is set around the explosive takeover of a seed company and comes from Chameleon writer Christian Jeltsch.The Germany-based producer-distributor joins its subsidiary Odeon Fiction, alongside co-commissioners German broadcaster ARD Degeto and Norway’s NRK and Czech producer MIA Film on the production, which began shooting on May 10 at spectacular original locations in Spitsbergen (Norway), Munich (Germany) and Prague (Czech Republic).

The service producer in Spitsbergen is PolarX AS.Jeltsch, who is writing upcoming Sky Deutschland corporate lobbying mystery drama Chameleon and works on ARD procedural Tatort, is creator and head writer of the English-language series.

He wrote the screenplays with Axel Hellstenius and Alexander Dierbach (Line of Separation) is directing.Westworld‘s Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Heino Ferch (Berlin Station, The Baader Meinhof Complex) stars opposite Heino Ferch (Berlin Station, The Baader Meinhof Complex).The drama uses the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen as the backdrop to the six-part thriller.

The vault acts as an insurance policy and backup facility for crops globally by providing storage for seed duplicates storied in gene banks around the world.The Seed follows German detective Max (Ferch) and Norwegian policewoman Thea (Bolsø Berdal), who set out to find Max’s missing nephew Victor (Jonathan Berlin) in Spitsbergen.