EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has boarded the fast-paced German medical drama KRANK Berlin. Apple has joined ZDFneo on the eight-part series, which is from Violet Pictures and Real Film Berlin and co-created by former British emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson and Brimstone and Glory maker Viktor Jakovleski. Apple will take global rights, with pubcaster
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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one in the European M&A world. Beta Film has taken a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of Carol and Living producer Number 9 Films. Number 9 TV will be helmed by Kate Laffey, who has left her role running Paramount TV International Studios in the UK.
Frank Doelger’s The Swarm has sold to the UK and Spain, while a U.S. partner is in the final stages of talks. As Mip TV kicks off, the German eco-thriller, which already has around a dozen partners, has sold to Sky in the UK and Movistar Plus+ in Spain. Distributors Beta Film and ZDF Studios
From Trigger Point to The Empress to Marie-Antoinette, the past year has been another stellar one in the world of international drama as a wealth of streamers splashed the cash on shows across the globe and public broadcasters joined together to greenlight the best talent in the business. Below, Deadline identifies just a few of
Munich-based production and distribution house Beta Film has created a Spanish scripted division, with former Atresmedia exec Mercedes Gamero and Warner Bros. Pictures International España’s Pablo Nogueroles tapped to lead it. Beta Fiction Spain will produce TV series and feature films, offer production services and act as a theatrical distributor in Spain. The launch pushes