FIRST LOOK AT COLD WAR TV SERIES HONEY FROM BBC AND ZDF WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER AND RORY KINNEAR

   FIRST HONEY IMAGES  

FROM NEW BBC COLD WAR DRAMA

BBC and German ZDF have teamed up on a new dark comedy six part  drama HONEY which will star our dearest Jannis Niewohner alongside Ann Skelly, Nate Mann and Rory Kinnear. The tender and flirty, slick and dangerous series goes deep undercover in 1980s East Berlin to explore a shadowy world of counter espionage and risky but irresistible relations. East Berlin, 1982. Martha, 24, is a deep cover agent for MI6. Surrounded by enemies and constantly under threat of her cover being blown, she tries her hardest to avoid detection by Friedrich, the new Stasi Head of Counterespionage against British Targets, Berlin Office. Finding herself caught between Friedrich and the reckless, arrogant (and incredibly attractive…) CIA operative Aaron Neeland (posing as Kurt Fischer), she is blind-sided by desire in this Cold War menage-a-trois. The risk of being garrotted or incarcerated is nothing compared to the horrifying ordeal of falling in love. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable and bearing your heart and soul? She'd rather have her fingernails pulled out.

THE NIBELUNGS: WAR OF THE KINGDOMS EPIC TV SERIES WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER IS READY TO START NEXT MONTH

 NIBELUNGS:WAR OF KINGDOMS 

EPIC TV SERIES STARTS NEXT MONTH

I have to admit that the original film Hagen was almost unwatchable, but maybe the six part series based upon it will be more palatable? THE NIBELUNGS: WAR OF THE KINGDOMS is ready to hit 

New epic series starts this November

German RTL + November 6th with out dear Jannis Niewohner in the lead role. 

 

  BURGUNDIAN weapons master Hagen von Tronje (Gijs Naber) holds the crisis-ridden kingdom together with a sense of duty and iron determination. In doing so, he suppresses his secret love for the king's daughter Kriemhild (Lilja van der Zwaag) and represses his own dark past. When the famous dragon slayer Siegfried von Xanten (Jannis Niewöhner) appears in Worms and threatens the old structures with his unpredictability, Hagen increasingly becomes a tragic figure.The young King Gunter (Dominic Marcus Singer), still inexperienced due to the sudden death of his father, sees in Siegfried a chance to save the kingdom. He asks him for help in marrying the dangerous Valkyrie Brunhild (Rosalinde Mynster). When Kriemhild falls in love with Hagen's adversary Siegfried, he must choose between love and loyalty to the king. In the process, Hagen von Tronje will discover who he truly is.

 

SEE JANNIS NIEWOHNER, GIJS NABER IN THE FIRST TRAILER FOR HAGEN: IN THE VALLEY OF THE NIBELUNGS EPIC FANTASY MOVIE

   HAGEN EPIC TV SERIES  

FIRST TRAILER IS HERE FROM GERMANY

As you all probably well remember your trusted spy was among the first ones to inform you about this one and then kept you informed throughout the years about

Hagen starts his battle in cinemas this October

it, but now we can feast our eyes on our lieblings Jannis Niewohner in the brand new trailer from movie adaptation of HAGEN epic fantasy saga inspired by the Nibelung myths! If I got it right, the film will arrive into German cinemas on October 17th titled HAGEN - IN THE VALLEY OF THE NIBELUNGS (HAGEN - IM TAL DER NIBELUNGEN) and directed by Cyrill Boss and Philipp Stennert, and will then stream sometime next year on German streamer RTL+ in the form of an epic mini TV series that will continue and expand the story from the film and will after that hit linear RTL channel in Germany also as a series.  Freemantle is handling worldwide distribution.

 

THE STORY OF HAGEN EPIC TV SERIES

follows Burgundian weapons master Hagen von Tronje (Gijs Naber) who has his hands full ensuring that the kingdom does not collapse under the weight of many crises. As his dark past seems to become more and more apparent, he fights against his suppressed feelings for the king's daughter Kriemhild (Lilja van der Zwaag). And as if all that wasn't enough, the famous dragon slayer Siegfried von Xanten (Jannis Niewöhner) also shows up in Worms and causes a lot of chaos. But the new, young King Gunter (Dominic Marcus Singer) sees Siegfried as an opportunity to save the empire. His plan is for him to take the unpredictable Valkyrie Brunhild (Rosalinde Mynster) as his wife. When Kriemhild finally falls in love with Siegfried, Hagen has to make a decision. Is he following his heart or his responsibilities?

 

 

WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

The cast also includes Jördis Triebel, Jörg Hartmann, Bela Gabor Lenz, Alessandro Schuster, Johanna Kolberg, Emmapreisedanz and Maria Erwolter. You will remember that our favourite German star Jannis led Maximilian epic TV series, Turncoat WW2 drama and Narcissus und Goldmund medieval movie and Felix Krull. He has also starred in a number of English language films in recent years as their most sought after star. 

SEE JANNIS NIEWOHNER, GIJS NABER IN BRAND NEW IMAGES FROM HAGEN EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES INSPIRED BY NIBELUNG SAGA

   HAGEN EPIC TV SERIES  

FIRST IMAGES ARE HERE FROM GERMANY

As you all probably well remember your trusted spy was among the first ones to inform you about this one and then kept you informed throughout the years about it, but now we can feast our eyes on our lieblings Jannis Niewohner in the brand new images from RTL+ series adaptation of HAGEN epic fantasy saga inspired by the Nibelung myths! Freemantle is doing the world wide distribution and will present it to the buyers this Friday at London TV Screeningss. 

 

THE STORY OF HAGEN EPIC TV SERIES

follows weapons master Hagen (Gijs Naber) as he keeps a crisis-ridden kingdom together, while hiding his secret love for the king’s daughter Kriemhild (Lilja van der Zwaag) and his own unpredictability. He is forced to decided between love and loyalty after the inexperienced king asks dragonslayer Siegfried von Xanten (Jannis Niewöhner) to help him secure the hand of the dangerous Valkyrie Brunhild in marriage. Dominic Marcus Singer, Rosalinde Mynster, Jördis Triebel and JörgHartmann also star.

The project will be made into a cinematic film and six part TV series

You will remember that our favourite German star Jannis led Maximilian epic TV series, Turncoat WW2 drama and Narcissus und Goldmund medieval movie and Felix Krull.

 

SEE JANNIS NIEWOHNER ON THE POSTER FOR STELLA. A LIFE WORLD WAR II MOVIE WITH PAULA BEER & DAMIAN HARDUNG

 STELLA. A LIFE POSTER 

WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER

We have our favourite German boy opening Monday for us: first poster for period set movie STELLA. A LIFE which should arrive this November. It tells the story of a young woman who dreams of a bright career as a

The film will arrive this November

swing singer on Broadway and longs for happiness and recognition. But Stella is Jewish and lives in Nazi Berlin. After she has to go into hiding with her parents, she joins a forger group to save her life and that of her parents. When the National Socialists arrest her, her life changes from that of a victim to that of a perpetrator. The feature film is inspired by the true life story of Stella Goldschlag and was staged by the multi-award-winning director Kilian Riedhof! In addition to Paula Beer as Stella Goldschlag, the top-class cast also includes our dearest boy Jannis Niewöhner, and another of our favourite German boys Damian Hardung, whom we have not seen since Name of the Rose series.

  HAGEN EPIC SERIES

Just to remind you that we will be also watching Jannis Niewohner in HAGEN epic TV series which is currently in post production at German RTL + streamer. That one will be set in the land of Nibelung and Valkyrie myths and we can probably expect it sometime this Autumn or Winter.

JANNIS NIEWOHNER, GIJS NABER TO LEAD HAGEN EPIC FANTASY TV SERIES! DIVA HISTORICAL ADVENTURE TV SERIES ON LEGENDARY 17TH CENTURY HEROINE LA MAUPIN!

   JANNIS NIEWOHNER TO LEAD  

Jannis Niewohner will be Siegfried!

HAGEN EPIC FANTASY SERIES

I admit that I made a little Squee! sound when this news reached our spying headquarters late last night and some of you will recall that I predicted this casting outcome: our lieblings Jannis Niewohner will lead RTL+ series adaptation of HAGEN epic fantasy saga! It follows weapons master Hagen (Gijs Naber) as he keeps a crisis-ridden kingdom together, while hiding his secret love for the king’s daughter Kriemhild (Lilja van der Zwaag) and his own unpredictability. He is forced to decided between love and loyalty after the inexperienced king asks dragonslayer Siegfried von Xanten (Jannis Niewöhner) to help him secure the hand of the dangerous Valkyrie Brunhild in marriage. Dominic Marcus Singer, Rosalinde Mynster, Jördis Triebel and Jörg

The project will be made into a cinematic film and six part TV series

Hartmann also star. You will remember that our favourite German star Jannis led Maximilian epic TV series, Turncoat WW2 drama and Narcissus und Goldmund medieval movie and Felix Krull.

  DIVA EPIC TV SERIES  

ON LEGENDARY LA MAUPIN

I've mentioned this one before, but now it is official: The Kissing Booth director Vince Marcello will produce historical adventure TV series DIVA told through a very contemporary lens, which will chronicle the life of

La Maupin was also good with a sword

legendary French heroine Julie D’Aubigny, following her rise from an impoverished servant in 1680s France to battle rogues and royalty alike, in her quest to conquer the stage as the opera singer otherwise known as La Maupin. The show set amidst some of Europe’s most iconic settings, including Louis XIV’s Palace of Versailles, the backstreets of Paris and Marseille, and the lavender-filled hillsides of Provence, will then watch as La Maupin finds fame, fortune and love, with both men and women, along the way. The show, which will also depict her as a master swordsmistress, will be presented this October at Mipcom in Cannes.

SEE JANNIS NIEWOHNER AS AN IRRESISTIBLE CONMAN IN THE LATEST MOVIE ADAPTATION OF THOMAS MANN'S FAMOUS PERIOD SET NOVEL CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULL

 CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULL 

WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER

Felix Krull visited German cinemas in September

I am not exactly sure how this one had managed to escape my radar, especially as it stars our most favourite German super star, always brilliant and charismatic Jannis Niewohner, but CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULL (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull), the latest big screen adaptation of famous Nobel prize winner Thomas Mann's novel, about a handsome youth of humble origins who rises in society through his connections made as an elevator attendant in a luxury hotel, was released in Germany last Autumn directed and writen by Detlev Buck.

THE STORY OF FELIX KRULL  

Handsome and charismatic orphan FELIX KRULL (Jannis Niewöhner, who has been praised for his performance of Krull whom he made more heartfelt and empathetic than he was in the novel) has a talent for

Jannis Niewohner plays the lead role brilliantly

always gaining an advantage with compelling, entertaining narratives and eloquent tips. Advantages that he urgently needs - his social status is extremely expandable. Deeply in love with a similarly cunning lady of the

Felix has been made for friendly and heartfelt in the movie

night named Zaza (Liv Lisa Fries), he plans to work on his social advancement in a Paris luxury hotel and thus enable a comfortable old age for two. But the criminal head waiter Stanko (Nicholas Ofczarek), the

Maria Furtwangler sports some amazing gowns as Madame Houpfle

inscrutable permanent guest Madame Houpflé (Maria Furtwängler) and the foolish Marquis Louis de Venosta (David Kross) are reasons for Felix to constantly adjust his plans...

MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR TRAILER WITH JANNIS NIEWOHNER, JEREMY IRONS, GEORGE MACKAY! ANDROIDS ARE BACK IN HBO'S RAISED BY WOLVES SF SERIES SEASON 2 TRAILER! SAVE THE CINEMA TRAILER WITH SAMANTHA MORTON, TOM FELTON

  MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR  

FIRST TRAILER IS  HERE!

Premiering at London Film Festival and then January 21st on Netflix is new war drama movie MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR for which today I can show you the first trailer which features a rather strong cast

Munich will stream this January!

indeed: our favourite German superstar wildly charismatic Jannis Niewöhner, George MacKay and Jeremy Irons! Based on a novel by Robert Harris, the film is set in Autumn, 1938: once again Europe is on the brink of war as Hitler eyes the nation of Czechoslovakia for his expansion of Nazi Germany. In Britain, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain (Jeremy Irons), is desperately seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict, in the hope to avoid a catastrophic war. Meanwhile, a British civil servant, Hugh Legat (George Mackay), and the German diplomat Paul von Hartmann (Jannis Niewöhner), travel to

Our beloved Jannis Niewohner takes the lead role

the Munich conference. Political Subterfuge threatens to destroy any hope of peace, as the pair face real danger while the eyes of the world are watching, in the hopes war will be averted. Jessica Brown Findlay plays Legat's wife.

 

 

 SAVE THE CINEMA TRAILER 

WITH SAMANTHA MORTON

Sky has sent us the trailer for their original movie SAVE THE CINEMA starring Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce and Tom Felton in the story of Liz Evans, who lives in Carmarthen South West Wales, and starts a

Save the Cinema will in cinemas and Sky Cinema

campaign in the 90s to save the local Cinema. With the help of a local politician they get Steven Spielberg to show a premiere of Jurassic Park at the Lyric in a bid to Save the Cinema.

 

 

  RAISED BY WOLVES SF SERIES 

 SEASON TWO TRAILER!

HBO has released first trailer for the second season of their wildly crazy sf series RAISED BY WOLVES which arrives February 3rd to HBO Max. In season two Android partners Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), along with their brood of six human children, join a

The second season arrives this February

newly formed atheistic colony in Kepler 22 b’s mysterious tropical zone. But navigating this strange new society is only the start of their troubles as Mother’s “natural child” threatens to drive what little remains of the human race to extinction.

 

JEREMY IRONS, JANNIS NIEWOHNER, GEORGE MACKAY FIGHT HITLER IN 1ST MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR PICS! SEE CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG IN NEW TRAILER WITH JACK WHITEHALL, JOHN CLEESE

  MUNICH: EDGE OF WAR  

FIRST PHOTOS ARE HERE!

Premiering at London Film Festival and then in January on Netflix is new war drama movie MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR for which today I can show you the first photos which feature a rather strong cast indeed: our

Our beloved Jannis Niewohner takes the lead role

favourite German superstar wildly charismatic Jannis Niewöhner, George MacKay and Jeremy Irons! Based on a novel by Robert Harris, the film is set in Autumn, 1938: once again Europe is on the brink of war as Hitler eyes

George Mackay is British civil servant Hugh Legat

the nation of Czechoslovakia for his expansion of Nazi Germany. In Britain, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain (Jeremy Irons), is desperately seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict, in the hope to avoid a

Jeremy Irons is British prime minister in the new movie

catastrophic war. Meanwhile, a British civil servant, Hugh Legat (George Mackay), and the German diplomat Paul von Hartmann (Jannis Niewöhner), travel to the Munich conference. Political Subterfuge threatens

The film will arrive to Netflix sometime next January

to destroy any hope of peace, as the pair face real danger while the eyes of the world are watching, in the hopes war will be averted. Jessica Brown Findlay plays Legat's wife.

 

  CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG 

NEW TRAILER IS HERE

Since this one was postponed to November 10th, we are now getting a new trailer for CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG comedy adventure which

Clifford will arrive November 10th

will hit cinemas and Paramount + streamer.  When middle schooler Emily Elizabeth (Darby Camp) meets a magical animal rescuer (John Cleese) who gifts her a little, red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant ten-foot hound in her small New York City apartment. While her single mom (Sienna Guillory) is away for business, Emily and her fun but impulsive uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) set out on an adventure that will keep you on the edge-of-your-seat as our heroes take a bite out of the Big Apple. Based on the beloved Scholastic book character, Clifford will teach the world how to love big!

JANNIS NIEWOHNER, JEREMY IRONS, GEORGE MCKAY TO LEAD MUNICH PERIOD SET DRAMA FOR NETFLIX! THE ENDLESS TRENCH WAR EPIC TO REPRESENT SPAIN IN OSCARS FOREIGN FILM RACE

 NETFLIX'S MUNICH

GATHERS A STRONG CAST

Two war projects from Netflix today, starting with a rather strong cast for MUNICH which is currently shooting in Germany for a 2021 release. Jeremy Irons, our fave German star Jannis Niewohner, Robert Bathurst, Martin Kiefer, George McKay and Martin Wuttke as Adolf

Jannis Niewohner and Jeremy Irons will lead the cast

Hitler are starring in the Christian Schwochow directed movie based on Robert Harris' novel. Set in 1938, as Europe stands on the brink of war, the film follows Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, who travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger.

 

THE ENDLESS TRENCH TO

REPRESENT SPAIN AT OSCARS

Spain has chosen sweeping war epic movie La Trinchera Infinita or THE ENDLESS TRENCH  for foreign film Oscar race. The film opens in USA November 6. 1936. In a little and remote inland town of Andalusia, Higinio is

The film had 15 Goya Award nominations

a tailor and a town councillor who has recently got married to Rosa. After the outbreak of Spanish Civil War by General Franco's coup d'etat, Higinio hides in his own house awaiting the right moment to escape with his wife but is caught in his attempt by his neighbour, Gonzalo, who blames Higinio for his brother's death and is looking for revenge him. Captured by Franco's soldiers, Higinio is driven along with other opposition prisoners to a nearby prison, but the unwitting distraction from one of the prisoners gives him a chance to escape and runs across the town to his house where he is to remain hidden in a secret bunker as long as the war lasts. In the meantime, Gonzalo pays his wife occasional visits in the belief that she knows his whereabouts, sometimes torturing her to extract a confession. 

JANNIS NIEWOHNER IS A NAZI THAT SWITCHES SIDES IN NEW GERMAN WW2 EPIC TV SERIES THE TURNCOAT FROM BETA FILM!

     'THE TURNCOAT' SENDS

JANNIS NIEWOHNER TO WAR

The Turncoat airs on Epic Drama Channels in Europe

Back to our favourite international waters, we are presenting you today with German mini series THE TURNCOAT which aired in Germany back in April, but is starting this weekend in Europe on Epic Drama cable channels. The four episode war drama comes from Beta Film.

The Turncoat directed by Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller "Der Überläufer", is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska

Jannis Niewohner takes the lead role

(Jannis Niewohner, whom we adored as Maximilian and Goldmund) is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by his love interest, the partisan Wanda. Together with a scattered bunch of fellow soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while his commanding officer, Willi Stehauf, issues ever more senseless and inhumane orders. Proska's encounter with a young Polish woman fighting as a partisan and his friendship with his comrade Kürschner increasingly makes him doubt his oath of allegiance. As the Red Army draws

The four episode series was helmed by Oscar winner Florian Gallenberger

closer, Proska becomes a prisoner of war and the only way he can save himself is by defecting to the enemy. By January 1945, he is part of the Red Army –

The series already aired in Germany and in Scandinavian countries

sure that he is finally fighting for the right cause. Yet in the aftermath of war, in Berlin's Soviet Zone, he has his doubts as he realizes that neither he nor the

The series was created out of the film for international broadcast

country can shed the burdens of the past. Once again, as his fate hangs in the balance, he is forced to make a moral decision, defecting yet again – this time, to the West.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON MEDIAEVAL EPIC ADVENTURE NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND BASED ON HERMAN HESSE'S LEGENDARY HISTORICAL NOVEL

   'NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND'

LAVISH HISTORICAL ADVENTURE

I promised you at the very beginning of the year that this month will be filled with reports on international period set projects and I'm keeping to

The movie hits cinemas this March

that promise today as well by taking you over to Germany where a new historical adventure is ready to hit the big screens March 12th! NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND is the movie adaptation of Narziss und Goldmund a famous novel by Nobel Prize winner Herman Hesse! Magnetic German superstar Jannis Niewohner, whom we fell deeply in love with a few years ago in their stunning historical mini series Maximilian, takes the lead role of a young man  Goldmund who wanders aimlessly throughout Medieval Germany after leaving a Catholic monastery school in search of what could be described as

Jannis Niewohner takes the lead role

"the meaning of life". Oscar winning Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky is helming the expensive production. The novel itself was first published back in 1930 and was translated into more than 40 languages!

  What Is The Story About?
The young Goldmund (Jannis Niewohner) is sent by his father to study in the monastery Mariabronn and meets there the religious monastic student Narcissus (Sabin Tambrea, whom you might remember from their historical series on their crazy emperor Ludwig II).

Sabin Tambrea takes the role of Narziss in the movie

Narcissus has dedicated himself to the ascetic and austere life in the monastery with heart and soul and Goldmund first tries to imitate him. An

Emilia Schule is Julia in the movie adaptation of Hesse's novel

intimate friendship soon develops between the two, but the boisterous and fun-loving Goldmund soon realizes that the life perspective the convent offers does not match his ideas of freedom and, emboldened by Narcissus, embarks

Henriette Confurius plays Goldmund's love interest Lene

on a journey full of adventure in which he finally meets his great love Lene (Henriette Confurius). But years later, Narcissus and Goldmund meet again under dramatic circumstances.