Viaplay Sets True-Life Disaster Story ‘Roombeek’ As Latest Dutch Original Drama Series
Viaplay has ordered its latest Dutch original: a four-part drama from Banjiay Benelux label EndemolShine Scripted about the 2000 Enschede fireworks warehouse explosion titled Roombeek. The horrific tragedy killed 23 people and injured 950 and the series will explore its devastating human impact and aftermath. Casting for the series is underway, and production will begin in early 2023, with EndemolShine Scripted’s Gerd-Jan van Dalen and Viaplay Group’s Kennard Bos producing. Having launched in the Netherlands in March, Viaplay’s scripted original slate from the territory includes true crime drama The Hunt for Jasper S., produced by Willem Bosch and Pieter Kuijpers; dark comedy Something Stupid, created by novelist Saskia Noort; and Liesbeth Strik’s drama The Guilty. Filippa Wallestam, Viaplay Group Chief Content Officer, said: “We have very high ambitions for our Dutch Originals, and are committed to working with...
Viaplay has ordered its latest Dutch original: a four-part drama from Banjiay Benelux label EndemolShine Scripted about the 2000 Enschede fireworks warehouse explosion titled Roombeek. The horrific tragedy killed 23 people and injured 950 and the series will explore its devastating human impact and aftermath. Casting for the series is underway, and production will begin in early 2023, with EndemolShine Scripted’s Gerd-Jan van Dalen and Viaplay Group’s Kennard Bos producing. Having launched in the Netherlands in March, Viaplay’s scripted original slate from the territory includes true crime drama The Hunt for Jasper S., produced by Willem Bosch and Pieter Kuijpers; dark comedy Something Stupid, created by novelist Saskia Noort; and Liesbeth Strik’s drama The Guilty. Filippa Wallestam, Viaplay Group Chief Content Officer, said: “We have very high ambitions for our Dutch Originals, and are committed to working with...
- 7/19/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A Nordic Noir-style thriller about one of The Netherlands’ most high-profile murder cases has been greenlit as the latest Viaplay original and third from Holland.
The Hunt for Jasper S. (De Jacht op Jasper S) will tell the story of the capture of Jasper Steringa, who eventually confessed 13 years after killing someone in a case that led to a widespread debate about the use of DNA and was fuelled by conspiracy theories. Steringa was a farmer who forced his victim with a knife into a field where she was later found dead, and local asylum seekers were initially blamed.
The show from Newen-backed Pupkin was described as “one of the first Dutch productions to employ the globally successful Nordic Noir aesthetic” by Nent streamer Viaplay, which last month unveiled dark comedy Something Stupid and crime drama The Guilty as the first two Dutch originals. The streamer is attempting to...
The Hunt for Jasper S. (De Jacht op Jasper S) will tell the story of the capture of Jasper Steringa, who eventually confessed 13 years after killing someone in a case that led to a widespread debate about the use of DNA and was fuelled by conspiracy theories. Steringa was a farmer who forced his victim with a knife into a field where she was later found dead, and local asylum seekers were initially blamed.
The show from Newen-backed Pupkin was described as “one of the first Dutch productions to employ the globally successful Nordic Noir aesthetic” by Nent streamer Viaplay, which last month unveiled dark comedy Something Stupid and crime drama The Guilty as the first two Dutch originals. The streamer is attempting to...
- 4/12/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nent streamer Viaplay has unveiled its debut duo of Dutch dramas as it prepares to launch in The Netherlands tomorrow, Deadline can reveal.
Something Stupid and The Guilty come from best-selling Dutch novelist Saskia Noort and Liesbeth Strik, as the streamer targets 60 originals this year and expands into the UK and U.S. as well as The Netherlands.
Noort, dubbed ‘The Dutch Queen of Suspense’, is behind Something Stupid, a dark comedy following three women seeking revenge on the man who betrayed them, which explores themes of equality and exploitation in the TV industry.
Meanwhile, Strik is behind The Guilty, a thriller about a mother attempting to keep her teenage son out of prison.
Nent Group Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam described the shows as “compelling, thought-provoking and above all unique.”
“Viaplay has rapidly become a major player in international drama and we have high ambitions for the Netherlands,...
Something Stupid and The Guilty come from best-selling Dutch novelist Saskia Noort and Liesbeth Strik, as the streamer targets 60 originals this year and expands into the UK and U.S. as well as The Netherlands.
Noort, dubbed ‘The Dutch Queen of Suspense’, is behind Something Stupid, a dark comedy following three women seeking revenge on the man who betrayed them, which explores themes of equality and exploitation in the TV industry.
Meanwhile, Strik is behind The Guilty, a thriller about a mother attempting to keep her teenage son out of prison.
Nent Group Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam described the shows as “compelling, thought-provoking and above all unique.”
“Viaplay has rapidly become a major player in international drama and we have high ambitions for the Netherlands,...
- 2/28/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Dutch broadcaster RTL4 has renewed it's contract for Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden with production company Endemol Nederland. The popular soap opera will stay on the air until at least 2015. Cast and crew received the good news this morning.
Erland Galjaard, an executive at RTL4 responsible for programming: "It's going really well with the show. Both in terms of quality and ratings. This season we had an average of 1,4 million viewers and we reached a broad audience. Gtst is an important part of the early evening of RTL4. That's why we renewed the contract with Endemol Nederland for four years. The viewer has to keep tuning into RTL4 to see Netherlands' only real soap opera."
Peter Adrichem, executive at Endemol: "This renewal - for four years - is unique in television land. Now we can think a long time in advance. This will be good for the storylines and image of the show.
Erland Galjaard, an executive at RTL4 responsible for programming: "It's going really well with the show. Both in terms of quality and ratings. This season we had an average of 1,4 million viewers and we reached a broad audience. Gtst is an important part of the early evening of RTL4. That's why we renewed the contract with Endemol Nederland for four years. The viewer has to keep tuning into RTL4 to see Netherlands' only real soap opera."
Peter Adrichem, executive at Endemol: "This renewal - for four years - is unique in television land. Now we can think a long time in advance. This will be good for the storylines and image of the show.
- 4/11/2011
- by Mark
- We Love Soaps
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