Media and entertainment powerhouse Banijay has launched joint venture Dynamic Ally Pictures in Germany, further expanding its scripted capacity in the country.
The Berlin-based production company, founded and led by “Helgoland 513” executive producers Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, is dedicated to developing, packaging and distributing scripted content for the German and international market.
Priefer and Kunkel started working together in 2017. The pair developed and produced multiple projects for UFA Fiction, including two seasons of the historical Rtl+ series “The King of Palma,” which they created. Kunkel also produced Netflix comedy “Betonrausch,” which made it to number one in the German Netflix charts. The duo serve as executive producers of the critically-acclaimed dystopian series, “Helgoland 513,” which premiered on Sky Deutschland this year.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder of Banijay Germany, said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud...
The Berlin-based production company, founded and led by “Helgoland 513” executive producers Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, is dedicated to developing, packaging and distributing scripted content for the German and international market.
Priefer and Kunkel started working together in 2017. The pair developed and produced multiple projects for UFA Fiction, including two seasons of the historical Rtl+ series “The King of Palma,” which they created. Kunkel also produced Netflix comedy “Betonrausch,” which made it to number one in the German Netflix charts. The duo serve as executive producers of the critically-acclaimed dystopian series, “Helgoland 513,” which premiered on Sky Deutschland this year.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder of Banijay Germany, said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud...
- 3/12/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Television production juggernaut Banijay has taken a stake in Dynamic Ally Pictures, a Berlin-based production outfit run by Helgoland 513 executive producers Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Banijay said Tuesday.
The investment will take the form of a joint venture between Dynamic Ally and Banijay Germany with the goal of developing, packaging, and distributing high-end series for the German and international marketplace. Financial terms weren’ disclosed.
Priefer and Kunkel have worked extensively with Fremantle group UFA Fiction developing and producing such series as the 1990s-set crime-in-paradise drama The King of Palma for Rtl+ and the real-estate fraud comedy Betonrausch (Rising High) for Netflix. Their most recent series is the dystopian drama Helgoland 513, which premiered on Sky Deutschland earlier this year.
“Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series,” said Banijay Germany CEO Marcus Wolter. “We’re proud to invest in the future...
The investment will take the form of a joint venture between Dynamic Ally and Banijay Germany with the goal of developing, packaging, and distributing high-end series for the German and international marketplace. Financial terms weren’ disclosed.
Priefer and Kunkel have worked extensively with Fremantle group UFA Fiction developing and producing such series as the 1990s-set crime-in-paradise drama The King of Palma for Rtl+ and the real-estate fraud comedy Betonrausch (Rising High) for Netflix. Their most recent series is the dystopian drama Helgoland 513, which premiered on Sky Deutschland earlier this year.
“Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series,” said Banijay Germany CEO Marcus Wolter. “We’re proud to invest in the future...
- 3/12/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Banijay Germany has taken another step into the scripted market by launching a joint venture with the executive producers behind Helgoland 513.
Founded and led by Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Berlin-based Dynamic Ally Pictures will look to develop, package, produce and distribute scripted content for the German and international markets.
Priefer and Kunkel are best known for Sky Deutschland’s dystopian drama series, Helgoland 513, which premiered this year. The pair first collaborated in 2017 on UFA Fiction titles such as Rtl+’s The King of Palma, while Kunkel also produced Netflix Germany comedy Betonrausch, which topped the streamer’s local chart.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder Banijay Germany said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud to invest in the future of these two creative minds who are known for their hands-on approach, and we warmly welcome them to Banijay Germany,...
Founded and led by Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Berlin-based Dynamic Ally Pictures will look to develop, package, produce and distribute scripted content for the German and international markets.
Priefer and Kunkel are best known for Sky Deutschland’s dystopian drama series, Helgoland 513, which premiered this year. The pair first collaborated in 2017 on UFA Fiction titles such as Rtl+’s The King of Palma, while Kunkel also produced Netflix Germany comedy Betonrausch, which topped the streamer’s local chart.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder Banijay Germany said: “Veronica and Johannes have an impressive instinct for capturing the zeitgeist through powerful returning scripted series. We’re proud to invest in the future of these two creative minds who are known for their hands-on approach, and we warmly welcome them to Banijay Germany,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Alex Dimitriades, Jamie Dornan, and Damon Herriman in The Tourist (Photograph by Ian Routledge/Two Brothers Pictures)
Season two of the Australian thriller The Tourist starring Jamie Dornan has found a new home at Netflix. The BBC series’ first season premiered in the U.S. on HBO Max, but the streamer declined to pick up the distribution rights for season two. Netflix moved in and snatched up the series, setting a February 29, 2024 premiere date for the new season.
Season one’s also coming to Netflix and will be available to binge on February 1, 2024.
The series follows BAFTA and Golden Globe award-nominated Jamie Dornan as Elliot, a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no idea of who he is or how he got there. Season two finds Elliot and Helen (Danielle Macdonald) heading to Ireland in hopes of discovering more details about his identity. Per Netflix, “instead, they...
Season two of the Australian thriller The Tourist starring Jamie Dornan has found a new home at Netflix. The BBC series’ first season premiered in the U.S. on HBO Max, but the streamer declined to pick up the distribution rights for season two. Netflix moved in and snatched up the series, setting a February 29, 2024 premiere date for the new season.
Season one’s also coming to Netflix and will be available to binge on February 1, 2024.
The series follows BAFTA and Golden Globe award-nominated Jamie Dornan as Elliot, a man who wakes up in the Australian outback with no idea of who he is or how he got there. Season two finds Elliot and Helen (Danielle Macdonald) heading to Ireland in hopes of discovering more details about his identity. Per Netflix, “instead, they...
- 12/14/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Four schoolfriends are packing their bags for a fortnight’s fun in Zante when one of them decides they should head elsewhere. Rotterdam. It found fame courtesy of The Beautiful South, but it’s hardly a dream holiday destination – and when the girls arrive, there’s a dead body in the freezer, a cannabis factory in the swimming pool, bags of heroin scattered around the house and vicious Irish gangsters who want to get their hands on the lot.
It’s the set-up for Sky’s new comedy thriller, Then You Run, which arrives on our screens this Friday. Mixing true crime with dark comedy and a smattering of Tarantino, its eight episodes follow the four girls as they go on the run to escape the gangsters and a mysterious serial killer known as The Traveller. The cast includes up-coming actors Vivian Oparah, Isidora Fairhurst, Leah McNamara and Yasmin Monet Prince as the tight-knit group,...
It’s the set-up for Sky’s new comedy thriller, Then You Run, which arrives on our screens this Friday. Mixing true crime with dark comedy and a smattering of Tarantino, its eight episodes follow the four girls as they go on the run to escape the gangsters and a mysterious serial killer known as The Traveller. The cast includes up-coming actors Vivian Oparah, Isidora Fairhurst, Leah McNamara and Yasmin Monet Prince as the tight-knit group,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Freda Cooper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has rounded out its cast for the actioner Heads of State with the addition of Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon), Stephen Root (Barry), Carla Gugino (Leopard Skin), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso), Richard Coyle (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore), Clare Foster (Sherlock), Katrina Durden (Doctor Strange) and Aleksandr Kuznetsov (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore).
The actors join an ensemble that John Cena, Idris Elba and Priyanka Chopra Jonas lead, as previously announced. No details as to their roles have been disclosed.
While plot details are also being kept under wraps, the film is being described as Air Force One meets Midnight Run. Ilya Naishuller (Nobody) is directing from a script by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec, who were themselves working from an initial draft by Harrison Query. The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard are producing, with Cena, Elba and...
The actors join an ensemble that John Cena, Idris Elba and Priyanka Chopra Jonas lead, as previously announced. No details as to their roles have been disclosed.
While plot details are also being kept under wraps, the film is being described as Air Force One meets Midnight Run. Ilya Naishuller (Nobody) is directing from a script by Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec, who were themselves working from an initial draft by Harrison Query. The Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard are producing, with Cena, Elba and...
- 5/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Early on in Rye Lane, it becomes very clear that the audience is in for something special. After meeting at an art exhibition, the two leads formally introduce themselves on a busy corner of the eponymous Peckham high street. “Dom, right? I’m Yas,” says Vivian Oparah, rocking a leopard-print scarf, yellow mac and shocking pink fake-fur bag. “Nice to meet you,” says David Jonsson’s Dom, offering a polite handshake. Yas stares at the outstretched palm, grins and returns a pretend curtsey, then playfully adds a street fist-bump to her chest. It’s sweet and funny, with an easy chemistry, and it perfectly captures the culture clash that Raine Allen-Miller’s directorial debut so singularly dismantles.
Because for David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, being the stars of a major romcom isn’t something that was ever meant to happen. “On paper, we’re not meant to be romantic leads,...
Because for David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, being the stars of a major romcom isn’t something that was ever meant to happen. “On paper, we’re not meant to be romantic leads,...
- 3/19/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - Film
British actor Vivian Oparah has signed with CAA.
Best known for playing Tanya Adeola in the “Doctor Who” spinoff “Class,” Oparah currently stars in the forthcoming rom-com “Rye Lane,” which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival.
In the film, Oparah stars as Yas, while David Jonsson (“Industry”) plays Dom, two twenty-somethings reeling from bad break-ups who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. (The film gets its title from the real-life Rye Lane in Peckham.)
The rom-com follows the pair as they “help each other deal with their nightmare exes, potentially restoring their faith in romance.” The Searchlight Pictures movie is directed by Raine Allen Miller, in her feature debut, from a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia. “Rye Lane” will be released on March 31 via Hulu in the U.S. and on Star internationally.
As a musician, stage performer and screen actor,...
Best known for playing Tanya Adeola in the “Doctor Who” spinoff “Class,” Oparah currently stars in the forthcoming rom-com “Rye Lane,” which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival.
In the film, Oparah stars as Yas, while David Jonsson (“Industry”) plays Dom, two twenty-somethings reeling from bad break-ups who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. (The film gets its title from the real-life Rye Lane in Peckham.)
The rom-com follows the pair as they “help each other deal with their nightmare exes, potentially restoring their faith in romance.” The Searchlight Pictures movie is directed by Raine Allen Miller, in her feature debut, from a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia. “Rye Lane” will be released on March 31 via Hulu in the U.S. and on Star internationally.
As a musician, stage performer and screen actor,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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