HBO Europe Boards International Co-Pro Hackerville

HBO Europe is embarking on its first international co-production with Hackerville, an original six-part thriller about a network of hackers and the investigators tasked with tracking them down.

Hackerville will be an HBO Europe original production co-produced with TNT Serie. It was created by Ralph Martin and Joerg Winger from UFA Fiction and will be produced by Cristian Mungiu and Tudor Reu through Mobra Films.

Directors will be Igor Cobileanski (Umbre) and Anca Miruna Lazarescu (That Trip We Took with Dad). The writing team comprises Laurențiu Rusescu, Daniel Sandu, Ralph Martin and Steve Bailie. The show counts among its executive producers Winger (Deutschland 83/86) for UFA Fiction and Johnathan Young (Wataha) for HBO Europe.

Hackerville will shoot on location in Timisoara, Bucharest and Frankfurt from spring 2018 and is planned for a fall premiere on HBO Europe and TNT Serie.

Antony Root, the executive VP of original programming and production for HBO Europe, said: “Hackerville is a fast, fresh and highly entertaining story set on the front-line of one of the biggest modern day threats and with huge resonance internationally. We’re excited to partner for the first time with TNT Serie, our sister company within the Time Warner group, and with Joerg Winger at UFA Fiction and Mobra Films to bring the series and its contrasting worlds to life.”

Hannes Heyelmann, the senior VP of Turner International original programming strategy, added: “We are proud that TNT Serie’s first international co-production is with HBO Europe. In addition to our hyper-local originals like 4 Blocks, we would like to broaden our production scope and also invest in series that cross borders. This co-production is also indicative of the ramping up of Turner’s investments in general entertainment programming and our ambitions in producing content that is relevant for both the local and international markets.”