{"id":16444,"date":"2022-03-08T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:17:00","slug":"starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/","title":{"rendered":"STARZPLAY Commissions First German-Language Original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STARZPLAY has commissioned its first-ever German-language original, <em>Night in Paradise<\/em> (<em>Nachts im Paradies<\/em>), based on the graphic novel by Frank Schmolke.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Night in Paradise<\/em>, a taxi driver must grapple with the fact that his profession is about to die out and his 18-year-old daughter considers him a stranger, until the apocalyptic event of a fateful Oktoberfest night forces their lives to intersect again.<\/p>\n<p>The six-episode adaptation is the first commission for Windlight Pictures, part of ITV Studios, which was founded last year by <em>Das Boot<\/em> executive producer Moritz Polter. It is a co-production with Heinrich Ambrosch&#8217;s Satel Film.<\/p>\n<p>The series has been written by Matthias Glasner (<em>Das Boot<\/em>) and Hannah Schopf (<em>Tiger Girl<\/em>). Glasner will also direct. J\u00fcrgen Vogel (<em>The Wave<\/em>) and Lea Drinda (<em>We children from Bahnhof Zoo<\/em>) are set to star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermany was one of the first European territories we launched in as a service and is such an important market for us\u2013we\u2019re delighted to now be commissioning our first ever German original series,\u201d said Superna Kalle, president of STARZ International. \u201c<em>Night in Paradise<\/em> is a dark, edgy, unique project we know will resonate with our audiences, and we have fantastic local partners in Windlight Pictures and Satel Film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polter, managing director and executive producer of Windlight Pictures, and Heinrich Ambrosch, Satel\u2019s CEO and co-owner, said, \u201cFrank Schmolke&#8217;s graphic novel<em> Night in Paradise<\/em> is a real gem, and we are very happy to have partnered with STARZPLAY for their first German original, as we all share a vision for this unique property. Matthias Glasner and Hanna Schopf have fully embraced the material and have used its world to create a truly mesmerizing ride into a nighttime Germany you have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STARZPLAY has commissioned its first-ever German-language original, Night in Paradise (Nachts im Paradies), based on the graphic novel by Frank Schmolke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":16445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1695,2868,4890],"class_list":["post-16444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-satel-film","tag-starzplay","tag-windlight-pictures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STARZPLAY Commissions First German-Language Original - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STARZPLAY Commissions First German-Language Original - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"STARZPLAY has commissioned its first-ever German-language original, Night in Paradise (Nachts im Paradies), based on the graphic novel by Frank Schmolke.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-08T15:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/STARZPLAY-NightinParadise-0322.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/\",\"name\":\"STARZPLAY Commissions First German-Language Original - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-08T15:17:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-08T15:17:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/starzplay-commissions-first-german-language-original\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"STARZPLAY Commissions First German-Language Original\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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