{"id":20231,"date":"2024-02-28T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:20:22","slug":"fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Secures Rights to Fantasy Drama Hagen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has secured the worldwide distribution rights, excluding German-speaking territories, to the new fantasy drama <em>Hagen<\/em> (w.t.), from Constantin Film.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Wolfgang Hohlbein\u2019s best-selling novel <em>Hagen von Tronje<\/em>, the story is a reimagining of the medieval Nibelungenlied folk saga. <em>Hagen<\/em> will be made into a feature film for theatrical release and a six-episode series for television.<\/p>\n<p>It tells the story of Hagen, a soldier and Lord Commander ready to serve who is deeply in love with Princess Kriemhild, which is not permitted. His world is turned upside down when the Huns threaten to invade and the legendary dragon slayer Siegfried arrives. The king, determined to strengthen his kingdom, seeks a new wife, a famous Valkyrie queen with old magic powers. To secure her hand in marriage, he needs the help of both Siegfried and Hagen.<\/p>\n<p>Gijs Naber (<em>Blackbook<\/em>,<em> The Story of My Wife<\/em>) stars as Hagen, alongside Jannis Niew\u00f6hner (<em>Beat<\/em>, <em>Munich<\/em>) as Siegfried. Lilja van der Zwaag plays Princess Kriemhild, Rosalinde Mynster stars as Valkyrie Brunhild, and Dominic Marcus Singer appears as King Gunter. In addition, J\u00f6rdis Triebel (<em>Dark<\/em>) and J\u00f6rg Hartmann (<em>The Weissensee Saga<\/em>) support as Queen Ute and King Dankrat, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Cyrill Boss and Philipp Stennert (<em>Pagan Peak<\/em>\/<em>Der Pass<\/em>) serve as directors. The script was written by Boss, Stennert and Doron Wisotzky.<\/p>\n<p>RTL Group holds the German streaming and free-TV rights. Fremantle will showcase <em>Hagen<\/em> as one of its key scripted drama titles at the London TV Screenings on March 1.<\/p>\n<p>The feature film is being funded by Filmf\u00f6rderungsanstalt, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, production incentives from the Czech Film Fund, German Federal Film Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Government of Iceland, Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs. The series is funded by production incentives from the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe\u2019s MEDIA Programme, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, German Motion Picture Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Government of Iceland, Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to be working with Constantin Film on this exciting new project,\u201d said Jens Richter, CEO of international at Fremantle. \u201c<em>Hagen<\/em> (w.t.) is a contemporary reimagining of the mother of all fantasy sagas\u2014the Nibelungenlied. Prepare yourselves for premium entertainment with truly stunning production values, which promises to draw audiences into an immersive world filled with epic battles, love, power and betrayal; all delivered with striking visual integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Constantin Film\u2019s Martin Moszkowicz, executive chairman, and Oliver Berben, deputy chairman, added, \u201cThe epic saga of <em>Hagen<\/em> (w.t.) and this hero\u2019s journey is the basis of modern, cinematic pop culture narration. We are excited to bring this standout production together with Fremantle to audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has secured the worldwide distribution rights, excluding German-speaking territories, to the new fantasy drama Hagen (w.t.), from Constantin Film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":20232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4007,2697,8609,8610,707,8611,8612,8613],"class_list":["post-20231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-constantin-film","tag-fremantle","tag-hagen","tag-hagen-von-tronje","tag-jens-richter","tag-martin-moszkowicz","tag-nibelungenlied","tag-oliver-berben","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fremantle Secures Rights to Fantasy Drama Hagen - 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\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fremantle Secures Rights to Fantasy Drama Hagen - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fremantle has secured the worldwide distribution rights, excluding German-speaking territories, to the new fantasy drama Hagen (w.t.), from Constantin Film.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-28T15:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-28T15:20:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Fremantle-Hagen-0224.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/\",\"name\":\"Fremantle Secures Rights to Fantasy Drama Hagen - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-28T15:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-28T15:20:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-secures-rights-to-fantasy-drama-hagen\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fremantle Secures Rights to Fantasy Drama Hagen\"}]},{\"@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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