{"id":6366,"date":"2016-07-08T11:03:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rtl-germany-boards-eone-drama-series-ransom\/"},"modified":"2016-07-08T13:49:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:49:54","slug":"rtl-germany-boards-eone-drama-series-ransom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/rtl-germany-boards-eone-drama-series-ransom\/","title":{"rendered":"RTL Germany Boards eOne Drama Series Ransom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Production has begun on the 13-episode drama <em>Ransom<\/em>, which now counts Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland among the broadcasters on board for the series.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ransom<\/em> is created by David Vainola (<em>Diamonds<\/em>, <em>Combat Hospital<\/em>) and Frank Spotnitz (<em>The X-Files<\/em>, <em>The Man in the High Castle<\/em>). Entertainment One (eOne), Big Light Productions, Sienna Films and Wildcats Productions are involved in the project, which stars Luke Roberts (<em>Black Sails<\/em>, <em>Wolf Hall<\/em>, <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>) as expert hostage negotiator Eric Beaumont. The show is set to air on Global (Canada), TF1 (France), CBS (U.S.) and RTL (Germany).<\/p>\n<p>Joining the cast as Beaumont\u2019s team are Sarah Greene (<em>Penny<\/em> <em>Dreadful<\/em>, <em>Burnt<\/em>) as Maxine Carlson, a young newcomer eager to prove herself; Brandon Jay McLaren (<em>Graceland<\/em>, <em>The<\/em> <em>Killing<\/em>, <em>Chicago<\/em> <em>Fire<\/em>) as Oliver Yates, a psychological profiler; and Nazneen Contractor (<em>Heroes<\/em> <em>Reborn<\/em>, <em>Covert<\/em> <em>Affairs<\/em>, <em>24<\/em>) as ex-cop Zara Hallam.<\/p>\n<p>John Morayniss, the CEO of eOne Television, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to get cameras rolling on <em>Ransom<\/em>. With our incredibly talented cast and crew and our fantastic broadcast partners Global, TF1, CBS and RTL, we will deliver a gripping and addictive series to audiences around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy partners at eOne, Sienna Films and Wildcats Productions and I are incredibly excited to bring <em>Ransom<\/em> to life,\u201d added Spotnitz, the chief executive of Big Light Productions and executive producer. \u201cWe have a fascinating cast of characters, led by Eric Beaumont, and thrilling stories about saving lives in extraordinarily difficult situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joerg Graf, the executive VP of production and international acquisitions at RTL, commented: &#8220;We are very happy to be part of <em>Ransom<\/em>, a co-production with both incredible talent on the creative side and strong partners TF1, CBS and Global on the network side. <em>Ransom<\/em> fits perfectly into our strategy to produce international procedural drama shows for our major channels RTL and VOX.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Production has begun on the 13-episode drama Ransom, which now counts Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland among the broadcasters on board for the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[959,1089],"class_list":["post-6366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-ransom","tag-rtl","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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