Cult Comedy Series Stromberg Gets Movie Funding

COLOGNE: Brainpool is bringing its cult comedy hit Stromberg to the big screen, after raising 1 million euros in fan funding for the financing of the film.

Stromberg has aired for five seasons on ProSieben. It will now get a film adaptation, Stromberg: The Film, which will hit theaters on February 20.

Brainpool had placed a call for crowd funding via its online channel, MySpass.de, a German Internet comedy content hub. Along with the 1 million euros raised by the fans, Stromberg: The Film is funded by the NRW Film and Media Foundation, the German Film Sponsorship Funds (DFFF), and the German Film Board (FFA). ProSieben is on board as TV partner.

Andreas Scheuermann, Brainpool's CEO, said, “We are absolutely thrilled at the level of fan support that we have seen for Stromberg: The Film. Above all the creative team is grateful to the many Stromberg fans in Germany. They really got behind our plans and have enabled the production to go ahead by raising an extraordinary amount of money in such a short amount of time to see their hero on the big screen.”