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Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it's ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track…

Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s highly-anticipated latest Netflix series 1899 has dropped an extended trailer, gifting more clues. 1899, which made the TIFF Primetime Program Competition, launches November 17 and is one of the streamer’s most high-profile shows to have come out of…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix EMEA TV boss Larry Tanz has claimed the streamer is defying subscriber teething problems by continuing to grow investment in the region, standing by commitments and helping crews and talent as he prepares to welcome a wealth of prospective hits including Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese…

Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s 1899, the highly-anticipated fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale and Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom Exodus have made the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022 Primetime program. Seven series have made the list, also including Dear Mama Allen Hug…

A first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming seafaring mystery drama 1899 has dropped online. Billed as “a visually stunning ‘Odyssee’ where nothing is as it seems,” it’s the latest series from Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, who were behind Netflix’s trippy international smash Dark. The show — which stars the likes of…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix's first German original series Dark was always going to be a tough act to follow for its creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar. The mind-bending, time-weaving show debuted on the platform in December 2017 and attracted a global fanbase across a run of three taut, satisfying seasons until it…

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been finalized on 1899, the major European Netflix series from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar. Joining the previously announced Emily Beecham are: Aneurin Barnard (The Goldfinch), Andreas Pietschmann (Dark), Miguel Bernardeau (Elite), Maciej Musial (The Witcher), Anton Lesser (Game Of…

EXCLUSIVE: Cruella and Little Joe actress Emily Beecham is set to star in Netflix’s anticipated European series 1899, we can reveal. Fast-rising Beecham becomes the first name aboard for the big-canvas period horror, which comes from in-demand German writer-director-producers Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese, creators…

Netflix has revealed its most popular non-English language films and TV series in the U.S., with the list containing an interesting mix of titles from Europe, Asia and South America, plus a few surprises. Spanish-language genre pic The Platform, set in a nightmarish vertical-style prison, tops the list of most-watched…

Here’s the trailer, and date announcement (June 27), for the final series in Netflix’s hit German original Dark. That day matches the date of the promised apocalypse in the show. Expect more time-bending (and possibly mind-bending) twists this time. “The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end,” teases the…

Netflix is planning to begin sharing more data with producers regarding the performance of their content on its platform, a panel at Berlin Film Festival heard today. The streamer's famously opaque strategy of keeping data strictly for in-house usage has begun to soften recently. This week, Netflix said it would begin…

W&B Television, the German indie behind Netflix show Dark and the hit German drama 4 Blocks, has been commissioned to make a series tracing the beginnings of German hip-hop for TNT Serie. Turner Germany's series channel has ordered six-part series Almost Fly, which will be written and directed by Florian Gaag, who…