When Bastien Reiber and his Das Manko Collective started planning a TV show, they decided they would do away with the difficult part. The resulting ZDF series, The Flaws, is incredibly light on dialogue but heavy on slapstick, poignant humor and heart. Inspired by the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers and iconic German comedian […]

Golden Globe nominee Helena Zengel was catapulted to stardom as a child actor in Nora Fingscheidt’s System Crasher and as she moves into her first adult role she has had time to reflect. “I watched System Crasher the other day and was thinking it’s crazy what such a young child did,” she told Deadline promoting […]

Halo showrunner Steven Kane has delivered an emotional plea for today’s industry gatekeepers to resist the temptation to “let the data drive the creative.” Kane said there is a “risk” commissioners become overly reliant on data and that this neuters creativity, likening the situation to how “I used to use a map but now I […]

The rebooted Wallander will one of the biggest Scandi launches of the year but producer Glenn Lund said today the production process was anything but smooth sailing. Lund opened up at Seriencamp about the “really big arguments” some had on set with star and exec producer Gustaf Skarsgård, which he said sometimes lasted “for months.” […]