Banijay Germany has taken one other step into the scripted market by launching a three way partnership with the manager producers behind Helgoland 513.
Based and led by Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Berlin-based Dynamic Ally Photos will look to develop, bundle, produce and distribute scripted content material for the German and worldwide markets.
Priefer and Kunkel are greatest identified for Sky Deutschland’s dystopian drama sequence, Helgoland 513, which premiered this yr. The pair first collaborated in 2017 on UFA Fiction titles similar to RTL+’s The King of Palma, whereas Kunkel additionally produced Netflix Germany comedy Betonrausch, which topped the streamer’s native chart.
Marcus Wolter, CEO and co-founder Banijay Germany mentioned: “Veronica and Johannes have a formidable intuition for capturing the zeitgeist via highly effective returning scripted sequence. We’re proud to spend money on the way forward for these two inventive minds who’re identified for his or her hands-on method, and we warmly welcome them to Banijay Germany, as we proceed our efforts in diversifying and increasing our content material providing.”
Priefer and Kunkel added in an announcement: “Banijay Germany and Marcus Wolter embody the entrepreneurial aptitude and inspiration we’ve been looking for in a associate. The corporate’s optimism and plain inventive imaginative and prescient, paired with a practical method, instantly fascinated us. We’re excited to embark on new tasks for creatives and purchasers throughout the native and worldwide market, and welcome the assist of the broader group’s distribution operation.”
Dynamic Ally joins Banijay Germany’s manufacturing portfolio, which incorporates Nanni Erben and Gunnar Juncken’s scripted label MadeFor Productions, which is behind hits similar to long-running sequence Tatort, LGBTQIA+ love story Loving Her and Then You Run, produced in affiliation with UK label Kudos for Sky.
Based in 2018 by former Endemol Shine Germany boss Wolter and Banijay, Banijay Germany produces exhibits similar to Actuality Camp (identified regionally as Battle of the Actuality Stars), Superstar Large Brother, Kitchen Unimaginable, The Masked Singer, Höhle der Löwen, Schlag den Star and My Native, Your Native.
