Go abroad, one show at a time.
Netflix has added two new titles to its ever-growing list of Network Original Series from Europe, and the streaming and production giant is promising to announce even more this year.
From the land of Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité comes Baron Noir, a political drama with intrigue to rival the real-life drama happening now in the lead-up to the presidential election in France.
Jordskott, one of the spookiest Euro TV series to come out of Sweden, is making its way across the fjords to North America and landing on Shudder in a couple of weeks.
It’s heeere. It is Walter Presents, the brand new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform for non-English-language world drama in the US, and it is streaming Euro TV and other international TV titles right now.
Netflix is on a roll with its international programs under the Netflix Original banner, including Euro TV series that are premiering in the next two to eight weeks.
Film festivals aren’t just for movies anymore, so for the third year in a row the Berlin International Film Festival presented both its “Drama Series Days” and “Berlinale Special Series” television-focused programs.
If the US wasn’t already Euro TV Central, it absolutely will be when Walter Presents, the UK streaming service for international telly, launches in the States. Vachement chouette!
Whether you’re a Netflix newbie or you’ve been a subscriber since their DVD-rental-only days, having their streaming service just got a whole lot better.
Swedish actor Rolf Lassgård features in what could be a blockbuster Hollywood film next year: the Alexander Payne sci-fi comedy-drama Downsizing, starring Matt Damon.
The push to produce Euro TV series with international appeal has taken a leap forward with the simultaneous filming of Vikingane in both Norwegian and English.
The Peabody Awards have announced this year’s Entertainment and Children’s programs winners, and amongst them is the Euro TV drama-thriller, Deutschland 83.
Versailles, the French drama about King Louis XIV and the construction of the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, will screen stateside on Ovation TV this autumn.