NBC is developing Danni Lowinski, a half-hour comedy based on the 2010 German TV series. It’s from Glee and Scream Queens co-creator Ian Brennan, Tariq Jalil’s Intrigue Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, where Brennan is under an overall deal. Written by Brennan, Danni Lowinski follows a working-class woman who is whip-smart, mouthy and undeniably herself. But when she's rejected by every straight-laced traditional law firm in Milwaukee, she decides to change the…...
- 11/15/2017
- Deadline TV
From Charlie Kaufman’s highly recommended 2011 BAFTA lecture: ‘People all over the world spend countless hours of their lives every week being fed entertainment in the form of movies, TV shows, newspapers, YouTube videos and the internet. And it’s ludicrous to believe that this stuff doesn’t alter our brains. It’s also equally ludicrous to believe that – at the very least – this mass distraction and manipulation is not convenient for the people who are in charge. People are starving. They may not know it because they’re being fed mass produced garbage. The packaging is colorful and loud, but it’s produced in the same factories that make Pop Tarts and iPads, by people sitting around thinking, ‘What can we do to get people to buy more of these?’ They’re selling you something. And the world is built on this now. Politics and government are built on this,...
- 12/31/2014
- by Christina Kallas
- Hope for Film
A few weeks ago HBO and then CBS announced that they would launch stand-alone online services in U.S. in 2015. Before that, Netflix had made known that it would start producing features, crushing theatrical release windows once and for all, after it had contributed to the change of the patterns of attention and the way TV series are made by releasing its House of Cards episodes all at once, as a 13-hour movie. ‘Now the real shakeout begins’, wrote Ted Hope in Hollywood Reporter. ‘We are witnessing the march from once lucrative legacy practices built around titles to a new focus on community.’ Michael Wolff, writing also in the Hollywood Reporter, disagrees: ‘Streaming services from the two networks don’t signal television’s capitulation to Netflix and the web; it’s actually the opposite, as the medium expands yet again to gobble up more revenue.’ And in that sense, he says,...
- 11/5/2014
- by Christina Kallas
- Hope for Film
Television’s impressive artistic and commercial success is not a solely American phenomenon – it is not even an English language phenomenon. The case of the Danish series Borgen (2010-2013) is exemplary. Borgen brought together on average a 50% share in its home market and was shown all over the world to great acclaim. Much like The West Wing, it worked as a reminder that sincere idealism can still be part of politics, while at the same time giving a pretty nuanced idea of how politics work. Danish TV drama (shows like The Killing/Forbrydelsen of 2007-2012, The Bridge/Bron from 2010-2013, and most recently The Legacy/Arvingerne and soon-to-be-released 1864) began its revival about fifteen years ago – at the same time as its domestic film industry, and with the fiction department of the public channel Dr as its driving force.
By now Denmark, together with its Scandinavian neighbors, is considered Europe’s...
By now Denmark, together with its Scandinavian neighbors, is considered Europe’s...
- 10/22/2014
- by Christina Kallas
- Hope for Film
Cologne, Germany – French production company Marathon has picked up remake rights to hit German sitcom Danni Lowinski from sales group Red Arrow International. The series, currently in its fourth season at German commercial network Sat.1, focuses on a hairdresser turned lawyer who sets up shop in a local mall, offering legal advice for 1 Euro a minute. "When I came across this format at Mipcom (last Fall), I straightaway secured the rights for the French market," said Marathon producer Jerome Vignac. “Funny, sharp, popular, modern ... Danni Lowinski is the kind of comedy we need right now."
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- 3/19/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany - German sitcom hit Danni Lowinski may not have made it to U.S. screens, but the dramedy about a working class woman who becomes a lawyer has found a new home in Eastern Europe. Ukrainian production company Star Media Film has picked up remake rights to Danni Lowinski and will produce a local-language version of the show for Ukraine commercial channel Stb and Russian broadcaster Domashny. The original Danni Lowinski, currently in its third season in Germany, has been a ratings smash for commercial network Sat.1. A Belgian remake for public broadcaster vtm also scored with viewers,
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- 4/25/2012
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The CW have found their Danni Lowinski. Sons & Daughters alumna Amanda Walsh has landed the lead in the hourlong CW dramedy pilot based on the German series of the same name. The pilot, once eyed for possible midseason consideration, is now targeted for next fall. The CW has no scripted series on tap for midseason and recently opted not order back episodes from sophomore Life Unexpected. Danni Lowinski is named after the series' central character: a scrappy hairdresser (Walsh) who has worked her way through law school and finally graduates only to be brushed off by law firms that aren't interested in her type. Determined to make her way in the professional world, she sets up her own practice in a shopping mall kiosk. The German series, which airs on Sat.1, stars popular German comedy actress Annette Frier in the title role. Richard Shepard will be directing the CW...
- 11/15/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: The CW is finalizing a deal to pick up Danni Lowinski, an hourlong dramedy pilot based on the German series of the same name. Jennie Snyder Urman (90210) has been enlisted to write the adaptation, which is being produced by CBS TV Studios. While the script is yet to be written, the project is being fast-tracked for midseason consideration with a pilot order based on extensive source material - 13 produced episodes of the original series - and a writer whom the CW has an established relationship with. Feelers have already been sent out to talent agencies for the lead whose casting is considered key to the project. Update: Richard Shepard, who won an Emmy for directing another dramedy pilot, that for ABC's Ugly Betty, is in talks to direct. Danni Lowinski is named after the series' central character: a scrappy hairdresser who has worked her way through law school and...
- 10/4/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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