Disney+ Original Series “Call My Agent Berlin” Announced
Disney has announced details on a brand new German original series, which is currently going by the working title of “Call My Agent Berlin.” It is an adaptation of the French hit series “Dix pour cent” (International: “Call My Agent”).
This new series tells the story of the “Stern” actors agency and its agents. They manage the whims and airs and graces of their celebrity clients (in Order of Appearance): Moritz Bleibtreu, Nilam Farooq, Iris Berben, Veronica Ferres, Katja Riemann, Heiner Lauterbach, Frederick Lau, Heike Makatsch, Emilia Schüle, Kostja Ullmann, Jürgen Vogel, Alicia von Rittberg, Max von der Groeben and Florence Kasumba. The launch of the series is planned for fall 2025.
About the series: Welcome to the Stern Actors Agency, where stars and drama go hand in hand. Here, the agents fight for the future of the country’s most successful actors agency. After the sudden death of founder Richard Stern, everything is at stake: the agency is on the verge of bankruptcy, so the staff must attract new talent in the shortest possible time, keep existing clients happy and skillfully place them to save their own existence. The agency is the beating heart of the series. While famous actors and actresses walk through the corridors and real stars appear in every episode, the agents fight behind the scenes. They are masters of manipulation and go through fire for their clients. Betrayal, love, family and friendship mix to create an explosive cocktail that blurs the boundaries between professional and private life. Each battle brings the agency closer to triumph – or to ruin…
Lucas Gregorowicz, Karin Hanczewski, Michael Klammer, Gabrielle Scharnitzky, Dana Herfurth, Benny O. Arthur, Janina Elkin and Taynara Silva-Wolf play the agents from the Stern talent agency.
The new series has recently wrapped filming at Studio Babelsberg and in Berlin. It has been created by Friday Film GmbH (producers Johann Buchholz and Henning Kamm) together with Wild Bunch Germany GmbH (producers Marc Gabizon and Barbara Mientus). The new show has been directed by Boris Kunz, Laura Lackmann and Johann Buchholz.
Johann Buchholz, Managing Director of Friday Film and showrunner of the series, said in a statement:
“Many of the country’s most skillful manipulators work in the film business. We are erecting a monument to them.”
Benjamina Mirnik-Voges, Director Original Productions, The Walt Disney Company in GSA added:
“We are delighted and proud to be working with Friday Film to adapt this special dramedy for the German market and to be able to present it so soon! ‘Call My Agent Berlin’ (WT) promises emotional, exciting entertainment paired with hilarious, self-deprecating humor at the highest level. The team around Johann Bucholz, Henning Kamm, and Claudia Thieme has succeeded in assembling a terrific cast in front of the camera and a no less impressive team behind it. We are looking forward to a dramatic fall with our agents from Stern!”
The screenplays for “Call My Agent Berlin” (WT) were written by Johann Buchholz and Timon Karl Kaleyta (head writers) as well as Jana Buchholz, Fabienne Hurst and Caroline Rosales. Ngo The Chau and Jieun Yi are responsible for the look of the series as Directors of Photography, Axel Nocker for the production design, interior designer Irina Kromayer for the set design of the actors agency Stern, Jeanette Latzelsberger for make-up design and Sabine Keller for costume design. Casting by Anja Dihrberg Casting, with Dr. Claudia Thieme working as an executive producer.
“Call My Agent” will be released later this year on Disney+ in Germany and as with other international originals, we should expect to see it also released on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States and on Disney+ internationally.
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