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| Nov
27 |
The
opening date for Karoline Herfurth's film "Wunderschön", starring herself,
Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, Joachim
Krol, Maximilian Brückner, Friedrich Mücke and more, has
again been pushed back, now due to the increasing numbers
of Covid-19 infections and the movie theatre closures till
the end of 2020. So far no new date. 1st Trailer |
| Nov
20 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo":
– Loistavia uutisia: Ivalon 2. kausi nähdään Elisa Viihde
Viaplay - suoratoistopalvelussa vuoden 2021 lopulla! 😍🤩
Mitä odotat uudelta kaudelta? Source: Ivalosarja on Facebook, 11/20/20
Loose translation: Great news: Ivalo is getting a sequel!
Ivalo's 2nd season will be shown on Elisa Entertainment
Viaplay's live service at the end of 2021! 😍🤩 What do
you expect from the new season?
– First Look Media’s niche streaming service Topic has
acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the second season of
the Nordic thriller “Arctic Circle,” which just started
shooting in the icy wilderness of Lapland: The series’s
2nd season will be filming until March and will launch on
Elisa at the end of the year. The show is headlined by
Iina Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala, Mikko Leppilampi and Max
Brückner. Some foreign actors will also be joining the
cast of season two, which is being directed by Juha
Lankinen (“Downshifters 3”) and Jussi Hiltunen (“Law of
the Land”). “Arctic Circle’s” second season begins six
months after the end of the first. Nina Kautsalo (Iina
Kuustonen) has transferred to the police department in
Rovaniemi so she can better care for her special-needs
daughter and cancer-afflicted mother. When a person close
to Nina is murdered, she joins a new Finnish-Russian
police unit to find the killer, leading her to an
international hunting association in Russia and the
unsolved murder of an Olympic athlete. Full article @ Variety, 11/20/20 |
| Nov
19 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo": Elisa
Viihteen kaikkien aikojen katsotuin alkuperäissarja Ivalo
(Arctic Circle) saa jatkoa.
Yli kahteenkymmeneen maahan myydyn rikosdraaman uudet
jaksot tulevat katsottavaksi Elisa Viihde Viaplay -
suoratoistopalveluun loppuvuodesta 2021. Full article from
Elisa Corporation @ EPressi, 19.11.20
Loose translation: Elisa Entertainment's most watched
original series Ivalo (Arctic Circle) continues. New
episodes of the crime drama, which has been sold to more
than twenty countries (including Germany and Spain), will
be screened on Elisa Viihde Viaplay streaming service in
late 2021. Filming for the second season of the Ivalo
series begins today. The second season of the series,
which will be filmed in Lapland and the Helsinki
Metropolitan Area, will feature actors Iina Kuustonen,
Pihla Viitala, Mikko Leppilampi, Kari Ketonen, Inka
Kallén, Taneli Mäkelä and Susanna Haavisto from the first
season. The new cast includes Mikko Nousiainen, Pertti
Koivula, Wenla Reimaluoto and international actors to be
announced later. The second season will be directed by
Juha Lankinen (Downshifters 3) and Jussi Hiltunen
(Ruthless Land). The series, which will be filmed in
November to February, has already been sold to US
streaming service Topic. It was written by Iiro Küttner,
Reeta Ruotsalainen and Aleksi Delikouras. The series is
produced by Yellow Film & TV, produced by Jarkko
Hentula and by Olli Haikka and Marko Talli. The second
season of the series will be carried out in cooperation
with Business Finland and The Finnish Broadcasting
Company. Lagardère Studios Distribution, a French company
that is a key player in the industry in Europe, is
responsible for international distribution. |
| Nov
19 |
Actors
Frederic Linkemann and Maximilian Brückner in uniform -
another photo from the set of the Wannsee Conference film:
Instagram,
19.11.20 |
| Nov
18 |
I
have updated my site for "Die Wannseekonferenz" (The Wannsee
Conference) with BTS photos from yesterdays 11th day of
filming. |
| Nov
10 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest 1900" (in German ARD-Mediathek) / "Oktoberfest - Beer
and Blood" (on global Netflix):
80-Minute Podcast with series director Hannu Salonen and
DoP Felix Cramer on "Visual Revolutionary", recorded in
October 2020.
Episode #153: They join Ric Stovall's podcast to talk
about their journey from film students in Germany to
building a career in film and television that would lead
to working together on this beautiful visual presentation
of historical fiction. During our conversation we talk
about what they are currently working on and how it's been
effected by Covid, how they went about creating some of
the amazing long one take shots that help to set
"Oktoberfest" apart from other shows, where they draw
creative inspiration from and how they keep from getting
burned out, and the advice they give to others hoping to
one day tell their own stories. |
| Nov
9 |
Due
to the increasing numbers of Covid-19 infections in
Germany, the federal and state governments have issued a
ban on theatres, cinemas and concerts from 2 to 30
November 2020. All November performances have therefore
been cancelled.
But the new building of the Munich Volkstheater continues
to make progress. Poster and article with construction
site photos in "Münchner Abendzeitung", 9.11.20 |
| Nov
8 |
Preparing
for "Die Wannseekonferenz": Shooting together.....
finally. 😝 @philipphochmair. Photo of
Maximilian Brückner with Philipp Hochmair on Instagram |
| Oct
31 |
🎃
"Happy Halloween" with the Boandlkramer
🎃 |
| Oct
31 |
This
is the
only photo of Maximilian Brückner that made it into
the print edition of "Esquire Germany". It has a brief
description and the link to the other - *blood drenched* -
photos and the interview, which is only available online here.
|
| Oct
30 |
Screenshot and video from the photo shooting and
interview with Maximilian Brückner and photographer Simon
Lohmeyer for "Esquire Germany", Winter 20/21, now
available in print and as an e-paper: Article, which is only available
online. |
| Oct
29 |
The
opening date for Karoline Herfurth's film "Wunderschön", starring herself,
Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, Joachim
Krol, Maximilian Brückner, Friedrich Mücke and more, for
Germany and German Switzerland has again been pushed back,
now to Dec 17, and for Austria to Dec 18, 2020. |
| Oct
27 |
"Die
Wannseekonferenz" (The Wannsee Conference) - Maxi
becoming Dr. Schöngarth. "New haircut new project
😎". Photo
of Maximilian Brückner on Instagram today |
| Oct
26 |
Brand
new highly entertaining 80-minute 'Vodcast with Maximilian
Brückner' and host Oliver Rothstein (in German) at
"Geheimtipp München" on their YouTube Channel and on Facebook. Photos from the taping |
| Oct
14 |
🍺
🥨 "Oktoberfest 1900" / "Oktoberfest:
Beer & Blood":
– "Oktoberfest 1900": All six episodes, the Live-Filmtalk
from the premiere and the Making-of and interview videos
(with Misel Maticevic, Mercedes Müller, Brigitte Hobmeier,
Maximilian Brückner, Eisi Gulp, Irina Wanka, Klaus
Steinbacher, the producers Michael Souvignier, Till
Derenbach and Alexis von Wittgenstein) are available in
the German ARD-Mediathek till the end of 2020.
– "Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood": Streams on Netflix in more than 190 countries,
dubbed in nine languages, but you can watch it in German
and have subtitles. You can find them in the settings
after you hit 'play'.
– New Making-of video |
| Oct
12 |
–
Global Screen is delighted to announce that it will be
taking on the international distribution of "The Wannsee
Conference".
This co-production by Constantin Television and ZDF will
commence filming in Berlin in November. On the morning of
20 January 1942, in a villa on the Großer Wannsee in
Berlin, leading members of the Nazi regime came together.
They had been invited by Reinhard Heydrich to a "meeting
followed by breakfast"; the gathering would go down in
history as the "Wannsee Conference". The sole topic on the
agenda that morning was what the Nazis called the “Final
Solution to the Jewish Question”: the organization of the
systematic mass murder of millions of Jews across Europe.
The film follows the minutes of this meeting as recorded
by Adolf Eichmann, of which only one copy remains, and
which is a key document pertaining to the Holocaust.
Directed by Matti Geschonneck ("Unterleuten"), the
participants of the conference are played by Johannes
Allmayer ("Colonia Dignidad"), Maximilian Brückner
("Arctic Circle"), Godehard Giese ("Babylon Berlin"),
Philipp Hochmair ("Freud"), Arnd Klawitter ("Dark"),
Thomas Loibl ("Charité"), Sascha Nathan ("Skylines"),
Rafael Stachowiak ("Naked among Wolves") and many others.
For statements from Oliver Berben, Deputy Chairman of
Constantin Film AG, and Alexandra Heidrich, Head of
Acquisitions & Sales TV International at Global
Screen, read the full press release from Global Screen,
10/12/20
– Global Screen to rep Constantin's "The Wannsee
Conference"
Global Screen is taking on the international distribution
of "The Wannsee Conference", a co-production from
Constantin Television and ZDF. The film centers on the
events of January 20, 1942, when leading members of the
Nazi regime came together in a villa on the Großer Wannsee
in Berlin. Organized by Reinhard Heydrich, the sole topic
on the agenda for the gathering was what the Nazis called
the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” – the
systematic mass murder of millions of Jewish people across
Europe. "The Wannsee Conference" follows the minutes from
the meeting recorded by Adolf Eichmann.
Full article from Chelsea Regan at WorldScreen - TVDrama,10/12/20
– German distributor Global Screen attends Wannsee
Conference. Directed by Matti Geschonneck, filming will
start in Berlin in November and the project forms part of
Global Screen’s slate for this week’s Mipcom Online+.
Article from Karolina Kaminska at C21Media, 10/12/20 |
| Oct
10 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood" isn't a limited series says
director, confirms Season 2 is in works
Director Hannu Salonen and DoP Felix Cramer, speaking
exclusively to MEA WorldWide (MEAWW), said, 'We’re
having some fun imagining a second season... There might
be some new players coming in -- mighty players'
Interview by Pathikrit Sanyal on MEAWW, 10/7/20 |
| Oct
8 |
And
another new project for Maxi: "Die Wannseekonferenz" (The
Wannsee Conference), written by Magnus Vattrodt, based on
the only surviving copy of Adolf Eichmann's
"Besprechungsprotokoll", directed by Matti Geschonneck
with Johannes Allmayer, Matthias Bundschuh, Maximilian
Brückner, Fabian Busch, Jakob Diehl, Godehard Giese,
Philipp Hochmair, Peter Jordan, Arnd Klawitter, Frederic
Linkemann, Thomas Loibl, Sascha Nathan, Markus Schleinzer,
Simon Schwarz and Rafael Stachowiak portraying the
participants of the conference. Produced by Constantin
Television and German TV network ZDF, the 110 minute movie
is scheduled to air on ZDF in January 2022 to commemorate
the 80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference on 20.
January 1942 in Berlin at the Wannsee House, which is now
a Holocaust memorial. Filming will take place in Berlin,
from early November to mid-December 2020.
Sources (in German): ZDF-Pressrelease, Presseportal, Blickpunkt:Film and DWDL, 8.10.20
– A German
TV movie with the same title was released in 1984,
and in 2001 an English-American TV production with the
title "Conspiracy"
with Stanley Tucci, Kenneth Branagh, Owen Teale, Colin
Firth, and in one of his first - yet small - roles, Tom
Hiddleston. |
| Oct
8 |
The
highly successful German TV series "Hindafing" (Welcome to Hindafing)
about Hindafing's ballsy major, and in the 2nd season a
representative of the Bavarian State Parliament in Munich,
Alfons Zischl (Maximilian Brückner), doesn't get a 3rd
season, but instead a full movie. 😄 Writer/producers
Rafael Parente, Niklas Hoffmann and Boris Kunz of the
NeueSuper production company are currently developing the
story. Source: FilmFernsehFonds
Bayern, 8.10.20 |
| Oct
2 |
Teaser
and 1st
Trailer for actress/director Karoline Herfuth's
upcoming film "Wunderschön", starring herself,
Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, Joachim
Krol, Maximilian Brückner, Friedrich Mücke and Diego
Wallraff.
The movie will come to German and German-Swiss cinemas on
Dec. 3, and to Austrian cinemas on Dec. 4, 2020,
distributed by Warner Bros. |
| Oct
1 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood" ("Oktoberfest 1900"):
– Meet the main protagonists
– German period drama "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood"
promises a lot in its title. There’s certainly a lot of
beer here and more than a fair share of blood spilled too.
Depicting the birth of the German beer festival
Oktoberfest, Netflix’s latest foreign acquisition is
certainly a brilliantly boozy series. It is a decent
period drama that serves up a cold enough brew and enough
bad blood to make this a bold ensemble worth checking out.
One thing’s for sure though, the production value to this
show is excellent. Overall rating 3,5 out of 5. Full
season recap and review by Greg Wheeler on The Review Geek, 10/1/20
– "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood" is bigger, and darker,
than "Dark". The newest Netflix international original
series goes where few dare to venture. Review by Dais
Johnston on Inverse, 10/1/2020
– "Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood" Ending Explained: German
show deserves Season 2 for Roman Hoflinger to exact
revenge. The show can chart in future seasons, how these
beer empires rise and fall. So far, ‘Oktoberfest: Beer and
Blood’ has not been renewed for a second season. But it
definitely deserves one. If nothing, we should get to see
if Roman will get to exact his revenge on Prank, don’t we?
Full review by Pathikrit Sanyal on MEAWW, 10/1/20
– Netflix’s "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood": Interview
with Series Director Hannu Salonen. German series
"Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood", based on the now globally
celebrated Oktoberfest, has just landed on Netflix. We
managed to chat with the director of the series, Hannu
Salonen, to discuss the new project and talk about Netflix
in a broader sense too. We’ll talk about what you can
expect from the series, how big the production was, and
what he has been watching recently on Netflix. Full
interview by Kasey Moore on What's on Netflix, 10/1/20
– The filmmakers behind Netflix's "Oktoberfest: Beer &
Blood" share their secrets in bringing the epic German
historical drama to life. Series director Hannu Salonen
and cinematographer Felix Cramer discuss the secrets
behind the series in full, including how they sought to
avoid common tropes in other historical dramas, the show's
underlying dark sense of humor and the innovative filming
techniques they employed to bring audiences right into the
lively fun of the folk festival. Full interview by Sam
Stone on Comic Book Resources |
| Sep
30 |
🍻
When family gets in the way of good beer. The year is
1900, and beer in Bavaria is almost as thick as blood.
Video chat with "Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood" creator and
producer Alexis von Wittgenstein on One News Page, 9/30/20 |
| Sep
29 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood" – 🐲 'The Dragon': Maximilian Brückner as
Anatol Stifter on global Netflix |
| Sep
27 |
🍺
🥨 "Oktoberfest 1900" – All six
episodes and the BTS and interview videos are available in
the German ARD-Mediathek until end of 2020,
then the series will come to German Netflix. It will be
available internationally in over 190 countries dubbed in
nine different languages thru Netflix from Oct 1 on under the
titles "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood" / "Oktoberfest:
Cerveza y sangre" / "Oktoberfest: Pivo a krev" / "L’empire
Oktoberfest" - amongst others ...
– Tráiler
oficial en Español / English dubbed trailer / Bande-annonce Française |
| Sep
27 |
Maxi
was surfing the Eisbachwelle again this morning: Photo on Instagram |
| Sep
26 |
🍻
Netflix's Oktoberfest drama tastes like "Peaky Blinders"
plus beer. Pour a glass of deliciously dark new Netflix
show "Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood", brewed from lust and
murder. Review from Richard Trenholm on CNet, 9/25/20 |
| Sep
25 |
🍻
We chatted with "Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood" director
Hannu Salonen about his bold, provocative, and thrilling
new series, releasing on Netflix Oct. 1! As we dive
headfirst into fall, Netflix is gearing up to release
another German series that is sure to enthrall audiences
across the globe. "Oktoberfest Beer and Blood" is a
captivating historical retelling of the bloody events in
the famous German celebration’s early years. Full
interview from Mads Lennon on ShowSnob, 9/24/20 |
| Sep
24 |
🍺
🥨 BTS of "Oktoberfest 1900": Fun picture of Michael Kranz
(city councilor Urban), Maximilian Brückner (Anatol
Stifter), Brigitte Hobmeier (Colina Kandl) and some of the
'beer girls' on Instagram |
| Sep
21 |
First batch of 11 set photos and the
story for Karoline Herfurth's 4th film as a director,
"Wunderschön" with Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck,
Nora Tschirner, Joachim Krol, Maximilian Brückner,
Friedrich Mücke, Diego Wallraff and Karoline Herfurth. The
opening date for Germany and German Switzerland has been
pushed back from early October to Dec 3, and for Austria
to Dec 4, 2020. |
| Sep
20 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest
1900" – The 6-part series will be available
internationally thru Netflix in more than 190 countries
from Oct 1 on under the title "Oktoberfest: Beer &
Blood": A young girl falls in love with a poor
brewer's son. Their relationship is opposed by the
girl's father, a rich mobster who has come to town to
try to bully his way into the inner circle of Munich's
brewery dynasties. Deceit, betrayal and murder ensue
when two powerful family breweries go to war over the
world-famous beer festival in early 20th-century Munich. |
| Sep
16 |
🏄
Maxi was surfing the Eisbachwelle again today. Photo by Stephan Luca and video. He is doing pretty good by
now! |
| Sep
15 |
🏄
Selfie of Maxi, surfing on the
Eisbachwelle in Munich's English Garden. Source:
Video-Story on his facebook page |
| Sep
13 |
Maximilian
Brückner and Brigitte Hobmeier, who have worked together
at the Munich Volkstheater (2002-05), in the movie "Räuber
Kneißl" (2008), and in the upcoming series "Oktoberfest
1900" model fall fashion for the magazine "Focus Style
Men", Nr. 3/2020 - supplement to German "Focus Magazin"
Nr. 38/20, available on 12.9.2020. Fashion pages "Auf
Landpartie mit zwei TV-Stars" with interview, p. 18-32. Video preview, print preview and BTS photos. More photos |
| Sep
12 |
#DSP2020
- 9.
Deutscher Schauspielpreis: Maximilian Brückner
arrives for the Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2020 at the
Spindler & Klatt restaurant on September 11, 2020 in
Berlin, Germany. He was nominated as an 'Actor in a Comic
Role' at the German Actors Awards for his role as Alfons
Zischl in "Hindafing", season 2. Unfortunately he didn't
win, and I haven't seen the winning actor prior to
yesterdays event or can remember his name.
Photos of Maxi on the blue carpet: 1-Getty, 2-Getty, 3-Brauer, 4-Brauer, 5-Brauer, 6-Imago |
| Sep
9 |
🏄
Maxi was surfing on the Eisbachwelle in Munich's English
Garden today. Selfie, and short clip on Instagram and on Facebook. |
| Sep
8 |
🍺
🥨 "Oktoberfest 1900" – The 1-hour
Live-Filmtalk as the premiere of "Oktoberfest 1900" with
Martina Gedeck, Brigitte Hobmeier, Francis Fulton-Smith,
Maximilian Brückner, director Hannu Salonen, producers
Till Derenbach of Zeitsprung Pictures and Alexis von
Wittgenstein of Violet Pictures, writer Ronny Schalk, and
via video from Berlin Misel Maticevic, can be re-watched here.
All episodes and videos of the series are available in the
ARD-Mediathek, and from next
Tuesday on on ARD TV. |
| Sep
8 |
"Das
schönste Paar"/"The Most Beautiful Couple" by Sven
Taddicken is out in South Korea today. How exciting!
Thank you @challanfilm Sources: Beta Cinema and One Two Films on Instagram, 8.9.2020
Trailer in German w/ Korean
subtitles |
| Sep
3 |
🍺
🥨 First positive reviews/articles about the upcoming
German 6-part series "Oktoberfest 1900" (international
title: "Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood"): Tittelbach.tv, Weser-Kurier, Domradio.de, and a great pic of
Maximilian Brückner as Anatol Stifter here. |
| Sep
1 |
Schwarzach
23 und das mörderische Ich" was yesterday's
prime-time winner with 5,04 million viewers. Source: Meedia |
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