Amazon Prime Video Germany Kicks On With ‘All Or Nothing’ World Cup Doc Series; Discovery+ & Paramount+ Joining Channels Service

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Amazon has unveiled its 2022-23 German originals slate as it up investment in the country, with new Prime Video comedy shows and the latest All or Nothing soccer doc among the highlights.

At the same time, Prime Video Channels will soon offer Discovery+ and Paramount+ as add-ons.At a Prime Video Presents Germany showcase event today in Munich, Prime Video Country Director Kaspar Pflüger said the company would “continue to invest massively in the German-speaking region,” as local content chief Philip Pratt revealed looks at fantasy series The Gryphon, 1980s-set drama series Luden and the adaptation of Sebastian Fitzek’s The Therapy, and announced several new shows, including another All or Nothing series in the soccer-mad country.The All or Nothing docu-series will follow the German national football team’s journey to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, showing what goes on in front of and behind the scenes at the tournament.

Amazon Studios is producing in association with UFA Documentary, with Christian Twente the director and Marc Lepetit the producer.

Prime Video has already run All or Nothing docs on leading clubs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.Also on the slate is a “mysterious new” comedy from LOL: Last One Laughing Germany ensemble star Joko Winterscheidt, in which he is writing and starring. “I will be on Prime Video from the beginning of next year.