‘Babylon Berlin’ Gets Green Light for Fifth and Final Season
variety.comJamie Lang The fifth and final season of the global hit series “Babylon Berlin” has received an official green light, and eight new episodes will be shot this fall. “Babylon Berlin” is produced by X-Filme Creative Pool in co-production with ARD Degeto, SWR, WDR, Radio Bremen and Beta Film.
When former producer-distributor Sky Deutschland announced last year that it was pulling out of scripted originals, there was a concern that “Babylon Berlin” could be a casualty of that change.
However, Beta Film assured Variety it was talking with partners at German broadcaster ARD’s production company ARD Degeto and X Filme to continue the show, and the groups have found a way to do just that.
Based on Volker Kutscher’s fifth novel, “The March Fallen,” Season 5’s synopsis reads: “Set in the darkest period of German history, the new season dives deep into the dreadful February 1933 and its consequences, the take-over of power of the NSDAP.” “Babylon Berlin” writing-directing team of Henk Handlogten, Achim von Borries and Tom Tykwer will return for the show’s final season.
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