Annika Pham One of the highlights of Mipcom premiere screenings on Oct. 21, the buzzy international action thriller “Safe Harbor” repped by Eccho Rights, gathered in Cannes its starry creative team: Showrunner and “Ozark” co-creator Mark Williams, actors Colm Meaney (“Gangs of London,” “The Patriarch”) Alfie Allen (“Game of Thrones”) and Martijn Lakemeier (“Maxima”, “Marie-Antoinette”).

At Mipcom, Night Train Media-owned Eccho Rights was discussing the show with broadcasting clients and platforms. Led by Mediawan’s Dutch banner Submarine, producing alongside Germany’s Night Train Media and Williams’ Zero Gravity for Dutch streamer Videoland and Belgium’s Streamz, the series combines the best of Hollywood savoir-faire with European talent and production expertise. “The European [filmmaking] world is new to me,” admits the Emmy-nominated Williams, who serves as creator, executive producer, head-writer and co-helmer on the show. “As the only American onboard, I could help them expand a little bit more than what they’re used to.

I loved the process and had a great time,” he told Variety. Inspired by true events, the story turns on hacker Tobias (Allen) and his ambitious best friend Marco (Lakemeier), who are intent on cracking into the tech billionaires club.

They are plucked from obscurity and plunged headfirst into organised crime when they cross paths with the Irish mob. Leading the operations in Holland for their father, the Irish patriarch Keiran Walsh (Meaney), are the classy and brainy Sloane (Charlie Murphy of “Peaky Blinders”) and her brother Farrell (Jack Gleeson of “Games of Thrones”’), a sociopath with a heart.

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