Erik Barmack Drives Into Romantic Comedy, Optioning Petra Hülsmann’s ‘Hamburg Series’ (EXCLUSIVE)
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn his first major move in the German market, Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content, the fast-growing L.A. company of the former Netflix VP, has made a big swing in romantic comedy, optioning six-novel “The Hamburg Series” from Germany’s Petra Hülsmann, which he imagines adapting to the small screen as a six film franchise.The Hülsmann deal comes as Wild Sheep Content now has 13 projects sold to top global platforms or networks, an extraordinary achievement for a company that only launched in 2019.As often for Barmack, the sextet signals major IP.