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PANTALEON Entertainment: 'You Are Wanted' First German Series to Go Global - Seite 2

"Almost exactly one year ago, we were the first Video-on-Demand service to announce a German Amazon Original Series with our partners Warner Bros. and PANTALEON Films, 'You Are Wanted'," says Amazon Video Germany CEO Dr. Christoph Schneider. "Today, 'You Are Wanted' is again making TV history: It will be the first German TV series to get a global roll-out. This is truly groundbreaking news for the German TV industry. We are firmly convinced quality series from Germany Deutschland like 'You Are Wanted' will resonate with viewers all over the world."

Along with star, director and producer Matthias Schweighöfer, the thriller series' A-list cast includes Alexandra Maria Lara (The Downfall), Karoline Herfurth (Suck Me Shakespeer, Perfume), Tom Beck (Einstein), Catrin Striebeck (Head On), Edin Hasanovic (Shifting the Blame), Louis Hofmann (Alone in Berlin), Lucie Aron (Me and Kaminski) and Katrin Bauerfeind (Harald Schmidt Show). 'You Are Wanted' is the story of young hotel manager and family man Lukas Franke (Matthias Schweighöfer), whose existence is turned upside down when someone hacks his personal data and starts messing with his life.

"You Are Wanted" is produced by PANTALEON Films GmbH, Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH and Warner Bros. International Television Production Deutschland GmbH. Dan Maag, Matthias Schweighöfer, Marco Beckmann and Willi Geike served as exec producers. It was co-directed by Matthias Schweighöfer and Bernhard Jasper Regie, writers Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad and Richard Kropf penned the scripts.

About PANTALEON Entertainment AG:

PANTALEON Entertainment AG is one of the fastest growing media companies in Europe. The group, as a leading producer of feature films with world-class distribution partners such as Warner Bros. and Amazon Prime, developed high growth dynamics from the start. The financial success of the content division paid in for the formation of the disruptive video-on-demand (VoD) game changer pantaflix.com, a 100% daughter of PANTALEON that just recently initiated its global rollout. For more information: www.pantaleonentertainment.com and www.pantaflix.com