Articles about Sonar Entertainment
All at sea
Das Boot stars Tom Wlaschiha and Rick Okon discuss making the Second World War drama, from reimagining the iconic novel and film on which it is based to batting claustrophobia on set and why this an exciting time for actors.
War on the waves
Thought working with children and animals was hard? Try a U-Boat. DQ lifts the hatch on forthcoming war drama Das Boot to find out how the series was built, more than 30 years after the iconic film that inspired it.
Breaking Taboo
Best known for seminal Danish crime drama Forbrydelsen (The Killing), director Kristoffer Nyholm tells DQ why Tom Hardy-led thriller Taboo is like nothing ever seen on TV before.
Fan power
Events such as Comic-Con and social media have unleashed a new breed of super-fan – but how are TV shows utilising this new audience, and what influence do they have on the shows they love?
Creative heavyweights step up development
Neil Gaiman, Alan Ball, Robert Downey Jr, McG and Zadie Smith are among the high-profile talents in the news, while Vimeo is continuing its expansion into the TV business.
Williams brothers plot deceitful drama
The writers behind The Missing have been signed up to pen a new series for ITV in the UK. Elsewhere, Margaret Atwood, Alfred Hitchcock and Jay-Z are all in the news this week – and Dynasty looks set to return to US screens.
Film producers flock to TV
The movie producer migration into TV continued this week with high-profile projects on both sides of the Atlantic, while ITV has greenlit two new Maigret productions.
Networks and streamers look for laughs
It’s been a good week for comedy, with Netflix ordering a TV version of Dear White People and TNT joining forces with E4 on Foreign Bodies. Meanwhile, FX has given the go-ahead to another anthology from hit machine Ryan Murphy.
Coben sees Red with new prodco
Harlan Coben is making a series based on his book Six Years and teaming up with Red Production Company, while Zodiak Rights backs David Raymond’s Arise and Sonar works with Vivek J Tiwary to tell the story of the ‘fifth Beatle.’
Hitting the right spot
Looking for Victorian London? Try Dublin. Or perhaps you’re after the kind of quintessentially Italian setting one can only find in Prague? From tax credits to geography and architecture, DQ examines the factors far beyond plotlines that play a part in selecting drama production locations.
Novel approach
Turning books into TV is a well-trodden path, but as pressure for hits increases, development execs are reading more novels than ever before.