LEONINE Studios picks up international distribution rights to crime drama series TROPPO from AGC Television
- Based on the best-selling novel series Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
- Created and written by award-winning filmmaker Yolanda Ramke (“Cargo”)
- Co-directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (“Wakefield”, “The Dressmaker”)
- Starring Thomas Jane, Nicole Chamoun, Radha Mitchell, David Lyons and many more
Munich, 21 April 2022 - LEONINE Studios has acquired international distribution rights to the exciting 8-part one-hour crime drama series TROPPO from AGC Television. TROPPO is based on the highly successful Crimson Lake novel series written by New York Times best-selling author Candice Fox. The series has just premiered on Australia’s ABC and will debut in the US on IMDb TV (soon to be Amazon Freevee), Amazon’s premium free streaming service.
TROPPO was created and written by the award-winning filmmaker Yolanda Ramke (“The Haunting Of Bly Manor”, “Cargo”). She co-directed the series with acclaimed directors Jocelyn Moorhouse (“Wakefield”, The Dressmaker”), Catherine Millar (“Twisted”), Ben Howling (“Cargo”) and Grant Brown (“Rush”).
Thomas Jane (“1922”, “Hung”, “The Punisher”, “Boogie Nights”) plays down-and-out ex-cop Ted Conkaffey, who is recruited by Amanda Pharell, an eccentric small town private investigator played by Nicole Chamoun (“On the Ropes”, “Safe Harbour”) to investigate the murder of a brilliant tech pioneer. They are joined by multi award-winning actress Radha Mitchell (“Olympus Has Fallen”, “London Has Fallen”, “The Shack”) and David Lyons (“Eat Pray Love”, “Safe Haven”, Truth Be Told”, “Revolution”).
Yolanda Ramke is the creator of the series. She executive produces along with Stuart Ford and Lourdes Diaz, Matt Bankston (AGC Studios), Greg Quail, Lisa Duff, Simonne Overend (EQ Media Group), Mikael Broglund, David Ogilvy (Beyond Entertainment), Sally Riley and Andrew Gregory (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) as well as Thomas Jane and Courtney Lauren Penn (Renegade Entertainment). Producer of the series is Karl Zwicky.
TROPPO is an EQ Media Group and Beyond Entertainment production in association with Renegade Entertainment, with major production financing from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, AGC Studios in association with Aperture Media Partners, and Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland and with support from the City of Gold Coast.
Synopsis:
Set against the crocodile-infested landscape and idiosyncratic locals of tropical Far North Queensland, Australia, TROPPO is the story of down-and-out ex-cop Ted Conkaffey (Thomas Jane) who is begrudgingly recruited by Amanda Pharrell (Nicole Chamoun) - an eccentric small town private investigator with a disturbing criminal past - to investigate the murder of a brilliant tech pioneer. As they both look for their second chances in life, they must battle to uncover the truth amid the tightly held secrets of Crimson Lake, even as their own checkered pasts are dragged into the present.
About LEONINE Studios:
LEONINE Studios is a leading independent German content house focusing on inspiring viewers with premium content and being a reliable partner for creative talents.
With its three divisions LEONINE Production, LEONINE Distribution and LEONINE Licensing, the media company covers the entire value chain of the content business. LEONINE Studios produces feature films, series, TV shows, entertainment formats, infotainment formats, content for social media channels, and co-produces national and international fiction formats. The LEONINE Studios production companies – i&u TV, Madame Zheng Production, Odeon Fiction, SEO Entertainment, W&B Television and Wiedemann & Berg Film – are led by award-winning producers with long-term ties to outstanding creative talents. LEONINE Studios distributes its content in theaters, on digital services, in home entertainment and on TV channels. In this context, the company also draws on its market-leading license library which includes programs in all formats and genres. LEONINE Studios’ independence assures that all players in the content sector can be provided with premium content – digital streaming providers, pay TV partners as well as public and private television broadcasters.
About AGC Studios:
AGC Studios was founded in February 2018 by Chairman and CEO Stuart Ford. Headquartered in Hollywood, AGC is a 21-century content studio built to supply the fast-evolving global media and entertainment landscape by offering a diverse multicultural slate of mainstream feature film and television projects, designed for global exploitation across an array of platforms including major studios, streamers, broadcasters and cable networks, and independent distributors. AGC is one of the most active independent producers and financiers in the industry and is enjoying an extremely active 2021 with more than 20 film and TV projects at various stages of production this year. In addition to TROPPO, AGC Television recently financed and produced Sebastian Gutierrez’s LEOPARD SKIN starring Carla Gugino and Jeffrey Deal Morgan, an adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s “News of a Kidnapping” for Amazon Studios, and is in pre-production on espionage thriller Gray, in partnership with Lionsgate, starring Patricia Clarkson. Also in production is Season 3 of WAR OF THE WORLDS, a co-production with Canal+ and Fox International.
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