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Die Christian/Oliver-Liebesgeschichte aus Verbotene Liebe soll für den amerikanischen Markt adaptiert werden. Sagen zumindest Hollywood Reporter und VARIETY. O_O
Underscoring the growing popularity of German soaps, Santa Monica-based Aid and Abet has acquired rights to a gay storyline in pubcaster ARD's hit sudser "Verbotene liebe" (Forbidden Love).
Thanks to YouTube and an immense interest from the blogosphere, the storyline following Christian and Olli (also known as Chrolli) has attracted a cult following.
Aid and Abet will create a series, placing the characters' love story in Portland, Ore.
"Verbotene liebe" producer Grundy UFA has seen a similar phenomena with its other hit soap, "Gute zeiten, schlechte zeiten" (Good Times, Bad Times). Its tempestuous gay storyline about Carsten and Lenny (known collectively as "Cenny") has become an online hit on DailyMotion and YouTube, where fans edit down the daily episodes to present just the Cenny plotline to a huge and loyal international following.
"Good Times" star Felix Isenbuegel is heading to New York in March for a German-American soap confab and charity event focusing on gay storylines in international series.
Wie ich schon zu acari meinte, heißt das nicht, dass sie ein Remake der Fansub-Version machen wollen? Schließlich ist die internationale Version der Geschichte doch erst durch all die Editing-Entscheidungen der Fansubber entstanden ...
Underscoring the growing popularity of German soaps, Santa Monica-based Aid and Abet has acquired rights to a gay storyline in pubcaster ARD's hit sudser "Verbotene liebe" (Forbidden Love).
Thanks to YouTube and an immense interest from the blogosphere, the storyline following Christian and Olli (also known as Chrolli) has attracted a cult following.
Aid and Abet will create a series, placing the characters' love story in Portland, Ore.
"Verbotene liebe" producer Grundy UFA has seen a similar phenomena with its other hit soap, "Gute zeiten, schlechte zeiten" (Good Times, Bad Times). Its tempestuous gay storyline about Carsten and Lenny (known collectively as "Cenny") has become an online hit on DailyMotion and YouTube, where fans edit down the daily episodes to present just the Cenny plotline to a huge and loyal international following.
"Good Times" star Felix Isenbuegel is heading to New York in March for a German-American soap confab and charity event focusing on gay storylines in international series.
Wie ich schon zu acari meinte, heißt das nicht, dass sie ein Remake der Fansub-Version machen wollen? Schließlich ist die internationale Version der Geschichte doch erst durch all die Editing-Entscheidungen der Fansubber entstanden ...