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“Waco” and “Friday Night Lights” star Taylor Kitsch will join Michael C.Hall (“Dexter”) in “Shadowplay”, a new 16-episode series from ”The Bridge” co-creator Måns Mårlind, Studiocanal’s Tandem Productions and BRON Studios in co-production with ZDF.
Logan Marshall-Green (“Upgrade”), Nina Hoss (“Phoenix”), Sebastian Koch (“Homeland”), Tuppence Middleton (“Sense8”) and Mala Emde (“Brecht”) round out the cast.
Per Deadline, told in two parts, the initial eight-episode shoot will begin April 29 in Prague, and an additional eight episodes are planned for filming in 2020.
”Shadowplay” is a character-driven thriller set in Berlin. It centers on the story of Max McLaughlin (Kitsch), an American cop who arrives in the city in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war. Max’s goal is to take down “Engelmacher” Gladow (Koch), the Capone of post-war Berlin. At the same time, Max undertakes a secret crusade to find his missing brother Moritz (Marshall-Green), who is killing ex-Nazis in hiding. However, Max is completely unaware that he is being used as a pawn in what is the very beginning of the Cold War.
Kitsch will play Max, Hall is Tom Franklin, Hoss portrays Elsie, Koch will play Engelmacher, Middleton portrays Claire, Marshall-Green is Moritz and Emde is Karin.
The first chapter of the one-hour series will be produced by “Star Wars” prequels alum Rick McCallum.
