The plot of “Inside Signa – The Rise and Fall of René Benko” follows the investigative analysis of journalists Rainer Fleckl and Sebastian Reinhart and their bestseller of the identical identify, reported the co-producers Constantin Movie and MR Movie. The collaboration with the authors has been secured past the present state of occasions.
Filming is scheduled to start in mid-2025, based on a press launch on Monday. The collection will discover Benko’s rise from humble beginnings in Tyrol “to his catastrophic downfall,” marked by the collapse of his billion-dollar actual property enterprise.
“All of the components a contemporary emotional TV collection wants”
“This explosive materials has all of the components {that a} trendy, emotional TV collection wants,” emphasised Oliver Auspitz, producer and managing associate of MR Movie. “It was solely a matter of time earlier than inventive colleagues needed to dedicate themselves to this dazzling character in fiction.” Jan Ehlert, Constantin Movie’s head of programming for TV/streaming, added: “Some tales are so unbelievable that solely life can write them. That is one in every of them.”
In line with the printed, the collection additionally exhibits “the inevitable chaos” that adopted the collapse of the actual property enterprise. It takes viewers “into the glittering world of luxurious villas, non-public jets and elite events.” On the identical time, the collection reveals “the depths and darkish secrets and techniques” of a fancy and far-reaching financial community. Between “political entanglements and absurd offers,” the movie is meant to supply “deep insights into the drama behind the autumn of the previous self-made man,” the producers promise.
