SkyShowtime has announced new original series and exclusive programming that will appear on the Comcast-Paramount-backed service in 2024.
The announcement was made by SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan and Chief Content Officer Kai Finke during a panel discussion at Content London.
SkyShowtime Original series Veronika, a Swedish crime thriller series acquired from Viaplay Content Distribution, will stream exclusively across all SkyShowtime markets. The paranormal series features Nordic A listers Alexandra Rapaport (Honour) and Tobias Santelmann (Beforeigners and Welcome to Utmark). The eight-part series is created and scripted by Katja Juras and Anna Lindblom (Gåsmamman) and helmed by acclaimed director Jonas Alexander Arnby (War of the Worlds).
It was also announced that The Tattooist of Auschwitz, will be branded a SkyShowtime Original and will be exclusive in most Sky Showtime markets. The Sky production is a limited event series and is based on the globally bestselling novel by Heather Morris, and stars Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, World on Fire) and Anna Próchniak (Baptiste, Warsaw 44) in the lead roles of Lali and Gita. Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel (The Irishman, Youth) plays modern-day Lale and Critics Choice Awards winner Melanie Lynskey (The Last of Us, Yellowjackets) plays Heather Morris.
Additionally, SkyShowtime has acquired the exclusive first pay window for award-winning Polish feature film Kos (Scarborn), which will be branded as a SkyShowtime Exclusive. The historical action-drama will be available to subscribers in Poland and becomes the first SkyShowtime Exclusive film available to stream in market.
Pawe? Ma?lona’s film was the most awarded title at this year’s Polish Film Festival, where it received nine awards including The Grand Prix-Golden Lions Award for Best Film.
“Building on our robust 2023 slate, SkyShowtime is proud to be announcing some of the great content already planned for 2024,” said SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan. In addition to offering the best from Hollywood – including the critically-acclaimed SkyShowtime Original series The Curse and big box office hits such as Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – we also offer local programming that resonates with audiences in our markets.”
SkyShowtime is available in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
