Three broadcasters join forces to realize European comedy series.
Dutch production company Big Blue (The Crash, Arcadia) and broadcaster BNNVARA (The Netherlands) found their partners in ZDFneo (Germany) and VRT (Belgium) for their new European comedy series THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.
The shooting of THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT took place in Berlin with a very diverse and talented team of creatives: Rein Mulder and Emmy award-winning writer Rutger Lemm (Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story) created and wrote the series and are joined by award-winning directors Beer ten Kate (Toon, KPN/Netflix) and Valerie Bisscheroux (Anne+ series for BNNVARA, sold to a.o. Channel4, Netflix and a feature film released in cinemas and on Netflix).
THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT is a coming-of-age comedy series about David, a Dutch guy who decides to build a new life in Berlin after getting dumped by his girlfriend, making him collide head-first with his romantic ideas about love, friendship and paying rent.
CAST
THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT has an international lead cast from 4 different European countries. Co-creator and writer Rein Mulder (Short Calf Muscle) plays the lead role of David. Jonas Strand Gravli (Ragnarok, Jordbrukerne) can be seen as David’s new roommate, Rob. David’s best friend, Aisha, is played by Abigail Abraham (Arcadia, De Twaalf 2), and Mona Vojacek Koper (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) plays David’s newfound friend and love-interest, Hanna.
THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT consists of ten 25-minute episodes and is expected to be released in 2024 on NPO 3 in The Netherlands, The VRT in Belgium, and ZDFneo in Germany: THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!
For more information about this production, please click here bigblue.nl/productions/this-is-gonna-be-great/