Britain’s Vertigo Films And Germany’s SquareOne Productions Team For Supernatural Drag Drama ‘Vamping’ British producer Vertigo Films and Germany’s SquareOne Productions, who collaborated on the successful StreetDance film franchise, are making a supernatural drama set in Berlin’s drag community. Vamping will run to eight parts and be aimed at young adults. It will follow a vampire community in the hedonistic, nocturnal LGBTQ+ club culture of Germany’s capital city through the eyes of young British performer Everett, who wakes up after a heavy night of celebratory partying to learn he has become a vampire. Matthew Jacobs Morgan (The Rig) – named as a rising star by Deadline last year – created the show, working alongside German multi-disciplinary artist and screenwriter Sophie-Yukiko Hasters, who is a central figure in Berlin’s Qtpoc (queer and trans person of color) community. SquareOne founder Al Munteanu and Vertigo co-founder Allan Niblo are...
- 4/20/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.K.’s Vertigo Films and Germany’s SquareOne Productions are teaming on Young Adult focused supernatural drag drama “Vamping.”
Billed as a mix of “Pose” and “The Vampire Diaries,” the eight-part series is set against the backdrop of Berlin’s hedonistic, nocturnal LGBTQ+ club culture. It follows young British drag queen, Everett who, after a triumphant performance at Berlin’s hottest drag club, finds that he has unwittingly been turned into a vampire. He sets off to uncover the truth and finds himself the protagonist in an impending culture war between vampire tribes.
“Vamping” was created by the U.K.’s Matthew Jacobs Morgan (“The Rig”) and German-American multi-disciplinary artist and screenwriter Sophie-Yukiko Hasters. As a central figure of the Qtpoc (queer and trans people of colour) community in Berlin, on the series Sophie-Yukiko Hasters brings her experience of German Ballroom Culture; where she oversees the German faction...
Billed as a mix of “Pose” and “The Vampire Diaries,” the eight-part series is set against the backdrop of Berlin’s hedonistic, nocturnal LGBTQ+ club culture. It follows young British drag queen, Everett who, after a triumphant performance at Berlin’s hottest drag club, finds that he has unwittingly been turned into a vampire. He sets off to uncover the truth and finds himself the protagonist in an impending culture war between vampire tribes.
“Vamping” was created by the U.K.’s Matthew Jacobs Morgan (“The Rig”) and German-American multi-disciplinary artist and screenwriter Sophie-Yukiko Hasters. As a central figure of the Qtpoc (queer and trans people of colour) community in Berlin, on the series Sophie-Yukiko Hasters brings her experience of German Ballroom Culture; where she oversees the German faction...
- 4/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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