Kreuzer and Metrafilms’ Artem Vasilyev have also wanted to work together for some time, he added.
“When ‘Pawns’ surfaced at the Berlinale Co-Production market, a series from Russia with excellent talent attached clearly aimed at a wider audience and mixing spy, action and comedy genres, it ticked all the boxes and we quickly teamed up.” “I was looking for a commercial project beyond our regular Western European co-production partners to expand our scope and offer we bring to our buyers and audiences,” Maze CEO Philipp Kreuzer told Variety. The series has already secured development support from German regional funder Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the project is set to shoot primarily in Riga and to a lesser extent in Berlin and Moscow.