The show will include exclusive interviews with the main investigators, archival footage and atmospheric recreations.
The Ndrangheta are estimated to make up to 50B ($52.4B) every year through various criminal activities.
They dominate cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe and are also involved in arms dealing and other activities.
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OneGate Media is the co-producer and has distribution rights.
It is shopping it ahead of a debut on TV in January next year.
Beetz Brothers has also lined up a three-part version and a 90-min feature for linear channels.
Essentially, these are comedies about crooks, he said.
Investigative journalism no longer means just dry, informative content but can also be character-driven and entertaining.
However, he questioned how long sports would dominate doc slates.
The came the industry-wide market contraction that has hit everywhere from the U.S. to Asia.
This is happening in Germany and in the western world.
Some of the newly established documentary companies have already disappeared from the market or downsized.
Some of the old dinosaurs disappeared.
The number of high-end series in the documentary sector, like in the fiction sector, has significantly decreased.
The market hasnt returned to where it was a few years ago.
it has fundamentally changed.
Productions that would fit in between those two extremes have largely vanished, said Beetz.
The big question is whats next?
We are currently witnessing a resurgence of docu-soaps or docu-follows in the celebrity sector, said Beetz.
These focus on high-quality entertainment and on exclusivity.
This involves mixing genres and finding new, relevant perspectives in already known stories.
This seems to close a circle after the hype.
