The shows were unveiled on the second day of Series Mania Forum in Lille.
At the Series Mania event, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has made a splash with a series of exclusive announcements, revealing four greenlit projects as part of their upcoming slate of EMEA Original titles for Disney+.
Disney+ continues its commitment to commissioning content across the region, with greenlights in France, Germany, and Spain, alongside a pipeline of productions in Italy, the Netherlands, and the Nordics. The announcements were made during a panel discussion at the Series Mania Forum, featuring Liam Keelan, Senior Vice President of Original Content, Europe and Africa, Disney+, alongside key executives Sofia Fábregas Bernar, Benjamina Mirnik-Voges, and Kevin Deysson.
In France, The Lost Station Girls has been greenlit, an Original series based on a true crime story set in Southern France between 1995 and 2001. The series follows the disappearance of a teenage girl and the subsequent murders of three young women around a train station in Perpignan. Starring Camille Razat, the series is created by Gaëlle Bellan and produced by Itinéraire Productions.
From Germany, Vienna Game has been announced, a six-part series produced by Bettina Kuhn for Satel Film and written by co-creator Stefan Brunner. The series, currently filming in Austria and Hungary, transports audiences to the Congress of Vienna, offering a political game of luck, money, love, and power against the backdrop of Vienna’s opulence.
Spain contributes two Originals to the lineup: Lucrecia: A Murder In Madrid and Return to Las Sabinas. Lucrecia: A Murder In Madrid is an unscripted series delving into the murder of Lucrecia Pérezs in a Madrid nightclub in 1992, featuring archival material and first-person testimonies. Return to Las Sabinas comprises 70 episodes released daily on Disney+, produced in collaboration with Diagonal TV (Banijay Group). The series follows the Molina sisters’ return to their hometown, Manterana, confronting past secrets at their family estate Las Sabinas.
Keelan said: We’ve had a fantastic year across Europe with our Originals. Ambitious shows such as Cristobal Balenciaga from Spain, Everything Is Fine from France and The Interpreter of Silence from Germany have made a real impact with audiences across the region. We’ve continued to work with world-class talent both in front and behind the scenes to ensure our output is premium and popular. We’re now looking ahead to the upcoming releases of some incredible new shows including German Original Pauline, Spanish Original Past Lies and French Original Becoming Karl Lagerfeld to add to our growing slate.”
