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ONE CITY. TWO WORLDS.DISNEY+ RELEASES THE TRAILER FOR NEW HULU ORIGINAL SERIES “CITY OF BLOOD” FROM GERMANY
Executive produced by Daniel Brühl and the producers behind the Academy Award® -winning “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Streaming from September 16 exclusively on Disney+ in the UK
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London, UK (24 August 2026) – Disney+ has today released the official trailer for the highly anticipated Hulu Original series from Germany, “City of Blood”, which offers a first glimpse into the dark, dystopian world of the eight-part thriller series.
Set in a dystopian Berlin, “City of Blood” follows two sisters as they uncover the shocking truth about the city's hidden power structures - only to find themselves at the center of a life-threatening conflict.
The eight-part thriller premieres on September 16, delivering gripping suspense and featuring an outstanding cast of established stars and exciting new talent from Germany, including Lea Drinda, Soma Pysall, Franz Hartwig, Jördis Triebel, David Schütter, Mouataz Alshaltouh, Jenny Schily, Dagmar Manzel, Melika Foroutan, Jan Georg Schütte, and Lars Eidinger.
An unbearable heat hangs over a world ravaged by climate change, where crime dominates everyday life. Berlin has become a city-state on the brink of collapse. While a privileged few live comfortably beneath a fully air-conditioned dome, the rest of the city sinks into corruption and violence. The two sisters, Bea and Phoebe, were separated as children by a tragic event: Bea, now chronically ill, grows up in privileged surroundings with her adoptive mother, while her older sister Phoebe struggles to survive on the streets of Berlin. When their worlds collide once again, just ahead of a pivotal election, they make an unthinkable discovery: vampires control organized crime and are seeking political power to secure their survival. Blood has long since become the city’s true currency. Caught in the crossfire, Phoebe and Bea must fight not only for their lives, but also confront a haunting question-who poses the greater threat: humans or vampires?
“City of Blood” was created by Philipp Kadelbach and Elena Lyubarskaya, who wrote the scripts together with Kim Zimmermann, Daniela Baumgärtl, Martin Behnke, Nicki Bloom, and Tillmann Roth. Additional writing was provided by Bernd Lange and Niko Schulz-Dornburg. The series is inspired by the graphic novel “Berlinoir” by cult illustrator Reinhard Kleist and author Tobias O. Meißner.
The eight-part series “City of Blood” was produced by Amusement Park Film, whose production “All Quiet on the Western Front” won, among other honors, four Academy Awards®. Lead producer is Amelie von Kienlin, with Malte Grunert, Klaus Dohle, and Daniel Brühl serving as executive producers. Sirena Film handled service production on the Czech side.
Directed by Philipp Kadelbach, the series marks his renewed collaboration with Amusement Park following the critically acclaimed Munich Games. Cinematography is by Philip Peschlow, production design by Matthias Müsse, costume design by Elke von Sivers, and hair and make-up design by Nicole Durovic.
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“City of Blood” was developed with the support of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Program of the European Union and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. Production was funded by the German Motion Picture Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the Czech Film Fund, and the South Moravian Film Fund.
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ABOUT AMUSEMENT PARK FILM
Amusement Park Film was founded in 2009 and is led by Malte Grunert and Amelie von Kienlin. In addition to the two managing directors, Klaus Dohle and Daniel Brühl are partners in the company. Based in Berlin, the company focuses on the development and production of high-quality feature films and series, working in close collaboration with renowned international creatives.
Its productions include A Most Wanted Man, directed by Anton Corbijn and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as the Academy Award®-nominated film Land of Mine (Unter dem Sand) by Martin Zandvliet. The company also produced Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut Next Door (Nebenan), which premiered in competition at the 2021 Berlinale, and All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Edward Berger, which received seven BAFTA Awards, including Best Film, and four Academy Awards®, including Best International Feature Film.Its series productions include Munich Games for Sky and CBS Studios, written by Michal Aviram (Fauda) and directed by Philipp Kadelbach (Generation War), as well as the thriller series City of Blood. In spring 2026, filming began in Prague for the eight-part series Legacy of Spies. The John le Carré adaptation is a co-production with The Ink Factory for the BBC and MGM+. The series stars Matthew Macfadyen, Charlie Hunnam, Daniel Brühl, and Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu.
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