The Firm (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Firm The company |
| Original title | The Firm |
| Country of production |
United States , Canada |
| original language | English |
| year | 2012 |
| Production company |
Entertainment One , Sony Pictures Television, Paramount Pictures |
| length | 40-45 minutes |
| Episodes | 22 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Lukas Reiter |
| production |
John Grisham , John Morayniss, Michael Rosenberg |
| First broadcast | Jan 8, 2012 (USA) on NBC , Global , AXN |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 14, 2014 on AXN |
| occupation | |
The Firm is an American - Canadian drama series based on John Grisham's 1991 novel Die Firma and a sequel to the film of the same name . The series first aired on January 8, 2012 on NBC . In May 2012, NBC announced the discontinuation of the series after a season.
action
Ten years after Mitch McDeere discovered that the law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke (BLL) was doing money laundering for the Mafia , he, his wife Abby, his daughter Claire, his brother Ray and his secretary Tammy divorced after the death of the Mafia boss Witness protection program in order to be able to lead a normal life again. McDeere himself would like to set up his own law firm again. One of his cases is a client accused of murder.
However, the mafia has long since forgotten the damage caused by McDeere and does not want to let it rest.
occupation
The German synchronization was created after the dialogue book by Thomas Maria Lehmann under the dialogue director of Achim Geisler by the Munich synchronous company Boom Company .
Main cast
| actor | role | Main role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Lucas | Mitch McDeere | 1-22 | Tobias Kluckert |
| Callum Keith Rennie | Ray McDeere | 1-22 | Mike Carl |
| Molly Parker | Abby McDeere | 1-22 | Christine Stichler |
| Juliette Lewis | Tammy | 1-22 | Bettina White |
| Natasha Calis | Claire McDeere | 1-22 |
Supporting cast
| actor | role | Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tricia Helfer | Alex Clark | 1-5, 7-8, 12-17 | Claudia Urbschat-Mingues |
| Paulino Nunes | US Marshal Louis Coleman | 1, 4, 8-9, 12-17, 19, 22 | Claus-Peter Damitz |
| Shaun Majumder | Andrew Palmer | 1-5, 8-10, 12-14, 16 | Philipp Brammer |
| Martin Donovan | Kevin Stack | 6-8, 11-16 | Manfred Trilling |
production
The concept of getting the characters of the novel on television had existed for many years. In the beginning, CBS wanted to produce the series. Lukas Reiter wrote a script for the series, which should take place 10 years after the end of the novel. He presented this script to John Grisham . After John Grisham helped produce the first couple of episodes, his outlook for the series was confident.
At the end of April 2011, Sony Pictures Television ordered 22 episodes of the series. The series was also broadcast on AXN . As a result, it was seen in 125 countries alongside Canada and the United States . A short time later it was announced that NBC had secured the broadcast rights for the series. The 22 episode series was the longest newly ordered series of the season.
The series was produced in Toronto by Entertainment One , Sony Pictures Television and Paramount Pictures . The entire production of the 22 episodes lasted from August 4, 2011 to April 30, 2012. The pilot episode was directed by David Straiton . One of the executive producers was Grisham himself. Another was Lukas Reiter, who had been a producer on several Law & Order episodes.
Charisma
The first two episodes of the series aired on January 8, 2012, following an episode of Up All Night . This episode was seen by 6.32 million viewers.
Due to a broadcast break on February 9, 2012, NBC dropped a week behind Global in broadcasting, with the result that Chapter Seven was first broadcast on Global. The last episode aired on June 30, 2012 on Global and July 14, 2012 on NBC. NBC had already canceled the series in May 2012.
In October 2011, the pay TV broadcaster AXN secured the broadcasting rights for the German-speaking countries . The broadcast took place from January 14th to March 25th 2014 in double episodes. In the summer of 2013, the TV station RTL Nitro announced that it would broadcast the series in the course of the coming 2013/14 season. On April 25, 2014, the broadcast on free-to-air television began in double episodes under the German title Die Firma and thus took over the Friday evening broadcasting slot for Undercovers .
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast USA (NBC / Global) | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter 1 | pilot | Jan. 8, 2012 | Jan. 14, 2014 | David Straiton | Lukas Reiter |
| 2 | Chapter 2 | Chapter Two | Jan. 8, 2012 | Jan. 14, 2014 | David Straiton | Lukas Reiter |
| 3 | Chapter 3 | Chapter Three | Jan. 12, 2012 | Jan. 21, 2014 | Helen Shaver | Lukas Reiter |
| 4th | Chapter 4 | Chapter Four | Jan. 19, 2012 | Jan. 21, 2014 | Fred Gerber | Lukas Reiter & Peter Noah |
| 5 | Chapter 5 | Chapter Five | Jan. 26, 2012 | Jan. 28, 2014 | Sturla Gunnarsson | Lukas Reiter & Jonathan Shapiro |
| 6th | Chapter 6 | Chapter Six | Feb 2, 2012 | Jan. 28, 2014 | Helen Shaver | David Feige & Alyson Feltes |
| 7th | Chapter 7 | Chapter Seven | Feb 9, 2012 | Feb. 4, 2014 | Holly Dale | Lukas Reiter & Jamie Gorenberg |
| 8th | Chapter 8 | Chapter Eight | Feb 16, 2012 | Feb. 4, 2014 | George Mihalka | Vincent Angell, William Rotko & Lukas Reiter |
| 9 | Chapter 9 | Chapter Nine | 23 Feb 2012 | Feb 11, 2014 | Holly Dale | Lukas Reiter & Jonathan Shapiro |
| 10 | Chapter 10 | Chapter Ten | 10 Mar 2012 | Feb 11, 2014 | David Frazee | Ben Lee & Alyson Feltes |
| 11 | Chapter 11 | Chapter Eleven | 24 Mar 2012 | Feb. 18, 2014 | Helen Shaver | David Feige |
| 12 | Chapter 12 | Chapter Twelve | 31 Mar 2012 | Feb. 18, 2014 | Kelly Makin | Lukas Reiter & Jamie Gorenberg |
| 13 | Chapter 13 | Chapter Thirteen | Apr 14, 2012 | Feb 25, 2014 | Helen Shaver | Peter Noah |
| 14th | Chapter 14 | Chapter Fourteen | Apr 21, 2012 | Feb 25, 2014 | Lynne Stopkewich | Lukas Reiter & Jonathan Shapiro |
| 15th | Chapter 15 | Chapter Fifteen | Apr 28, 2012 | 4th Mar 2014 | Peter Wellington | Lukas Reiter |
| 16 | Chapter 16 | Chapter Sixteen | May 5, 2012 | 4th Mar 2014 | Lee Rose | Lukas Reiter |
| 17th | Chapter 17 | Chapter Seventeen | May 12, 2012 | 11th Mar 2014 | David Straiton | Alyson Feltes & Ben Lee |
| 18th | Chapter 18 | Chapter Eighteen | May 19, 2012 | 11th Mar 2014 | Holly Dale | Lukas Reiter & Jamie Gorenberg |
| 19th | Chapter 19 | Chapter Nineteen | May 26, 2012 | 18 Mar 2014 | David Straiton | Lukas Reiter, Peter Noah & Jonathan Shapiro |
| 20th | Chapter 20 | Chapter Twenty | Jun 9, 2012 | 18 Mar 2014 | Lynne Stopkewich | Lukas Reiter, Jamie Gorenberg & Vincent Angell |
| 21st | Chapter 21 | Chapter Twenty-One | Jun 16, 2012 | 25th Mar 2014 | Holly Dale | Peter Noah, Andrew Matisziw & Katie Swain |
| 22nd | Chapter 22 | Chapter Twenty-Two | Jun 30, 2012 | 25th Mar 2014 | Helen Shaver | Lukas Reiter |
Web links
- The Firm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- NBC Official Website
- The company at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ In AXN series ran under the title, while RTL Nitro them under the German title The company radiates
- ↑ Patrick Munn: NBC Cancels 'Are You There, Chelsea?', 'Awake', 'Bent', 'Best Friends Forever' & 'The Firm'. May 21, 2012, accessed October 17, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c The company. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on May 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Bill Keveney: Ten years later, Grisham's 'The Firm' is back on the case . In: USA today . January 2, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ Paige Albiniak: 'Firm' grip NBC adapts Grisham classic - with a twist . In: NYpost.com . December 31, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: NBC's 'The Firm' To Be Ready For Fall . In: deadline.com . May 14, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ OMDC MEDIA LIST – July 29, 2011 Productions currently shooting in Ontario. . In: Webcite.com . July 29, 2011. Archived from the original on July 29, 2011. Retrieved on May 20, 2013.
- ↑ Robert Seidman: Sunday Final Ratings: 'Cleveland,' 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad' Adjusted Up + Unscrambled 'The Good Wife,' 'CSI: Miami' & '60 Minutes' . In: zap2it.com . January 10, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ NBC Confirms "The Firm" Cancellation, Wipes Reality Slate Clean . In: TheFutonCritic.com . May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Firm: AXN shows the new series in Germany . In: Serienjunkies.de . October 23, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Firm: German premiere from January at AXN . In: Serienjunkies.de . December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: The Firm: RTL Nitro shows the drama series in autumn . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ Broadcast dates of the series "Die Firma". Fernsehserien.de, accessed on May 18, 2014 .