FALLEN, a grounded fantasy series from Matt Hastings (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shadowhunters, The Originals) and Claudia Bluemhuber (Most Dangerous Game) has been picked up by a string of broadcasters and platforms across the US & Canada, Europe and the Middle East.
International distributor Eccho Rights has agreed deals for the 8-part series with Sundance Now in the United States, Corus Entertainment’s Showcase and StackTV in Canada, Rai Play in Italy, France Télévisions, Sky and ZDFneo in German-speaking Europe, TRT in Turkey for its streaming service Tabii, SVT in Sweden, Finland’s YLE, TVNZ in New Zealand, Cosmote TV Greece and evision (the media arm of e&) for its various platforms in the MENA region. The series is also licensed to BTV in Bulgaria and CineStar TV in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania.
Produced by Silver Reel, in co-production with Night Train Media, the TV series is based on the New York Times best-selling Fallen novels by Lauren Kate, which have sold more than 11 million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful New Adult stories of this century.
FALLEN follows Luce, a young woman whose actions will prove vital to the balance of good and evil. Luce has lived multiple lives and is destined each time to die as soon as she falls in love. When she is committed to Sword & Cross, a correctional facility for young criminals and outcasts, she meets Daniel, who becomes convinced he’s known Luce before. As they struggle to uncover the truth about the terrifying events that brought them both to Sword & Cross, they begin to piece together their past—not just from this lifetime, but from countless lifetimes before.
“This is a series of enormous scale and quality, based on IP with a proven track record of international success, so we are thrilled to be bringing it to viewers around the world. The amazing cast, under Matt and Claudia’s guidance, have created an incredible world where romance, fantasy and adventure combine for a thrilling ride,” says Herbert L. Kloiber, CEO of Night Train Media and Eccho Rights.
Where broadcast so far, the series has performed very strongly, receiving warm feedback and attracting impressive numbers. Raiplay, which debuted the series in December 2024, announced that “The series “Fallen” on RaiPlay was one of the most watched international series on the platform with over 680,000 hours of viewing time and more than 1.6 million streams in the first month of availability and was able to engage an audience that tended to be younger than the platform average with more than 40% of people under 45.”
FALLEN stars Alexander Siddig (Star Trek), Sarah Niles (Ted Lasso), Jessica Alexander (The Little Mermaid), Gijs Blom (The Letter for the King) and Timothy Innes (The Last Kingdom).
The 8-part series is created by Claudia Bluemhuber, written by Roland Moore (Humans) and Rachel Paterson (Domina). Bluemhuber, Matt Hastings, Herbert L. Kloiber, and Lauren Kate are all Executive Producers alongside Co-Executive Producers Florian Dargel, Alexander Jooss, Karol Griffiths, Rachel Paterson, Roland Moore, Olivia Pahl and James Copp. The series was co-commissioned by Globoplay in Brazil.
