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\n\tRex is coming home: Production on \u201cRex \u2013 Vienna Calling\u201d is underway, bringing the world\u2019s most successful TV dog back to Vienna for six feature-length episodes.<\/p>\n
\n\tBeta Film, MR Film, Seven.One and ORF have joined forces for the fresh take on the Rex franchise.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn \u201cRex \u2013 Vienna Calling,\u201d the crime-fighting canine joins his partner, Detective Max Steiner, played by Maximilian Br\u00fcckner (\u201cWar Horse,\u201d \u201cCherry Blossoms \u2013 Hanam\u201d), to solve even the hardest cases in the Austrian capital.<\/p>\n
\n\tWithin the last 30 years, the German shepherd Rex has become the ultimate four-legged detective and a worldwide phenomenon, inspiring numerous international adaptations, which add up to a total of 750 episodes.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe original \u201cRex \u2013 A Cop\u2019s Best Friend\u201d started its journey in Vienna in 1994, starring Tobias Moretti as the first \u201cdog dad\u201d detective. All 123 episodes were dubbed into dozens of languages \u2014 from Spanish to Mandarin \u2014 and sold by Beta to almost every country in the world. Multiple international adaptations joined the original: \u201cHudson & Rex,\u201d currently starring Luke Roberts, established the IP in North America with 136 episodes over eight seasons. Current airing on Canada\u2019s Citytv, and produced by Shaftesbury, Pope and Beta Film, \u201cHudson & Rex\u201d was sold in more than 120 territories to date. In Italy, \u201cIl Commissario Rex\u201d (aka \u201cRex \u2013 A Cop\u2019s Best Friend \u2013 Rome\u201d; Beta\/RAI\/ORF) spans 92 episodes, while \u201cKomisarz Alex\u201d (aka \u201cInspector Alex\u201d; Water Color Studios\/TVP) in Poland counts 255 episodes.<\/p>\n
\n\tCatrin Strasser and Oliver Auspitz, producers for MR Film, said: \u201cVienna is known for many things, its rich cultural heritage, stunning architecture, and vibrant art scene. But there\u2019s one TV series that stands out: \u2018Rex.\u2019 The beloved franchise has been around for more than 30 years, with Rex solving crimes not only across Europe but even in North America. Now, it\u2019s time for the most famous four-legged police detective to return home \u2014 back to where it all began.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOliver Bachert, chief distribution officer at Beta Film, said: \u201cRex is one of the most celebrated and successful television franchises in the world, truly a much-loved classic. And now, \u2018Rex \u2013 Vienna Calling\u2019 will keep bringing people of all ages together in front of their screens. Its broad appeal crosses cultural barriers, \u2018bridging gaps between languages,\u2019 as The New Yorker stated about the Austrian original \u2018Kommissar Rex.\u2019 We believe Rex\u2019s success story will continue and remain just as remarkable as it was when it first began.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn \u201cRex \u2013 Vienna Calling,\u201d it\u2019s not long before the four-legged detective gets a lead on any criminal with his sharp instincts and astonishing intelligence. And when push comes to shove, Rex is always there to back his partner Max Steiner up. Together with Max\u2019s colleague Felix Burger (Ferdinand Seebacher, \u201cOther People\u2019s Money\u201d), they are ready to prove their nerves of steel when a bomb threatens to rip through a high-rise in the middle of the city, solve a spectacular diamond robbery, and find the murderer of a baker who is pushed into his own oven. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe homicide unit is supported by Evelyn Leitner (\u201cDoris Golpashin\u201d). Esther Rauch (\u201cSnow, Without a Trace \u2013 The Case of Nathalie B.\u201d) and Andreas Kopriva (\u201cJeanny: The Fifth Girl\u201d) share directing credits. The show will air 2026 on Austria\u2019s ORF and Germany\u2019s SAT.1 (linear) as well as on the digital channel Joyn.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cRex \u2013 Vienna Calling\u201d is produced by MR Film in co-production with Seven.One and ORF, funded by Fisa+, Fernsehfonds Austria, Vienna Film Fund, and Lower Austria. Beta Film handles international sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rex is coming home: Production on \u201cRex \u2013 Vienna Calling\u201d is underway, bringing the world\u2019s most successful TV dog back to Vienna for six feature-length episodes. Beta Film, MR Film, Seven.One and ORF have joined forces for the fresh take on the Rex franchise. In \u201cRex \u2013 Vienna Calling,\u201d the crime-fighting canine joins his partner,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[6266,6184,16489,3152,3438],"class_list":{"0":"post-27697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-calling","9":"tag-production","10":"tag-rex","11":"tag-starts","12":"tag-vienna"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}