The third season of the Sky series "Das Boot" is officially confirmed. The special thing about the new episodes: They are produced in 8K.
The series "Das Boot" is getting a third season. As Sky Deutschland announced on Tuesday (October 27), there is a novelty for the new episodes. The third season will be produced in 8K. This makes a cooperation with Samsung possible. Further details about the start of shooting, the cast and the plot are not yet known.
"'Das Boot' is the first series worldwide to be produced in 8K and Dolby Atmos. With the help of the outstanding image quality and the three-dimensional soundscape, we can tell the individual characters and storylines even more emotionally and tangibly and create an immersive experience for the audience", so the producers Moritz Polter and Jan S. Kaiser from Bavaria Fiction.
According to Marcus Ammon, Senior Vice President Original Production Sky Deutschland, the series "has a loyal fan base, 96% of the viewers of the first episode of the second season stayed until the last episode. In addition, we were able to attract a larger female and younger audience. "
The eight episodes of the first season of "Das Boot" celebrated their Sky premiere in November 2018. The plot of the series begins some time after the events of the film of the same name from 1981 and is detached from it. The eight episodes of the second season were released on April 2020 via Sky. The cast includes Franz Dinda, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Rick Okon and August Wittgenstein.