Overview
- “Checker Tobi 3 – Die heimliche Herrscherin der Erde” launches nationwide on 8 January 2026 in Germany.
- The film begins with the words “Für Johannes und Linda,” honoring Johannes Honsell, who died in December 2023 of cancer at 45, and Linda-Shiva Klinkhammer, who died in a March 2025 accident in Portugal according to her agency.
- At the premiere, host Tobias Krell said Honsell’s death still shocks the team each day and paid tribute to Klinkhammer as a valued colleague.
- Directed by longtime collaborator Antonia Simm in her feature debut, the production wrapped in roughly 18 months with shoots in Madagascar, Spitzbergen and Mexico.
- A release-tie charity auction on eBay offers a Checker Tobi fan package to benefit the Ein Herz für Kinder foundation.