Overview

• Ferch enters the series from the third film as archivist Tom Mendt alongside Paula Kalenberg and Max Hubacher.
• RTL positions the new character as a key figure between island myth and investigative work, expanding the team to a trio.
• Filming for two additional 90-minute films has been underway since early September and continues through October on Fehmarn and in Hamburg.
• The third film is written by Holger Karsten Schmidt, the fourth by Matthias Klaschka, and both are directed by Ole Zapatka with 307production producing.
• RTL plans to broadcast the new films within its Tödlicher Dienst-Tag block after early-year installments drew about 2.5 million viewers overall and roughly 6% in the key demo.