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Kick-off for herbX tonstudios. The sound studio quickly establishes itself as the point of contact for radio commercials and radio productions. bullyparade receives its first nomination for the Golden Rose of Montreux.
 Simultaneously, with the start of season 2, bullyparade goes into the next round.

In April, filming of Manitou’s Shoe starts. At the same time, Erkan and Stefan, the first movie directed by Bully, becomes a huge box office success and registers a total admission count of 1.2 million. The fourth season of bullyparade is broadcast and receives its first nomination for the German Television Award.

bullyparade sees its third nomination for the Golden Rose of Montreux while season 6, the last season of bullyparade is aired. Bully holds a 13-week vote among the comedy show’s audience, allowing them to pick the theme for his next feature film. The show’s fans vote for Dreamship Surprise. Manitou’s Shoe receives numerous awards, including three German Film Awards. Due to the movie’s extraordinary popularity, German cinemas see a re-release of the western comedy including a new prologue dedicated to the new version. Fans of the movie are thrilled to be presented with Manitou’s Shoe – Extra Large.

Spring sees the start of the shoot for the first season of the comedy show Bully & Rick. On March 7, Manitou’s Shoe is aired on German TV. With a total viewing rate of 12 million people, the movie’s TV premiere on the German TV network ProSieben is a huge success, and ProSieben registers the best movie broadcast market share in the network’s history. With a sensational opening on July 22, Dreamship Surprise – Period 1 goes down in German cinema history. With a crowd of more than 650,000 pouring into German cinemas on day one, Michael Bully Herbig not only beats his own record, seeing as the science fiction comedy’s release turns out to be the most successful opening of all times for a German production. Just under 9.2 million cinemagoers are drawn to theaters, making Dreamship Surprise – Period 1 both “cinema hit of the year” and one of the most successful German feature films of all times, second only to Manitou’s Shoe. Marking position two, “Space Taxi”, one of the songs from the movie, almost tops the German Single Charts and receives the Comet music award. Dreamship Surprise – Period 1 receives several awards, including a Bambi Award in the award category “Film National”. In fall, first preparations start or Lissi and the Wild Emperor are started. The first season (13 episodes) of Bully & Rick, an attention-to-detail TV comedy show, is first aired on September 13.

Production of the 2nd season of “Bully & Rick” with a total shooting time of 80 days starts. herbX tonstudios is in charge of sound editing for “Hui Buh – the Castle Ghost”, a Rat Pack production directed by Sebastian Niemann. The CGI movie “Lissi and the Wild Emperor” is in its second year of production. The second season of the “Bully & Rick” TV show is first broadcast on September 18. In 2007, again being nominated for the German Comedy Award, the show is awarded the WDR Eins Live Krone as “Best Comedy Show”.

“Lissi and the Wild Emperor” is nominated for the German Film Award in the “Best Film Score” category, and receives several awards, including the Bavarian Film Award. In early May, the first episode of the six-episode TV show “Bully sucht die starken Männer” is aired, the world’s first TV show dedicated to finding actors for leading characters of a cinema film. August 5 sees the start of shooting for the feature film “Vicky the Viking”. On December 7, the musical version of “Manitou’s Shoe” makes its world premiere at Berlin’s Theater of the West (Theater des Westens).

”Vicky the Viking” is nominated for the German Film Award for “Best Production Design” (“Bestes Szenenbild”), “Best Sound” (“Beste Tongestaltung”), “Best Make-up”(“Bestes Maskenbild”) and “Best Film Score” (“Beste Filmmusik”), and, among other distinctions, is awarded two Bavarian Film Awards. In August, herbX film gmbh moves into its new offices on the premises of Bavaria Filmgelände. herbX film becomes co-producer of the Senator/deutschfilm production “Goethe!” directed by Philipp Stölzl and released to cinemas on October 14. On October 12, shooting starts for the Bavaria Film production “Hotel Lux” directed by Leander Haußmann and starring Michael Bully Herbig. herbX film is co-producer.

“Hotel Lux” receives the Bavarian Film Award and is nominated for the German Film Awards (“Best Camera”, “Best Production Design” und “Best Make-up”). On January 31, Helmut Dietl‘s cinema film “Zettl” has its premiere with Michael Bully Herbig starring as the film’s protagonist.  

„Buddy“ is awarded at the Austrian Filmpreis, category: Best Director. herbX film starts development of new project „The Balloon“

Principle photography of „BULLYPARADE – Der Film“ starts in March. herbX film acquires the German remake rights for „Nightcrossing“.

Just a few weeks after it´s world premiere the thriller “Balloon” has been sold to numerous countries around the world. In Europe these are countries such as Benelux States, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and other East-European countries. In North America so far distribution rights for Canada have been acquired, and in Asia “Balloon” can be seen in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, as well as in Australia. herbX joins Studio Babelsberg as co producer of the movie “Traumfabrik”.

The next Hellinger-Doll production “One Million Minutes” is in production in Berlin, Thailand and Iceland under the direction of Christopher Doll. Karoline Herfurth and Tom Schilling are taking on the leading roles, herbX film is co-producing. “One Million Minutes” tells a fairy tale set in contemporary Germany and at the same time the true story of a family in which a father is inspired by his daughter’s wish and four people embark on the journey of a lifetime. Theatrical release is February 1st, 2024, distributed by Warner Bros.