Beta Film, Globo in Brazil to show Discipline as they enter crime drama partnership

MIPCOM: Germany’s Beta Film and Brazil’s Globo are developing crime drama Discipline (working title), a project that marks the start of a new multi-year partnership between the two companies.

Christian Gockel

Globo will have exclusive rights in Brazil to the eight-part series, which will be labelled as a Globoplay Original, with Beta Film handling international sales. The deal was unveiled at the annual Beta Film dinner here in Cannes on Sunday night.

The series was created by Konrad Dantas, the founder of KondZilla, and showrunner and creative producer Felipe Braga (Sintonia, Lov3). Braga’s LB Entertainment and KondZilla will produce the series for Globo, Beta Film and the recently established production boutique Janeiro Studios, led by CEO and former Beta chief content officer Koby Gal Raday.

Discipline follows Maicon, a young Brazilian entrepreneur who finds himself caught between his female-dominated family and a European crime heiress navigating her own patriarchal challenges. Their paths converge in a high-stakes collaboration across the Atlantic, centred around a precious commodity: cocaine.

The drama reunites Dantas with Braga, co-creator of Netflix’s Sintonia. Braga and Dantas lead the writers’ room, which will also include Duda de Almeida (Sintonia, Lov3), Davi Kolb (Criminal Code, Verdict) and Tamiris Hilário (Criminal Code).

Manuel Belmar, director of digital products at Globo, said: “Coproductions are a way of taking Globo’s content to the international market in a different way. We are combining our expertise with Beta Film’s in an agreement in which everybody wins, especially the public. We are looking for new partners for this project. We already have won well-known names in the audiovisual market, such as Kondzilla and LB Entertainment. We are excited about this first partnership and the development of the series.”

Christian Gockel, exec VP of international operations at Beta Film, added: “Discipline is the beginning of a long-lasting cooperation and we are certain to have the right partners on board to continue Beta’s strategy and bring strong local voices to an international audience.”

Raday added: “We at Janeiro Studios strongly believe it’s high time for Brazilian talent and Brazilian stories to become the leading choice for international audiences. With this exciting story, naturally connecting Brazilian and European strong characters, we feel we are a step further in the right direction. We are proud to partner with such talents as KondZilla and LB Entertainment, Globo and Beta on this fresh new take on the crime genre.”