Babylon Berlin is coming again for a fifth season. The producers and broadcasters behind the award-winning German drama informed The Hollywood Reporter Thursday that the Twenties-set crime thriller has not been canceled. Following information earlier within the day that Comcast-owned Sky Deutschland, one of many present’s backers, is shutting down its native originals division, there was hypothesis that the fourth season of Babylon Berlin, set to air this fall, can be the final.

However in a joint assertion, Babylon Berlin‘s producers reassured the present’s followers.

“ARD Degeto, X Filme and Beta Movie [have commissioned] the event of the fifth season of the worldwide hit collection Babylon Berlin.” The producers famous the present’s worldwide success — it has offered to greater than 140 territories worldwide — in addition to its native hit standing, drawing greater than “55 million digital views” on the streaming service of German public broadcaster ARD.

Directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten, the collection follows the investigations of Berlin murder detective Gereon Rath and his assistant Charlotte Ritter, performed by Volker Bruch and Liv-Lisa Fries as they delve into the underworld of Twenties Berlin, a hotbed of crime, sexual experimentation and extremist politics. The collection airs on Netflix within the U.S.

Sky Deutschland won’t be a producer of the fifth season of the present. The pay-TV group, the German arm of Comcast-owned Sky, introduced Thursday that it’s shutting down its German originals division. The corporate cited rising manufacturing prices and elevated competitors from international streamers as causes for the transfer. Babylon Berlin was Sky Deutschland’s first high-end authentic collection however the community was at all times a minority accomplice, with public broadcaster ARD as the principle anchor community. The 2 networks break up broadcasting rights in Germany, with Sky getting the primary pay-TV window. It’s not clear if Sky will carry the fifth season of the present when it airs.