Early morning on set at Der Seewolf, a German TV movie production shooting on location at the Bahamas Film Studios in Grand Bahama Island. Here The Bahamas Weekly got to see the cast and crew arrive and prepare Ghost for a day of filming out at sea. Photos: Robbin Whachell

Grand Bahama Island - On May 8th, The Bahamas Weekly News Team was invited out to the set of Der Seewolf, now in film production in Grand Bahamas Island out at the Bahamas Film Studios.  The production team chose The Bahamas for this two-part, made for German television movie for various reasons, but the main one being the warm beautiful waters and weather. Another draw was the Collyer Tank at the Bahamas Film Studios. There are only a few other water tanks like it in the world.

We arrived out on location VERY early! It took me back to my days working in production for Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean II and III a few years ago -  I do NOT miss the early long hours!

The reason we were invited out so early was to be on hand for the morning arrival of the cast and crew prior to their departure on the vessel, "Ghost" for a day of filming out on the gorgeous Bahamian waters.

We were invited to take photos and video, and were fortunate to interview the lead actor, Tom Kretschmann; lead actor Florian Stetter; director Christophe Schrewe;  Executive Producer, Karlheinz Ganzer, the Bahamas Film Commissioner Craig Woods; Donna Mackey, Sr. Manager; Jonathan Jones, Bahamian film trainee. This video will be released soon - so check back!

Other actors in Seewolf are: Vinzenz Kiefer, Jaymes Butler, Gennadi Vengerov,  Simon Licht, Robinson Reichel, Stefan Gbureck, Martin Eschenbach, Henning Baum, Mac Steinmeier, Alexander Horbe,  and Paul Fassnacht. The screenplay was written by   Holger Karsten Schmidt.

Watch The Bahamas Weekly VIDEO - Behind the Scenes of Der Seewolf

SevenOne International distributes ProSieben series “The Sea Wolf” with Thomas Kretschmann (Munich, February 2008):

German actor Thomas Kretschmann, famous for international blockbusters such as “King Kong” or “The Pianist”, will be playing the lead role in ProSieben’s new event series “The Sea Wolf”. As the ruthless Captain Wolf Larsen, he will rescue the shipwrecked Humphrey van Weyden (Florian Stetter). In the middle of the ocean, a deadly quest for survival ignites between the two men. SevenOne International will be distributing the high budget production.

Filming for the modern remake of one of Jack London’s most acclaimed novels will be starting in March under Director Stephan Wagner on the Bahamas and in Berlin. The event movie is produced by Hofmann & Voges

Shipwrecked and lost, the intellectual Humphrey van Weyden is rescued by Wolf Larsen, captain of the seal-hunting vessel “Ghost”. Larsen, a brutal and ruthless man, refrains from bringing van Weyden back to shore. Gradually, the situation on board deteriorates when a shipwrecked woman, Maud Brewster (Petra Schmidt-Schaller) joins the men on board. Feeling a strong attraction towards Maud, the two men find themselves fighting each other. Only one man will survive.

Jens Richter, Managing Director of SevenOne International was quoted in saying: “Once again, ProSieben has come up with a gripping adaptation of a world classic. After ‘Treasure Island’, Jack London’s ‘Sea Wolf’ makes captivating television, thanks to a great cast.”

Christian Balz, Head of German Fiction, ProSieben: ”With ‘The Sea Wolf’ we are bringing to the screen one of Jack London’s most thrilling adventure novels. It is the dynamics of power and self-assertion that especially appeals to our younger audiences.”

About SevenOne International: SevenOne International is the international programming sales company of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, one of the largest pan-European media corporations, which owns 26 free TV channels and 24 pay TV channels in 13 countries. SevenOne International offers an extensive portfolio of TV events, TV movies, telenovelas, prime-time series and miniseries, as well as magazine shows and light entertainment formats. It also markets and co-finances programming made by third-party providers. It is headquartered in the Munich suburb of Unterföhring, and managed by Jens Richter.