04/04/2022 - Following the success of the series, production of a prequel feature film centred on the small-time crook Buba starring Bjarne Mädel has been launched

In 2019, German coming-of-age comedy series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) [+see also:
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The series has been received positively probably in particular because it mixes different genres, from comedy to buddy movie and crime story. Its target audience is a younger one, and one of the aims of the prequel to the series will surely be to reach a broader public. The feature film, with the working title Buba, will undoubtedly also intrigue the large fan base.

The protagonist of the story will be the character played by Bjarne Mädel. Buba intentionally shot himself in the head at the end of the first season of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). The writers Sebastian Colley and Isaiah Michalski have developed a background story for this unlucky fellow by the real name Jakob Otto. Jakob is convinced that whenever things are going too well for him, bad luck will soon strike and something terrible will happen. The solution is to make his life as unpleasant as possible. This works pretty well, until Jakob falls in love...

Alongside Mädel (25 k/m [+see also:
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interview: Greg Zglinski
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The film is directed by Arne Feldhusen, who has already directed several episodes of the series and was completely in charge of the third season. Feldhusen, who created the German cult character Stromberg (played by Christoph Maria Herbst), has a long filmography of comic series and tv features. Yoshi Heimrath (A Pure Place [+see also:
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The feature is a co-production between Netflix and bildtonfabrik (btf GmbH) based in Cologne and represented by Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann as executive producers. 

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