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German Soap Verbotene Liebe's Christian and Olli Set for U.S. Adaptation

By Jamey Giddens on February 19, 2010
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The forbidden love of Christian and Olli, from German sudser Verbotene Liebe is coming to America. According to The Hollywood Reporter,  former HBO vice-president Sam Martin has secured the rights to the storyline revolving around a gay couple in Dusseldorf. Martin plans to Americanize Christian and Olli  with a setting in Portland, Oregon.

HBO Films and HBO Entertainment have first look options on the project, according to the article, which also states the characters gained cult popularity thanks to clips of their storyline being uploaded to You Tube and watched worldwide. Somewhere Eden Riegel, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Van Hansis, Jake Silbermann, Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia just bit the heads off of a litter of puppies.

Thanks Patrick for the tip!


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Submitted by tml on February 19, 2010 - 11:02am
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ummm, can we focus on making Kish the best gay soap couple first...and THEN bring over the imports???

Submitted by Mark on February 19, 2010 - 11:07am
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I would think there's room for more gay couples than only Kish...

Submitted by Katiebug9624 on February 19, 2010 - 11:18am
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Didn't Verbotene Liebe also have a popular lesbian couple? If I remember correctly (and correct me if I'm wrong) but didnt they leave the show this year? I think it was Carla and Stella?

Submitted by valso on February 20, 2010 - 4:30am
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Great news! but it's going to be really hard to recreate the chemistry that the actors from the original version share. They are awesome!

Submitted by matilda on February 20, 2010 - 3:47pm
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Oh my!! I'm so happy! This is really an awesome news!
I love Christian and Olli! Ita with Matilda, it would be hard recreate the great chemistry that the actors share on the german version.