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Lionsgate Television Teaming With Yes & Gil Formats On Debut Israeli Drama Series About Hunt For Doctor Josef Mengele


Lionsgate is behind an Israel spy drama about Nazi Dr Josef Mengele from Assaf Gil starring Oliver Masucci.

The U.S. major is teaming with Israel’s Yes and Gil Formats on a spy drama based on the hunt for Doctor Josef Mengele starring Dark’s Oliver Masucci. The as-yet-untitled show comes from vet Israeli producer Assaf Gil, who is creating with Moshe Zonder ( Tehran) and Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz ( The Girl from Oslo). Masucci, who played Ulrich Nielsen in Netflix smash Dark and portrayed Adolf Hitler in 2015’s Look Who’s Back, stars as Uri, the alpha male of a kibbutz and one of the pioneers of the state of Israel.

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