The ten-part series The Professionals is created by The Crow’s Jeff Most from his own produced feature film Soldiers of Fortune. Bharat Nalluri (MI-5) directs the first three episodes.

The story is set against the backdrop of international espionage and corporate sabotage linked to a medical space experiment that goes wrong. The stellar cast includes Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Tom Welling (Cheaper By the Dozen), Elena Anaya (MotherFatherSon) Lisa Loven Kongsli (Force Majeure), and August Wittgenstein (Hidden). The series is produced by Most Media, Subotica, Spier Films Production and Roadside Attractions, in association with Jeff Most Productions, Highbridge Production, Tele München Group and Viaplay.

Viaplay programmer director Fredrik Ljungberg said: “Given where we are with the privatisation of corporate space exploration and with the world class production companies and marquis named cast involved on The Professionals, this series had all the outstanding elements that made this an excellent programming choice for the team at Viaplay.”

Tele München International (TM International) is handling worldwide sales. Germany’s RTL II has pre-bought free TV rights.