“We heard last week that the NPO is not interested in the series,” said Ouwehand. “That is a very bitter pill and the last word has not yet been said about it. The NPO found the series too complicated because there were too many main characters. The viewer wouldn’t understand that.”
The return would follow ten characters. The hit series Eyeballswhich Ouwehand also writes, more than twenty follow.
The NPO does not want to say why the series will not be made. “We do not make any statements about internal processes,” says a spokesperson.
The return would be made by pretty much the same team as The Jewish Council, the series that attracted one and a half million viewers every week earlier this year. Mayor Femke Halsema referred to one of the main characters, Virrie Cohen, in her speech on Dam Square. The resistance fighter saved hundreds of babies from the crèche opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg, where Jewish people were brought together for transport.
“While making The Jewish Council I came across many stories that I found increasingly interesting,” says Ouwehand. “The Netherlands was in ruins, it was utter chaos. I wanted to make a mosaic story about all the characters returning to the Netherlands. People who were employed abroad, for example.”
Paula van der Oest would be the successor, just like The Jewish Councilto direct. Ouwehand and Van der Oest have The return developed with NTR. NTR was not available for comment on Sunday.
