Seven.One Studios International has today announced that a celebrity version of the new high-stakes reality competition The Hunt (w/t) has been commissioned by Joyn and ProSieben in Germany. This new version of the format is being produced by Redseven Entertainment – a Seven.One Studios company – and Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media Company, and will air in 2026.
The Hunt (w/t) was first commissioned by Channel 4 in the UK, where the 9 x 60’ show, featuring ordinary participants, is being produced by fellow Seven.One Studios company CPL Productions and Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media Company, based on an original idea by Redseven Entertainment.
A full launch of the format will take place at Mipcom 2025 in October.
In The Hunt (w/t), contestants are dropped deep in a vast, unforgiving forest, into the ultimate real-world game of hide and seek – where losing means walking away with nothing and winning could mean pocketing up to £100,000. Surviving the game isn’t about being the fastest. It’s about being the smartest.
Each episode is built around a tense, dog-eat-dog hunt, where each player becomes either a Predator or Prey. The Prey hold the cash, desperately trying to protect their winnings while completing challenges to win more money. The Predators must hunt them down and steal their cash. If they succeed their roles are reversed and the entire game flips, with Predators suddenly become Prey.
Wearing cutting-edge tracking technology, no player can hide for long in the dense forest hunting ground. Each player must keep moving to remain in the game or forfeit their money.
Clever alliances, strategic teamwork, and mind games are the key to survival as at the end of each hunt, back at a futuristic basecamp it’s time for one player to face elimination from the game.
With every episode, the intensity escalates, fortunes shift, alliances shatter, and only the sharpest, strongest, and savviest will make it to the final showdown. Who will master the chase? Who will outthink the hunt? And who will walk away with the life-changing prize?
Tim Gerhartz, Managing Director at Seven.One Studios International, said: I’m delighted that we have secured a second, high-profile commission for this ambitious, high-concept new reality show. It is generating a lot of interest among our clients and we are looking forward to giving them a first look at both versions at Mipcom.