Since August 2015 filming for 3 new episodes of Winnetou has been underway in Croatia and NRW. These 90 minute episodes commissioned from RTL will be broadcast towards the end of 2016. More information about the show can be found here. The familiar Winnetou melodies from the 1960s from film composer Martin Böttcher are now being newly arranged and interpreted by Heiko Maile for the new film segments. The music is being performed by the Deutsche Filmorchester Babelsberg (German Film Orchestra Babelsberg).