Rex is coming home: Production on “Rex – Vienna Calling” is underway, bringing the world’s most successful TV dog back to Vienna for six feature-length episodes.

Beta Film , MR Film, Seven.One and ORF have joined forces for the fresh take on the Rex franchise.

In “Rex – Vienna Calling,” the crime-fighting canine joins his partner, Detective Max Steiner, played by Maximilian Brückner (“War Horse,” “Cherry Blossoms – Hanam”), to solve even the hardest cases in the Austrian capital.

Within the last 30 years, the German shepherd Rex has become the ultimate four-legged detective and a worldwide phenomenon, inspiring numerous international adaptations, which add up to a total of 750 episodes.

The original “Rex – A Cop’s Best Friend” started its journey in Vienna in 1994, starring Tobias Mo

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