Are you ready for an international romantic crime drama?
Acorn TV went public with the official trailer for Cannes Confidential, a star-studded new drama series premiering on the streaming service this summer.
Shot on location in Cannes and starring French TV-drama actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber, and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (Profilage), the six-part series will premiere with the first two episodes on Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV, with two new episodes premiering weekly every Monday through July 10.
Created by Chris Murray, Cannes Confidential is "a high-concept detective series centered on the bicker-banter relationship between no-nonsense detective Camille Delmasse (Lucas) and charming international conman Harry King (Bamber)," the streaming service shared today.
"Thrown together solving crimes on the French Riviera, Camille and Harry's relationship lies at the heart of the show against a luxurious Cannes backdrop."
"Camille and Harry's chemistry is complicated by Camille's colleague and wing-woman, Léa Robert (Marthe...
Acorn TV went public with the official trailer for Cannes Confidential, a star-studded new drama series premiering on the streaming service this summer.
Shot on location in Cannes and starring French TV-drama actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber, and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (Profilage), the six-part series will premiere with the first two episodes on Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV, with two new episodes premiering weekly every Monday through July 10.
Created by Chris Murray, Cannes Confidential is "a high-concept detective series centered on the bicker-banter relationship between no-nonsense detective Camille Delmasse (Lucas) and charming international conman Harry King (Bamber)," the streaming service shared today.
"Thrown together solving crimes on the French Riviera, Camille and Harry's relationship lies at the heart of the show against a luxurious Cannes backdrop."
"Camille and Harry's chemistry is complicated by Camille's colleague and wing-woman, Léa Robert (Marthe...
- 5/23/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“The Scream” (“Le Cri”), the first book of Nicolas Beuglet’s best-selling trilogy, is being developed into a six-part epic thriller by Stockholm-based production company Skyverse Nordic.
Launched earlier this year as part of Humanoids Group, Skyverse Nordic is led by drama executive Patrick Nebout and aims to create high-end Nordic and European drama projects.
The banner is now seeking French and international co-production partners for the one-hour series, and is seeking to attach prominent directing and writing talent to the project.
“The Scream” is being penned in a writers’ room by a topnotch French-Swedish team of creative producers, including Henrik Jansson-Schweizer (“The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared”; “Midnight Sun”), Guillaume Lubrano (“The Cell”) and Nebout.
The book trilogy, which has sold more than 600,000 copies since being published in 2015, opens in a psychiatric hospital in Oslo, where a patient is found strangled to death, his...
Launched earlier this year as part of Humanoids Group, Skyverse Nordic is led by drama executive Patrick Nebout and aims to create high-end Nordic and European drama projects.
The banner is now seeking French and international co-production partners for the one-hour series, and is seeking to attach prominent directing and writing talent to the project.
“The Scream” is being penned in a writers’ room by a topnotch French-Swedish team of creative producers, including Henrik Jansson-Schweizer (“The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared”; “Midnight Sun”), Guillaume Lubrano (“The Cell”) and Nebout.
The book trilogy, which has sold more than 600,000 copies since being published in 2015, opens in a psychiatric hospital in Oslo, where a patient is found strangled to death, his...
- 1/13/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sweden’s Svt Orders ‘Whiskey On The Rocks’ From Skyverse Nordic
Sweden’s public service broadcaster Svt has boarded Skyverse Nordic comedy-drama Whiskey On The Rocks as its main commissioning broadcaster. The six-part series is still at script and production development stage and is being billed as a “premium, epic Cold War dramedy special event” directed by Björn Stein (Midnight Sun) and based on an original story from author Jonas Jonasson. It is among the first shows from Skyverse Nordic, which is a subsidiary of Sparkling, the Stockholm-based sister company to Humanoids that Deadline revealed back in May. The show reunites Jonasson with Skyverse boss Patrick Nebout and creative producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, who were collectively behind Sweden’s biggest export success, the Oscar-nominated The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. A Scandinavian and international cast are being sought to play the drama’s protagonists onboard the submarine and in Moscow.
Sweden’s public service broadcaster Svt has boarded Skyverse Nordic comedy-drama Whiskey On The Rocks as its main commissioning broadcaster. The six-part series is still at script and production development stage and is being billed as a “premium, epic Cold War dramedy special event” directed by Björn Stein (Midnight Sun) and based on an original story from author Jonas Jonasson. It is among the first shows from Skyverse Nordic, which is a subsidiary of Sparkling, the Stockholm-based sister company to Humanoids that Deadline revealed back in May. The show reunites Jonasson with Skyverse boss Patrick Nebout and creative producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, who were collectively behind Sweden’s biggest export success, the Oscar-nominated The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. A Scandinavian and international cast are being sought to play the drama’s protagonists onboard the submarine and in Moscow.
- 9/5/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Afternoon all! It’s been a manic week but fortunately one that can be summarized neatly in several paragraphs, as evidenced below. Read on International Insider crew.
Big Cannes Interviews & Packages
Sitting down with David and Riz: With Cannes on the horizon, Deadline has been breaking packages here, there and everywhere this week but we still found time to sit down with two of those most prominently involved. On Tuesday, Damon Wise published his interview with Eastern Promises creator Cronenberg to talk Crimes of the Future, his latest Cannes pic. David talked variety, 25 years’ worth of Cannes trips and whether his violence in movies can go too far. Not to be missed. Meanwhile, Andreas broke the news of hot Riz feature Hamlet, a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, and spoke at length with the Sound of Metal star about his plans for one of his boldest projects yet. Not...
Big Cannes Interviews & Packages
Sitting down with David and Riz: With Cannes on the horizon, Deadline has been breaking packages here, there and everywhere this week but we still found time to sit down with two of those most prominently involved. On Tuesday, Damon Wise published his interview with Eastern Promises creator Cronenberg to talk Crimes of the Future, his latest Cannes pic. David talked variety, 25 years’ worth of Cannes trips and whether his violence in movies can go too far. Not to be missed. Meanwhile, Andreas broke the news of hot Riz feature Hamlet, a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare classic, and spoke at length with the Sound of Metal star about his plans for one of his boldest projects yet. Not...
- 5/13/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A sister company to The Incal Universe owner Humanoids named Sparkling has launched to create European drama, with Patrick Nebout at the helm, Deadline can reveal.
Cannes Confidential and Midnight Sun producer and European co-production specialist Nebout is exiting Beta-owned producer Dramacorp to lead the Paris-based producer as President and Chief Content Officer.
Sparkling will sit adjacent to LA-based Humanoids, which is the owner of science fiction comic book franchise The Incal, created by writer and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and French artist Mœbius in the 1980s. It will focus on original European drama projects and series and financing, producing and co-producing series and movies based on the Humanoids catalogue.
“We’ll be identifying and adapting the most unique and scalable IP from Humanoids’ vast catalogue of iconic graphic novels but we’ll also develop and produce original series and movies,” Nebout told Deadline. “All will be premium projects, resonating...
Cannes Confidential and Midnight Sun producer and European co-production specialist Nebout is exiting Beta-owned producer Dramacorp to lead the Paris-based producer as President and Chief Content Officer.
Sparkling will sit adjacent to LA-based Humanoids, which is the owner of science fiction comic book franchise The Incal, created by writer and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and French artist Mœbius in the 1980s. It will focus on original European drama projects and series and financing, producing and co-producing series and movies based on the Humanoids catalogue.
“We’ll be identifying and adapting the most unique and scalable IP from Humanoids’ vast catalogue of iconic graphic novels but we’ll also develop and produce original series and movies,” Nebout told Deadline. “All will be premium projects, resonating...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameras are rolling in Cannes on “Cannes Confidential,” a high-end crime series set in the Cote d’Azur that will mark the first English-language procedural drama to be produced and set on the French riviera since the 1970s.
Skyverse Studios, AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV, French broadcaster TF1 and Nordic and streaming service Viaplay have announced the start of production on the six-part show that has been granted unprecedented access to film in the city of Cannes through an exclusive partnership and, given the timing of the start of shooting, will possibly include the upcoming Cannes film fest atmosphere.
Camille Delamarre will direct all six episodes.
The show, which will blend crime and romantic elements, is created by Chris Murray (“Midsomer Murders”). The main cast comprises French TV actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”), and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (“Profilage”) with additional cast to be announced.
“Cannes Confidential” revolves...
Skyverse Studios, AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV, French broadcaster TF1 and Nordic and streaming service Viaplay have announced the start of production on the six-part show that has been granted unprecedented access to film in the city of Cannes through an exclusive partnership and, given the timing of the start of shooting, will possibly include the upcoming Cannes film fest atmosphere.
Camille Delamarre will direct all six episodes.
The show, which will blend crime and romantic elements, is created by Chris Murray (“Midsomer Murders”). The main cast comprises French TV actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”), and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (“Profilage”) with additional cast to be announced.
“Cannes Confidential” revolves...
- 5/4/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Jan Mojto’s Munich-based production-distribution company Beta Film has boarded Nordic suspense thriller “Helsinki Syndrome,” the first common project with Finland’s Fisher King since Beta took a majority stake in the leading Finnish production company in 2019.
Coinciding with the Fisher King deal, Beta launched the Sweden-based Beta Nordic Studios (Bns), a umbrella hub grouping its production interests in the Nordic region.
Bns aims to leverage Beta Film’s international expertise and distribution muscle to deliver high-end local content with global potential from its members.
Minimum guarantees that Beta Film puts up against future distribution revenues also allow producers to make series at the budgetary level of their artistic ambitions rather than that of local financing available, helping the shows to become standout titles from their territory.
Scheduled to go into production in June 2021, “Helsinki Syndrome” is created for Finnish public broadcaster Yle by Mikko Oikkonen, whose pioneering Finnish Noir...
Coinciding with the Fisher King deal, Beta launched the Sweden-based Beta Nordic Studios (Bns), a umbrella hub grouping its production interests in the Nordic region.
Bns aims to leverage Beta Film’s international expertise and distribution muscle to deliver high-end local content with global potential from its members.
Minimum guarantees that Beta Film puts up against future distribution revenues also allow producers to make series at the budgetary level of their artistic ambitions rather than that of local financing available, helping the shows to become standout titles from their territory.
Scheduled to go into production in June 2021, “Helsinki Syndrome” is created for Finnish public broadcaster Yle by Mikko Oikkonen, whose pioneering Finnish Noir...
- 4/11/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Running fully online over Feb. 3-4, the Nordic region’s largest TV market, TV Drama Vision – which is held parallel to Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival – will roll out the red carpet to Danish writer-director Susanne Bier as an honorary guest.
The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning helmer will discuss her 30-year career, ranging from the Danish hits “After the Wedding” and “In a Better World” to the acclaimed English-language series “The Night Manager” and “The Undoing.” She will also share tips on how creators can adapt to the ever-changing content industry while sticking to their vision.
“It’s never easy to get star guests, so we’re thrilled to welcome Susanne Bier,” said Göteborg fest head of industry Cia Edström, who described Bier as “an interesting creator, who has moved elegantly from auteur filmmaking to the mainstream. She is a perfect match for an event like ours,” she added.
Detailing...
The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning helmer will discuss her 30-year career, ranging from the Danish hits “After the Wedding” and “In a Better World” to the acclaimed English-language series “The Night Manager” and “The Undoing.” She will also share tips on how creators can adapt to the ever-changing content industry while sticking to their vision.
“It’s never easy to get star guests, so we’re thrilled to welcome Susanne Bier,” said Göteborg fest head of industry Cia Edström, who described Bier as “an interesting creator, who has moved elegantly from auteur filmmaking to the mainstream. She is a perfect match for an event like ours,” she added.
Detailing...
- 1/15/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Hans Rosenfeldt, the creator and lead writer of Nordic Noir milestone “Broen” (“The Bridge”) and ITV and Netflix’s International Emmy winner “Marcella,” is set to see his first solo novel, “When Crying Wolf,” developed for the small screen by TV4 and CMore Entertainment.
Rosenfeldt’s first solo novel — after six crime novels penned with Michael Hjorth and co-writing on series such as “The Bridge” and “Marcella” — “When Crying Wolf” is set in Haparanda, Sweden’s nearly subarctic border region with Finland, where human remains are found inside a wolf. Police officer Hannah Wester traces them to a drug deal that went wrong in Finland.
The details of the adaptation and Rosenfeldt’s possible involvement in the makeover have yet to be finalized.
Both owned by telecom Telia Company’s TV4 Media, TV4 is the biggest free-to-air commercial channel in Sweden; CMore, previously Canal Plus, is one of Scandinavia’s...
Rosenfeldt’s first solo novel — after six crime novels penned with Michael Hjorth and co-writing on series such as “The Bridge” and “Marcella” — “When Crying Wolf” is set in Haparanda, Sweden’s nearly subarctic border region with Finland, where human remains are found inside a wolf. Police officer Hannah Wester traces them to a drug deal that went wrong in Finland.
The details of the adaptation and Rosenfeldt’s possible involvement in the makeover have yet to be finalized.
Both owned by telecom Telia Company’s TV4 Media, TV4 is the biggest free-to-air commercial channel in Sweden; CMore, previously Canal Plus, is one of Scandinavia’s...
- 12/23/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Stockholm-based production company Dramacorp is joining forces with best-selling author Jonas Jonasson for “Whiskey on the Rocks,” a high-profile Cold War-set mini-series.
The series will reunite Jonasson with Patrick Nebout, Dramacorp CEO, and creative director Henrik Jansson-Schweizer following the Oscar-nominated “The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared,” which became Sweden’s biggest blockbuster.
Weaving comedy and thriller, “Whiskey on the Rocks” is inspired by a notorious incident that very nearly escalated into a full-blown war between Sweden and the Ussr. In 1981, a Soviet U-137 ‘Whisky’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters — right in the middle of a sensitive Swedish naval exercise. This extreme breach of sovereignty led to a Cold War stand-off between Sweden and the Ussr that took 11 days of high-stakes negotiation to resolve.
The event series will be headlined by a local and international cast. “Whiskey on the Rocks...
The series will reunite Jonasson with Patrick Nebout, Dramacorp CEO, and creative director Henrik Jansson-Schweizer following the Oscar-nominated “The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared,” which became Sweden’s biggest blockbuster.
Weaving comedy and thriller, “Whiskey on the Rocks” is inspired by a notorious incident that very nearly escalated into a full-blown war between Sweden and the Ussr. In 1981, a Soviet U-137 ‘Whisky’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters — right in the middle of a sensitive Swedish naval exercise. This extreme breach of sovereignty led to a Cold War stand-off between Sweden and the Ussr that took 11 days of high-stakes negotiation to resolve.
The event series will be headlined by a local and international cast. “Whiskey on the Rocks...
- 12/16/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Stockholm-based production company Dramacorp is developing Cold War mini-series “Whiskey On The Rocks,” based on a real-life diplomatic incident.
In 1981, a Soviet U-137 ‘Whiskey’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters — in the middle of a sensitive Swedish naval exercise. This breach of sovereignty led to a Cold War stand-off between Sweden and the U.S.S.R. that took 11 days of high-stakes negotiation to resolve.
Dramacorp is currently recruiting the creative team and finalizing a co-production model for the mini-series. A Scandinavian and international cast will play the drama’s protagonists onboard the submarine, in Moscow, Stockholm, and at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Dramacorp’s chief content officer Patrick Nebout and creative director Henrik Jansson-Schweizer will executive produce. Their credits include Svt Sweden’s family saga “Thicker Than Water,” Swedish-French thriller “Midnight Sun,” and the Oscar-nominated Swedish film “The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
In 1981, a Soviet U-137 ‘Whiskey’-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters — in the middle of a sensitive Swedish naval exercise. This breach of sovereignty led to a Cold War stand-off between Sweden and the U.S.S.R. that took 11 days of high-stakes negotiation to resolve.
Dramacorp is currently recruiting the creative team and finalizing a co-production model for the mini-series. A Scandinavian and international cast will play the drama’s protagonists onboard the submarine, in Moscow, Stockholm, and at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Dramacorp’s chief content officer Patrick Nebout and creative director Henrik Jansson-Schweizer will executive produce. Their credits include Svt Sweden’s family saga “Thicker Than Water,” Swedish-French thriller “Midnight Sun,” and the Oscar-nominated Swedish film “The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
- 11/2/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s Mipcom Roundup, ITV closes format deals around the world for some of its biggest properties; History greenlights prison break factual series with Morgan Freeman; Beta Film sells several catalog titles across Europe and the Americas; and Nent Studios U.K. scores Joe Biden doc.
Formats
ITV Studios’ most popular format “Love Island” has landed in two new territories after commissions for the format were ordered by Atresmedia in Spain, where it will be produced by Boomerang, and Tvc for terrestrial and on 9 Vision Media for digital in Nigeria, the show’s first commission in Africa. Meanwhile the German remake of “Love Island” has been renewed for a fifth season this spring on Rtl Zwei.
Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of “The Voice of Holland,” which launched a global phenomenon, “The Voice Allstars” was also announced by ITV Studios. In the updated version of the classic program, familiar voices from...
Formats
ITV Studios’ most popular format “Love Island” has landed in two new territories after commissions for the format were ordered by Atresmedia in Spain, where it will be produced by Boomerang, and Tvc for terrestrial and on 9 Vision Media for digital in Nigeria, the show’s first commission in Africa. Meanwhile the German remake of “Love Island” has been renewed for a fifth season this spring on Rtl Zwei.
Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of “The Voice of Holland,” which launched a global phenomenon, “The Voice Allstars” was also announced by ITV Studios. In the updated version of the classic program, familiar voices from...
- 10/13/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Beta Film has secured a raft of deals with U.S. and international buyers on its TV drama slate.
Going into MIPCOM, Beta closed a deal with U.S. buyer MHz Networks for thriller Agent Hamilton (10h), which had its red carpet world premiere last year at MIPCOM in Cannes. The platform is also the new home for Canneseries-awarded Bauhaus – A New Era (6h) from director Lars Kraume (The Verdict), as well as former Canneseries and Geneva International Filmfestival contender The Typist (5h) by Nina Grosse.
Agent Hamilton was also acquired by AMC for Latin America and Rtp Portugal. The show stars Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Katia Winter (Dexter) and Wallander lead Krister Henriksson and is based on the best-selling Hamilton novels by Jan Guillou. Producer is Dramacorp’s Patrick Nebout (Midnight Sun), German broadcaster is Zdf.
Additional deals for Bauhaus – A New Era include Denmark (Dr), Finland (Yle), HBO Latin America,...
Going into MIPCOM, Beta closed a deal with U.S. buyer MHz Networks for thriller Agent Hamilton (10h), which had its red carpet world premiere last year at MIPCOM in Cannes. The platform is also the new home for Canneseries-awarded Bauhaus – A New Era (6h) from director Lars Kraume (The Verdict), as well as former Canneseries and Geneva International Filmfestival contender The Typist (5h) by Nina Grosse.
Agent Hamilton was also acquired by AMC for Latin America and Rtp Portugal. The show stars Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Katia Winter (Dexter) and Wallander lead Krister Henriksson and is based on the best-selling Hamilton novels by Jan Guillou. Producer is Dramacorp’s Patrick Nebout (Midnight Sun), German broadcaster is Zdf.
Additional deals for Bauhaus – A New Era include Denmark (Dr), Finland (Yle), HBO Latin America,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Beta Nordic Studios, a unit of Munich-based sales firm Beta Film, led by CEO Jan Mojto, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Iceland’s Sagafilm, further expanding its presence in the Nordics.
Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
The production company will become part of Beta Nordic Studios, which also houses Beta’s Swedish production joint venture with Patrick Nebout, Dramacorp, and Matti Halonen and Miikko Oikkonen’s Finnish banner Fisher King.
Sagafilm is known as Iceland’s oldest production company, with credits in the film, TV series and documentaries space. It also makes commercials and provides local production support for foreign ...
Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
The production company will become part of Beta Nordic Studios, which also houses Beta’s Swedish production joint venture with Patrick Nebout, Dramacorp, and Matti Halonen and Miikko Oikkonen’s Finnish banner Fisher King.
Sagafilm is known as Iceland’s oldest production company, with credits in the film, TV series and documentaries space. It also makes commercials and provides local production support for foreign ...
Beta Nordic Studios, a unit of Munich-based sales firm Beta Film, led by CEO Jan Mojto, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Iceland’s Sagafilm, further expanding its presence in the Nordics.
Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
The production company will become part of Beta Nordic Studios, which also houses Beta’s Swedish production joint venture with Patrick Nebout, Dramacorp, and Matti Halonen and Miikko Oikkonen’s Finnish banner Fisher King.
Sagafilm is known as Iceland’s oldest production company, with credits in the film, TV series and documentaries space. It also makes commercials and provides local production support for foreign ...
Financial terms weren’t disclosed.
The production company will become part of Beta Nordic Studios, which also houses Beta’s Swedish production joint venture with Patrick Nebout, Dramacorp, and Matti Halonen and Miikko Oikkonen’s Finnish banner Fisher King.
Sagafilm is known as Iceland’s oldest production company, with credits in the film, TV series and documentaries space. It also makes commercials and provides local production support for foreign ...
Beta Nordic Studios, a subsidiary of Jan Mojto’s Munich-based production-sales powerhouse Beta Film, has acquired a 25% stake in Sagafilm, the thriving Icelandic production banner behind the Cineflix-repped series “The Minister”.
Sagafilm will now form part of Beta Nordic Studios, an unbrella group launched in 2019, comprising Patrick Nebout’s Swedish production outfit Dramacorp (“Midnight Sun”) and Matti Halonen’s Finnish company Fisher King (“Bordertown”). DramaCorp is a joint venture set up in 2016 by Beta and Nebout, a French-Swedish executive.
Beta Nordic Studios focuses on local scripted projects with an international appeal and is backed by Beta Film’s international distribution network.
The deal allows Beta Film to ramp up further its presence in the Nordics and collaborate with Sagafilm’s experienced producers who have nurtured a vibrant talent pool over the years. Iceland’s oldest production company, the 40-year old Sagafilm has a topnotch track record in films, TV series and documentaries,...
Sagafilm will now form part of Beta Nordic Studios, an unbrella group launched in 2019, comprising Patrick Nebout’s Swedish production outfit Dramacorp (“Midnight Sun”) and Matti Halonen’s Finnish company Fisher King (“Bordertown”). DramaCorp is a joint venture set up in 2016 by Beta and Nebout, a French-Swedish executive.
Beta Nordic Studios focuses on local scripted projects with an international appeal and is backed by Beta Film’s international distribution network.
The deal allows Beta Film to ramp up further its presence in the Nordics and collaborate with Sagafilm’s experienced producers who have nurtured a vibrant talent pool over the years. Iceland’s oldest production company, the 40-year old Sagafilm has a topnotch track record in films, TV series and documentaries,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
AMC’s British programming-focused streamer Acorn TV has commissioned eight-part procedural “Cannes Confidential.”
The series is a co-production between Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film, and Acorn Media Enterprises, Acorn TV’s commissioning and co-producing arm. Lead writer is prolific U.K. scribe Chris Murray, whose credits include “Casualty,” “Holby City,” “Van der Valk” and “Midsomer Murders.”
The series is set on the Cote d’Azur and will enjoy unprecedented access to film across the city of Cannes when production begins in early 2021. The series will exclusively premiere on Acorn TV in North America, New Zealand, Australia and the U.K. in late 2021.
Appointment
ViacomCBS Networks U.K. has announced the appointment of Sarah Rose as chief operating officer. She will report into Maria Kyriacou, president of ViacomCBS Networks U.K. and Australia.
Rose is an industry veteran, beginning her...
The series is a co-production between Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film, and Acorn Media Enterprises, Acorn TV’s commissioning and co-producing arm. Lead writer is prolific U.K. scribe Chris Murray, whose credits include “Casualty,” “Holby City,” “Van der Valk” and “Midsomer Murders.”
The series is set on the Cote d’Azur and will enjoy unprecedented access to film across the city of Cannes when production begins in early 2021. The series will exclusively premiere on Acorn TV in North America, New Zealand, Australia and the U.K. in late 2021.
Appointment
ViacomCBS Networks U.K. has announced the appointment of Sarah Rose as chief operating officer. She will report into Maria Kyriacou, president of ViacomCBS Networks U.K. and Australia.
Rose is an industry veteran, beginning her...
- 7/30/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC streamer Acorn TV has unveiled its second original in the space of a week, boarding the crime drama Cannes Confidential.
Penned by Midsomer Murders and Van der Valk writer Chris Murray, the eight-part series is a romantic procedural that blends comedy, mystery and crime detection with a heart-warming love story — all against the backdrop of the Cote d’Azur.
Deadline first revealed that Murray — who has also written for Acorn series Agatha Raisin — was working on the project through Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film. Maria Ward (Agatha Raisin) is co-writing the series. Acorn Media Enterprises is co-producing.
Acorn is billing Cannes Confidential as the first English-language procedural drama to be produced and set on the Cote d’Azur since the 1970s action-adventure comedy The Persuaders, starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. Production will begin in Cannes in early 2021.
“With its engaging,...
Penned by Midsomer Murders and Van der Valk writer Chris Murray, the eight-part series is a romantic procedural that blends comedy, mystery and crime detection with a heart-warming love story — all against the backdrop of the Cote d’Azur.
Deadline first revealed that Murray — who has also written for Acorn series Agatha Raisin — was working on the project through Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film. Maria Ward (Agatha Raisin) is co-writing the series. Acorn Media Enterprises is co-producing.
Acorn is billing Cannes Confidential as the first English-language procedural drama to be produced and set on the Cote d’Azur since the 1970s action-adventure comedy The Persuaders, starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. Production will begin in Cannes in early 2021.
“With its engaging,...
- 7/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Germany’s Beta Film, a prime mover of this and next week’s virtual TV marketplace, has sold “Cryptid,” produced by Dramacorp for the Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay Svod service, to Joyn, the new German Avod venture launched in 2019 by Discovery and ProSiebenSat.1.
Underscoring how regional and big national streaming services are now energizing production and distribution in Europe, the sale also marks a first cornerstone licensing pact on “Cryptid” which in its high-school Ya horror tropes and comic book aesthetics, plus short format narrative, aims to break new ground in Europe.
The series is also eliciting “strong interest from other big European territories,” said Beta Film’s Justus Riesenkampff.
“Cryptid” is also the first project within a new specialized pan-European genre production brand which Dramacorp is launching later this year. Currently in final post-production, which is continuing under Dramacorp founder Patrick Nebout despite Covid-19, “Cryptid” will world premiere in competition,...
Underscoring how regional and big national streaming services are now energizing production and distribution in Europe, the sale also marks a first cornerstone licensing pact on “Cryptid” which in its high-school Ya horror tropes and comic book aesthetics, plus short format narrative, aims to break new ground in Europe.
The series is also eliciting “strong interest from other big European territories,” said Beta Film’s Justus Riesenkampff.
“Cryptid” is also the first project within a new specialized pan-European genre production brand which Dramacorp is launching later this year. Currently in final post-production, which is continuing under Dramacorp founder Patrick Nebout despite Covid-19, “Cryptid” will world premiere in competition,...
- 3/23/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin — Germany’s Beta Film is driving into Young Adult scripted, acquiring international distribution rights and co-financing four high-profile fiction series, three set up at top European regional Svod players: Germany’s Joyn and Telekom and Scandinavia’s Viaplay.
Many also involve top European production houses as well. To be unveiled at the Berlinale Series Market’s German Showcase on Monday, the four storyline “Echos,” in which four witless upper-class socialites discover an underworld beneath Munich, is produced by “8 Days’” Neuesuper for Joyn, the new Discovery/ProSieben Svod joint venture.
Set to air on Viaplay, and a pop graphic novel-style high-school gore fest that is sparking large word-of-mouth. “Cryptid” is a passion project of Patrick Nebout at Dramacorp, a part-owned Beta Film company whose credits include “Agent Hamilton” and “Midnight Sun.”
“Ya series can take traditional elements and play with them, or rework them in different formats, creating something new,...
Many also involve top European production houses as well. To be unveiled at the Berlinale Series Market’s German Showcase on Monday, the four storyline “Echos,” in which four witless upper-class socialites discover an underworld beneath Munich, is produced by “8 Days’” Neuesuper for Joyn, the new Discovery/ProSieben Svod joint venture.
Set to air on Viaplay, and a pop graphic novel-style high-school gore fest that is sparking large word-of-mouth. “Cryptid” is a passion project of Patrick Nebout at Dramacorp, a part-owned Beta Film company whose credits include “Agent Hamilton” and “Midnight Sun.”
“Ya series can take traditional elements and play with them, or rework them in different formats, creating something new,...
- 2/24/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
GÖTEBORG, Sweden — Swedish prodco Dramacorp has signed with U.K. scribe Michael Robert Johnson for the English-language supernatural thriller “Heritage” (a working title).
Co-writers are Göteborg-based Morgan Jensen and Theo Gabay. The show, in early development, deals with modern elitism and hereditary. In it, a young female teacher, Evelyn Hemmings, is caught right in the midst of a brutal ritual murder at a prestigious U.K. boarding school in the wilds of Scotland, where the children of the elite study. There is a cover up since national security is at stake. During her private investigation, she realizes that disturbing and ancient dark forces are at play and that the murder has both highly political and occult interests.
Dramacorp’s creative director/executive producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer said: “We are extremely excited to have an international A-list writer as Michael Robert Johnson, teaming up with some of the most skilled writing talent...
Co-writers are Göteborg-based Morgan Jensen and Theo Gabay. The show, in early development, deals with modern elitism and hereditary. In it, a young female teacher, Evelyn Hemmings, is caught right in the midst of a brutal ritual murder at a prestigious U.K. boarding school in the wilds of Scotland, where the children of the elite study. There is a cover up since national security is at stake. During her private investigation, she realizes that disturbing and ancient dark forces are at play and that the murder has both highly political and occult interests.
Dramacorp’s creative director/executive producer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer said: “We are extremely excited to have an international A-list writer as Michael Robert Johnson, teaming up with some of the most skilled writing talent...
- 1/28/2020
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
“The Great Century” is being adapted as an epic drama series by Dramacorp-Pampas Studios, which has landed the rights to Swedish author Jan Guillou’s book series.
Guillou is known for his “Hamilton” spy-thriller novels, which Dramacorp-Pampas Studios has brought to TV as “Agent Hamilton.” That project had an international premiere at Mipcom and has presold widely, with a second season already greenlit.
Petter Skavlan will take on the task of bringing “The Great Century” to TV as head writer. His credits include World War II thriller “The 12th Man” and Oscar-nominated “Kon-Tiki.”
“The Bridge Builders” is the first installment of “The Great Century” saga. It opens in Norway in the early years of the 20th century and follows three siblings from a poor fishing family as they set out on a lifetime of adventure, laying the foundations for what will become a dynasty spanning Norway, Sweden and Germany. The action moves from Norway,...
Guillou is known for his “Hamilton” spy-thriller novels, which Dramacorp-Pampas Studios has brought to TV as “Agent Hamilton.” That project had an international premiere at Mipcom and has presold widely, with a second season already greenlit.
Petter Skavlan will take on the task of bringing “The Great Century” to TV as head writer. His credits include World War II thriller “The 12th Man” and Oscar-nominated “Kon-Tiki.”
“The Bridge Builders” is the first installment of “The Great Century” saga. It opens in Norway in the early years of the 20th century and follows three siblings from a poor fishing family as they set out on a lifetime of adventure, laying the foundations for what will become a dynasty spanning Norway, Sweden and Germany. The action moves from Norway,...
- 11/13/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Beta has taken a majority stake in Finland’s Fisher King and created Beta Nordic Studios.
German film and TV group Beta Film is expanding its presence in the Nordics, taking a majority stake in Finnish film and TV production company Fisher King and creating regional umbrella group Beta Nordic Studios (Bns).
Beta Film first entered the Scandinavian production scene in 2016, with the creation of Dramacorp, its joint venture with veteran Swedish-French drama executive Patrick Nebout.
Its newly created Bns will serve as an umbrella for all of Beta’s production activities in the Nordics. It will focus on local scripted projects with international appeal,...
German film and TV group Beta Film is expanding its presence in the Nordics, taking a majority stake in Finnish film and TV production company Fisher King and creating regional umbrella group Beta Nordic Studios (Bns).
Beta Film first entered the Scandinavian production scene in 2016, with the creation of Dramacorp, its joint venture with veteran Swedish-French drama executive Patrick Nebout.
Its newly created Bns will serve as an umbrella for all of Beta’s production activities in the Nordics. It will focus on local scripted projects with international appeal,...
- 10/14/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Jan Mojto’s Munich-based production and distribution company Beta Film has taken a majority stake in Finnish production company Fisher King, and has launched Sweden-based Beta Nordic Studios, which will serve as an umbrella for Beta’s production activities in the Nordic region.
Beta Nordic Studios will focus on local scripted projects with an international appeal, which can be leveraged via Beta Film’s international distribution network.
Beta Film’s executive VP Justus Riesenkampff and the newly appointed CEO Martin Håkansson, a former executive at Lagadère Sports and Nice Entertainment Group, will serve as directors of Beta Nordic Studios.
As well as Fisher King, Beta production operations in the Nordic region include Dramacorp, a joint venture with Swedish-French drama executive Patrick Nebout.
Fisher King was founded in 2013 by executive producer Matti Halonen and chief visual officer Miikko Oikkonen. Over the past six years, it has raised the quality and reputation...
Beta Nordic Studios will focus on local scripted projects with an international appeal, which can be leveraged via Beta Film’s international distribution network.
Beta Film’s executive VP Justus Riesenkampff and the newly appointed CEO Martin Håkansson, a former executive at Lagadère Sports and Nice Entertainment Group, will serve as directors of Beta Nordic Studios.
As well as Fisher King, Beta production operations in the Nordic region include Dramacorp, a joint venture with Swedish-French drama executive Patrick Nebout.
Fisher King was founded in 2013 by executive producer Matti Halonen and chief visual officer Miikko Oikkonen. Over the past six years, it has raised the quality and reputation...
- 10/14/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Beta Film, the German producer and distributor of TV and film, has formed Sweden-based Beta Nordic Studios (Bns), which will act as an umbrella group for the company’s production activities in Scandinavia.
The move comes in the wake of Beta taking a majority stake in Finnish film and TV production outfit Fisher King, which has credits including the crime drama series Bordertown and fantasy drama series Nymphs, both of which originated in Finland but attracted international finance and were sold to international territories. Matti Halonen and Miikko Oikkonen founded the Helsinki-based company in 2013.
Also in the Bns group is Dramacorp, the joint venture set up in 2016 by veteran Swedish-French drama executive Patrick Nebout and Beta CEO Jan Mojto, which has Swedish series Agent Hamilton coming up – the show celebrated its premiere at Mipcom this week and a second series has been given the green light for production in 2020.
Martin Håkansson,...
The move comes in the wake of Beta taking a majority stake in Finnish film and TV production outfit Fisher King, which has credits including the crime drama series Bordertown and fantasy drama series Nymphs, both of which originated in Finland but attracted international finance and were sold to international territories. Matti Halonen and Miikko Oikkonen founded the Helsinki-based company in 2013.
Also in the Bns group is Dramacorp, the joint venture set up in 2016 by veteran Swedish-French drama executive Patrick Nebout and Beta CEO Jan Mojto, which has Swedish series Agent Hamilton coming up – the show celebrated its premiere at Mipcom this week and a second series has been given the green light for production in 2020.
Martin Håkansson,...
- 10/14/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Midsomer Murders writer Chris Murray is taking a pro-European approach to his latest drama – taking one of Britain’s best loved actors and turning him into a Dutch detective.
Murray is remaking Dutch procedural Van Der Valk for a slew of European broadcasters including ITV in the UK, Germany’s Ard, France Télévisions and Npo Netherlands with Safe and Mad Dogs actor Marc Warren in the lead role.
All3Media International, which co-commissioned the series from its own Company Pictures is now taking the three-part drama to Cannes in the hope of closing more deals.
Murray told Deadline, “I’ve done quite a few detective shows over the years and I always remembered the setting of the original and liked the idea that in these times [of Brexit], being relatively pro-European, of doing a detective series that reflected contemporary Europe.”
The show follows a street smart and unapologetic Dutch detective, played by Warren,...
Murray is remaking Dutch procedural Van Der Valk for a slew of European broadcasters including ITV in the UK, Germany’s Ard, France Télévisions and Npo Netherlands with Safe and Mad Dogs actor Marc Warren in the lead role.
All3Media International, which co-commissioned the series from its own Company Pictures is now taking the three-part drama to Cannes in the hope of closing more deals.
Murray told Deadline, “I’ve done quite a few detective shows over the years and I always remembered the setting of the original and liked the idea that in these times [of Brexit], being relatively pro-European, of doing a detective series that reflected contemporary Europe.”
The show follows a street smart and unapologetic Dutch detective, played by Warren,...
- 10/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Berlin — Beta Film has dropped the first trailer for high-end Scandinavian espionaje thriller “Agent Hamilton,” a big play at Cannes’ Mipcom market this year where it ranks as one of the market’s three World Premiere Screenings.
That in turn reflects the status of its IP, Scandinavia’s best-selling literary property. based on a spy thriller novel series penned by journalist Jan Guillou after he spent ten months in jail for uncovering and revealing the existence of a covert Swedish Secret Intelligence Agency, which went under the name of The Information Bureau, and later the recruitment of Swedish agents by the CIA.
Adapted multiple times for the screen, with Stellan Skarsgard starring in a first makeover, the novels’ protagonist ranks in Scandinavia as a literary icon of the stature of Wallander.
Now, 33 years after his debut appearance, the newly formed, Dramacorp Pampas Studios has teamed for a new iteration with commercial network TV4,...
That in turn reflects the status of its IP, Scandinavia’s best-selling literary property. based on a spy thriller novel series penned by journalist Jan Guillou after he spent ten months in jail for uncovering and revealing the existence of a covert Swedish Secret Intelligence Agency, which went under the name of The Information Bureau, and later the recruitment of Swedish agents by the CIA.
Adapted multiple times for the screen, with Stellan Skarsgard starring in a first makeover, the novels’ protagonist ranks in Scandinavia as a literary icon of the stature of Wallander.
Now, 33 years after his debut appearance, the newly formed, Dramacorp Pampas Studios has teamed for a new iteration with commercial network TV4,...
- 10/9/2019
- by Emiliano Granada
- Variety Film + TV
Mismatch Films’ Camilla Nasiell will produce.
Oscar winner Danis Tanovic will direct the suspense drama Mediterranean Dreams, based on an original English-language screenplay by Stellan Forsberg.
The story is about a privileged European woman and her four-year-old daughter on a luxurious cruise, who end up in a crammed refugee vessel on the Mediterranean Sea.
Tanovic told Screen: “What I love most in the screenplay is when a very strong female character is confronted with a moral dilemma. How far are we willing to go when it is a question of life and death? I was confronted with this kind of...
Oscar winner Danis Tanovic will direct the suspense drama Mediterranean Dreams, based on an original English-language screenplay by Stellan Forsberg.
The story is about a privileged European woman and her four-year-old daughter on a luxurious cruise, who end up in a crammed refugee vessel on the Mediterranean Sea.
Tanovic told Screen: “What I love most in the screenplay is when a very strong female character is confronted with a moral dilemma. How far are we willing to go when it is a question of life and death? I was confronted with this kind of...
- 5/14/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Magnify Media Secures European Options for ‘Naked Beach’ Format
Magnify Media has secured a raft of European production options on its new format “Naked Beach” ahead of transmission of the U.K. version of the show. The U.K.-based distribution and rights-management company has optioned the format to Keshet International’s Tresor Produktions in Germany, Vincent TV Producties for Holland and Flemish-speaking Belgium, and to Pernel Media in France.
“Naked Beach,” which was produced by Argonon’s Barefaced TV for Channel 4, debuts Thursday in the U.K. It is hosted by Dr. Keon West, whose 2017 studies into body image, self-esteem and life satisfaction formed the basis for the show, and body-image and mental-health campaigner Natasha Devon. The pair run a sun-soaked retreat where each week three people suffering from a lack of body confidence join a returning cast of near-naked, body-positive Brits of varying shapes and sizes in order to renew their self-confidence.
Magnify Media has secured a raft of European production options on its new format “Naked Beach” ahead of transmission of the U.K. version of the show. The U.K.-based distribution and rights-management company has optioned the format to Keshet International’s Tresor Produktions in Germany, Vincent TV Producties for Holland and Flemish-speaking Belgium, and to Pernel Media in France.
“Naked Beach,” which was produced by Argonon’s Barefaced TV for Channel 4, debuts Thursday in the U.K. It is hosted by Dr. Keon West, whose 2017 studies into body image, self-esteem and life satisfaction formed the basis for the show, and body-image and mental-health campaigner Natasha Devon. The pair run a sun-soaked retreat where each week three people suffering from a lack of body confidence join a returning cast of near-naked, body-positive Brits of varying shapes and sizes in order to renew their self-confidence.
- 4/9/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes is set to star in its own series, with Midsomer Murders and Waterloo Road writer Chris Murray on board to develop an English-language crime drama set in the South of France city.
Titled Cannes Confidential, the city's mayor David Lisnard and Midnight Sun producer Patrick Nebout, head of Sweden's Dramacorp, signed a development agreement at a splashy city hall ceremony during CanneSeries, the TV festival Lisnard has backed. The series will shoot in the city in 2020.
Lisnard envisions the city as a character in the 10-part crime series, which will blend the genres of comedy, romance and crime as an ...
Titled Cannes Confidential, the city's mayor David Lisnard and Midnight Sun producer Patrick Nebout, head of Sweden's Dramacorp, signed a development agreement at a splashy city hall ceremony during CanneSeries, the TV festival Lisnard has backed. The series will shoot in the city in 2020.
Lisnard envisions the city as a character in the 10-part crime series, which will blend the genres of comedy, romance and crime as an ...
Exclusive: Cannes itself is to be the background of a new drama from Midsomer Murders writer Chris Murray.
We all know that the home of Mip and the Cannes Film Festival is ripe for a crime drama and Murray is setting Cannes Confidential in the French city. The ten-part series is being developed by Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film, and is a romantic procedural series that blends comedy, mystery and crime detection with a heart-warming love story.
It is co-creator Murray’s latest project, having recently signed on to reboot classic British detective series Van Der Valk starring Mark Warren, which Deadline broke last week,
The show is being given its own press conference from the Mayor of Cannes David Lisnard later this morning. Dramacorp has been granted exclusive access to film in the City of Cannes, which enables...
We all know that the home of Mip and the Cannes Film Festival is ripe for a crime drama and Murray is setting Cannes Confidential in the French city. The ten-part series is being developed by Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film, and is a romantic procedural series that blends comedy, mystery and crime detection with a heart-warming love story.
It is co-creator Murray’s latest project, having recently signed on to reboot classic British detective series Van Der Valk starring Mark Warren, which Deadline broke last week,
The show is being given its own press conference from the Mayor of Cannes David Lisnard later this morning. Dramacorp has been granted exclusive access to film in the City of Cannes, which enables...
- 4/8/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Madrid — Sports streamer Dazn dazzled on Wednesday in Madrid, officially launching in Spain, its eighth territory worldwide, with rights to Spain of MotoGP, Premiere League and Euro League basketball, a thumping promo at a press conference, a beaming MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez on stage, and the double-backed announcements that Brazilian soccer icon Neymar had signed on as a Dazn global ambassador and ex-Chelsea, Real Madrid and Man U.’s José Mourinho, the most acerbic of soccer managers, as a commentator.
But can Dazn actually make money?
History is not on its side. “The market for broadcasting top-notch sporting events, which means soccer in Europe, and national leagues, looks like one where the winner takes all, because the winner creates synergies bundling [sports] with entertainment content and sustaining the interest of the whole family,” said François Godard, at Enders Analysis, citing the fate of sports rights contenders such as Setanta Sports,...
But can Dazn actually make money?
History is not on its side. “The market for broadcasting top-notch sporting events, which means soccer in Europe, and national leagues, looks like one where the winner takes all, because the winner creates synergies bundling [sports] with entertainment content and sustaining the interest of the whole family,” said François Godard, at Enders Analysis, citing the fate of sports rights contenders such as Setanta Sports,...
- 3/1/2019
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), the operator of Scandinavia’s leading streaming service Viaplay, has ordered “Cryptid,” the Swedish-language horror series produced by Dramacorp, and Per-Olav Sørensen’s series “Commando” which is based on actual events and set in Norway, Libya and the UK.
“Commando” is an eight-episode series based on the special operation carried on in 2011 which saw Norwegian F-16 fighter jets drop nearly 600 bombs over Libya. The series follows the stories of four women, an F-16 pilot, a journalist, a possible terrorist and a prime minister, exploring the genesis and consequences of the operation. Sørensen is a popular Norwegian filmmaker whose credits include “Quicksand” and “Nobel.”
Written by Jenny Lund Madsen (“Follow the Money”) and Christian Spurrier (“Spooks”),”Commando” is being produced by Trond Håndlykken Kvernstrøm for The Oslo Company and Anders Tangen for Viafilm.
“The immediacy, urgency and powerful visual language of ‘Commando’, including extensive first-person footage from inside an F-16 jet,...
“Commando” is an eight-episode series based on the special operation carried on in 2011 which saw Norwegian F-16 fighter jets drop nearly 600 bombs over Libya. The series follows the stories of four women, an F-16 pilot, a journalist, a possible terrorist and a prime minister, exploring the genesis and consequences of the operation. Sørensen is a popular Norwegian filmmaker whose credits include “Quicksand” and “Nobel.”
Written by Jenny Lund Madsen (“Follow the Money”) and Christian Spurrier (“Spooks”),”Commando” is being produced by Trond Håndlykken Kvernstrøm for The Oslo Company and Anders Tangen for Viafilm.
“The immediacy, urgency and powerful visual language of ‘Commando’, including extensive first-person footage from inside an F-16 jet,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Scandinavia Svod service Viaplay is moving into the short-form horror genre with a Ya series from French/Swedish crime drama Midnight Sun.
The platform, which is operated by Nordic Entertainment Group, has given a greenlight to Cryptid, a ten-part series of 22-minute episodes that centers on the idyllic lakeside town of Mörkstad, whose peaceful existence is suddenly shattered by a series of terrifying and unexplainable events.
The series is one of the most interesting concepts to emerge out of Europe since Norwegian teen drama Skam and is sure to draw the eye of U.S. producers.
The high-concept Swedish-language drama is based on an original pitch by graphic novelist Sylvain Runberg, and is being written by a writer’s room that includes Ya novelist Anna Jakobsson Lund.
Mörkstad is a small town in the northern hemisphere near a beautiful lake. But there’s a dark side to Mörkstad’s idyllic...
The platform, which is operated by Nordic Entertainment Group, has given a greenlight to Cryptid, a ten-part series of 22-minute episodes that centers on the idyllic lakeside town of Mörkstad, whose peaceful existence is suddenly shattered by a series of terrifying and unexplainable events.
The series is one of the most interesting concepts to emerge out of Europe since Norwegian teen drama Skam and is sure to draw the eye of U.S. producers.
The high-concept Swedish-language drama is based on an original pitch by graphic novelist Sylvain Runberg, and is being written by a writer’s room that includes Ya novelist Anna Jakobsson Lund.
Mörkstad is a small town in the northern hemisphere near a beautiful lake. But there’s a dark side to Mörkstad’s idyllic...
- 2/15/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The $11m project hopes to shoot in France, Malta and Morocco in 2019.
Beta Film-backed Swedish outfit Dramacorp and the newly-launched Stockholm-based production company Mismatch Films are teaming up to co-produce the suspense drama Mediterranean Dreams.
Patrick Nebout (The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared) of Dramacorp will executive produce, and Camilla Nasiell of Mismatch will produce.
Stellan Forsberg, also a founder of Mismatch, wrote the script.
The original English-language screenplay is about a privileged European woman and her four-year-old daughter on a luxurious cruise who run into a crammed refugee vessel on the Mediterranean Sea.
The feature...
Beta Film-backed Swedish outfit Dramacorp and the newly-launched Stockholm-based production company Mismatch Films are teaming up to co-produce the suspense drama Mediterranean Dreams.
Patrick Nebout (The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared) of Dramacorp will executive produce, and Camilla Nasiell of Mismatch will produce.
Stellan Forsberg, also a founder of Mismatch, wrote the script.
The original English-language screenplay is about a privileged European woman and her four-year-old daughter on a luxurious cruise who run into a crammed refugee vessel on the Mediterranean Sea.
The feature...
- 11/7/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Returning 10-part series takes place in near future in world where oxygen is in short supply.
Bron Studios continues its push into the international TV arena and is teaming up with Beta Film’s production companies Dramacorp and Isolani Pictures to co-produce the sci-fi TV series Rare.
Bron is financing the returning 10-part series based on an original idea by Thierry Poiraud, who directed the French series Black Spot, about a world in the near future where oxygen is in short supply.
Rare centres on Hanna, who rises up to break the cycle of miserable existence where people inhabit pockets...
Bron Studios continues its push into the international TV arena and is teaming up with Beta Film’s production companies Dramacorp and Isolani Pictures to co-produce the sci-fi TV series Rare.
Bron is financing the returning 10-part series based on an original idea by Thierry Poiraud, who directed the French series Black Spot, about a world in the near future where oxygen is in short supply.
Rare centres on Hanna, who rises up to break the cycle of miserable existence where people inhabit pockets...
- 10/15/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sweden’s Dramacorp, the Patrick Nebout-Beta Film joint venture, has come on board “Cyptid,” a Swedish horror thriller series created by up-and-coming Swedish director Daniel Di Grado and French-Belgian comicbook writer Sylvain Runberg.
The 10-part half-hour series will be helmed by Di Grado, who previously directed “Alena,” the series based on Kim W. Andersson’s award winning comic which played at Sitges, and most recently directed an episode of the fantasy series “Jordskott.” Runberg, who co-created “Cyptid,” is best known for adapting the three opus of Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” into popular graphic novels and just co-wrote “Millennium: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest.”
“Cyptid” takes place in a high school located a Northern Scandinavian village in the aftermath of the horrific murder of a student. The crime reveals the presence of strange creatures lurking in the nearby lake.
Nebout, who is producing “Cyptid” at Dramacorp, said...
The 10-part half-hour series will be helmed by Di Grado, who previously directed “Alena,” the series based on Kim W. Andersson’s award winning comic which played at Sitges, and most recently directed an episode of the fantasy series “Jordskott.” Runberg, who co-created “Cyptid,” is best known for adapting the three opus of Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” into popular graphic novels and just co-wrote “Millennium: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest.”
“Cyptid” takes place in a high school located a Northern Scandinavian village in the aftermath of the horrific murder of a student. The crime reveals the presence of strange creatures lurking in the nearby lake.
Nebout, who is producing “Cyptid” at Dramacorp, said...
- 4/8/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Update: Andrew Davies tribute, Beta, Studiocanal deals; The Halcyon, Mata Hari set the tone for market awash with high-end drama.
Mipcom got off to a glamourous start this year with world premiere screenings of Sony Pictures Television’s The Halcyon followed by Julius Berg’s Mata Hari starring Vahina Giocante, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert on Sunday.
These two premieres, on the eve of Mipcom’s official opening, set the tone for a market that will be more awash than ever with high-end dramas.
In the backdrop, one of the talking points is which platforms these series will be distributed on as part of Mipcom’s overall theme of “New Television”.
Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, who kicked off Mipcom’s conference programme on Monday, said content and delivery were two sides of the same coin when it came to getting viewers to pay for they were watching.
“Consumers are willing...
Mipcom got off to a glamourous start this year with world premiere screenings of Sony Pictures Television’s The Halcyon followed by Julius Berg’s Mata Hari starring Vahina Giocante, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert on Sunday.
These two premieres, on the eve of Mipcom’s official opening, set the tone for a market that will be more awash than ever with high-end dramas.
In the backdrop, one of the talking points is which platforms these series will be distributed on as part of Mipcom’s overall theme of “New Television”.
Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, who kicked off Mipcom’s conference programme on Monday, said content and delivery were two sides of the same coin when it came to getting viewers to pay for they were watching.
“Consumers are willing...
- 10/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
Netflix picks up an ITV series while Public Enemy [pictured] scooped the inagural MIPDrama Screenings awards.
Beta Film takes TV-event Terror
Germany-based sales outfit Beta Film has picked up worldwide rights for Terror, a TV courtroom drama that uses audience participation to reach its conclusion. Standing accused is a German air force pilot who has shot down a civilian aircraft after it was hijacked by terrorists, killing everyone on board but saving a stadium full of innocent people. After witnessing the trial, viewers are encouraged to vote online, or via telephone or text message, to decide the verdict, guilty or not guilty. Carnage co-producer Oliver Berben has teamed on the project with writer Ferdinand von Schirach (Shades Of Guilt) and director Lars Kraume (The People vs Fritz Bauer). At Miptv, Beta will be offering Terror at Miptv as both as a ready-made feature and a format.
Public Enemy takes drama screening award
Topping a field of 12 high-end drama series...
Beta Film takes TV-event Terror
Germany-based sales outfit Beta Film has picked up worldwide rights for Terror, a TV courtroom drama that uses audience participation to reach its conclusion. Standing accused is a German air force pilot who has shot down a civilian aircraft after it was hijacked by terrorists, killing everyone on board but saving a stadium full of innocent people. After witnessing the trial, viewers are encouraged to vote online, or via telephone or text message, to decide the verdict, guilty or not guilty. Carnage co-producer Oliver Berben has teamed on the project with writer Ferdinand von Schirach (Shades Of Guilt) and director Lars Kraume (The People vs Fritz Bauer). At Miptv, Beta will be offering Terror at Miptv as both as a ready-made feature and a format.
Public Enemy takes drama screening award
Topping a field of 12 high-end drama series...
- 4/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
France’s Atlantique Productions and Italy’s Cattleya enter into two-title co-development and production deal
French drama producer Atlantique Productions and Italian outfit Cattleya have secured a co-development and co-production agreement to turn 1960s Western Django and Dario Argento’s Suspiria into TV series.
The first, Django, will be a re-imagining of the cult 1966 Western. Atlantique Productions acquired the rights to develop and produce an English-language television series based on Sergio Corbucci’s iconic Western.
The film, which made a star out of Franco Nero, was the story of a coffin-dragging gunslinger’s feud with a bandit chief. It has spawned sequels and homages, most notably Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 blockbuster Django Unchained.
The second, Suspiria De Profundis, is inspired by the 19th century English writer Thomas De Quincey’s eponymous book, which was made into the classic Italian horror film Suspiria in 1977 by Dario Argento. Argento will serve as the series’ artistic supervisor.
Suspiria De Profundis...
French drama producer Atlantique Productions and Italian outfit Cattleya have secured a co-development and co-production agreement to turn 1960s Western Django and Dario Argento’s Suspiria into TV series.
The first, Django, will be a re-imagining of the cult 1966 Western. Atlantique Productions acquired the rights to develop and produce an English-language television series based on Sergio Corbucci’s iconic Western.
The film, which made a star out of Franco Nero, was the story of a coffin-dragging gunslinger’s feud with a bandit chief. It has spawned sequels and homages, most notably Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 blockbuster Django Unchained.
The second, Suspiria De Profundis, is inspired by the 19th century English writer Thomas De Quincey’s eponymous book, which was made into the classic Italian horror film Suspiria in 1977 by Dario Argento. Argento will serve as the series’ artistic supervisor.
Suspiria De Profundis...
- 4/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
France’s Atlantique Productions and Italy’s Cattleya enter into two-title co-development and production deal
French drama producer Atlantique Productions and Italian outfit Cattleya have secured a co-development and co-production agreement to turn 1960s Western Django and Dario Argento’s Suspiria into TV series.
The first, Django, will be a re-imagining of the cult 1966 Western. Atlantique Productions acquired the rights to develop and produce an English-language television series based on Sergio Corbucci’s iconic Western.
The film, which made a star out of Franco Nero, was the story of a coffin-dragging gunslinger’s feud with a bandit chief. It has spawned sequels and homages, most notably Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 blockbuster Django Unchained.
The second, Suspiria De Profundis, is inspired by the 19th century English writer Thomas De Quincey’s eponymous book, which was made into the classic Italian horror film Suspiria in 1977 by Dario Argento. Argento will serve as the series’ artistic supervisor.
Suspiria De Profundis...
French drama producer Atlantique Productions and Italian outfit Cattleya have secured a co-development and co-production agreement to turn 1960s Western Django and Dario Argento’s Suspiria into TV series.
The first, Django, will be a re-imagining of the cult 1966 Western. Atlantique Productions acquired the rights to develop and produce an English-language television series based on Sergio Corbucci’s iconic Western.
The film, which made a star out of Franco Nero, was the story of a coffin-dragging gunslinger’s feud with a bandit chief. It has spawned sequels and homages, most notably Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 blockbuster Django Unchained.
The second, Suspiria De Profundis, is inspired by the 19th century English writer Thomas De Quincey’s eponymous book, which was made into the classic Italian horror film Suspiria in 1977 by Dario Argento. Argento will serve as the series’ artistic supervisor.
Suspiria De Profundis...
- 4/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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