The Nordic noir crime series is penned by Torfinnur Jákupsson and Donna Sharpe, and is based on the best-selling novels by Faroese novelist Jógvan Isaksen. Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has announced the launch of its first-ever Faroese original drama production, a Nordic noir crime series entitled Trom and directed by Kasper Barfoed. In recent years, the Copenhagen-born helmer has worked on the features Summer of ’92 (2015) and The Numbers Station (2013) as well as on the TV series Dicte: Crime Reporter (2013-2014) and Gidseltagningen (2017). In detail, his new endeavour follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (played by Denmark’s Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis’s daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to the Faroes to investigate, Hannis discovers Sonja’s body in the bloody waters of a whale hunt. His search for answers soon.
MGM has hired Studiocanal TV vet Rola Bauer as president of international television productions.
In her new role, the award-winning producer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s international television scripted content for international markets around the world, reporting directly to MGM Television Group chairman Mark Burnett.
Bauer is based in Munich, she will split her time between MGM’s European and Us offices.
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“Rola is an important member of the scripted creative community with exceptional taste in material and deep long-term relationships with many talented creators, directors and actors across Global television,” Burnett said. “We are thrilled to continue building on our successful line-up of programming with Rola, while tapping into new markets and audiences and further expanding our international growth. Rola will be leading that growth.
In her new role, the award-winning producer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s international television scripted content for international markets around the world, reporting directly to MGM Television Group chairman Mark Burnett.
Bauer is based in Munich, she will split her time between MGM’s European and Us offices.
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“Rola is an important member of the scripted creative community with exceptional taste in material and deep long-term relationships with many talented creators, directors and actors across Global television,” Burnett said. “We are thrilled to continue building on our successful line-up of programming with Rola, while tapping into new markets and audiences and further expanding our international growth. Rola will be leading that growth.
- 6/8/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Veteran Studiocanal TV executive Rola Bauer is to join MGM as president of international television productions.
Bauer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s International Television division, reporting in to MGM Television Group chairman Mark Burnett.
Based in Munich, she will split her time between MGM’s European and Us offices.
Bauer announced she was departing earlier this month after Studiocanal acquired a 100% stake in its German subsidiary Tandem Productions. Bauer, a founding partner of Tandem and managing director of Studiocanal, said she was stepping down from both of her roles.
Bauer oversaw premium scripted content for Studiocanal including the series “Years and Years,” and “War of the Worlds,” while also spearheading acquisitions for “Midnight Sun,” “The Last Panthers,” and “Below the Surface.” On the international coproduction and distribution front, she handled the upcoming “ZeroZeroZero,” as well as Harlan Coben’s “Safe,” her third Coben series, for Netflix and Canal+ Group.
Bauer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s International Television division, reporting in to MGM Television Group chairman Mark Burnett.
Based in Munich, she will split her time between MGM’s European and Us offices.
Bauer announced she was departing earlier this month after Studiocanal acquired a 100% stake in its German subsidiary Tandem Productions. Bauer, a founding partner of Tandem and managing director of Studiocanal, said she was stepping down from both of her roles.
Bauer oversaw premium scripted content for Studiocanal including the series “Years and Years,” and “War of the Worlds,” while also spearheading acquisitions for “Midnight Sun,” “The Last Panthers,” and “Below the Surface.” On the international coproduction and distribution front, she handled the upcoming “ZeroZeroZero,” as well as Harlan Coben’s “Safe,” her third Coben series, for Netflix and Canal+ Group.
- 6/8/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Spanish TV outfit The Mediapro Studio has released a first-look of its upcoming series “The Head,” which will premiere on June 12 in 30 international territories.
Produced by The Mediapro Studio in association with Hulu Japan and HBO Asia, the moody survival thriller will make a global splash with a simultaneous worldwide launch.
The six-part series will air on Scandinavian platforms operated by Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent), on the OrangeTV platform in Spain, and in Japan and Southeast Asia via Hulu and HBO’s operations in those respective markets.
Globoplay, the upscale Brazilian Svod service of giant Brazilian broadcaster Globo, has also picked up the series for select Latin American markets for release later this year.
Set at a remote polar research station in the dark of winter, “The Head” follows a group of British, Danish, American, Irish, Japanese and Spanish scientists thrust into a snow-swept whodunit, and ratchets up the tension...
Produced by The Mediapro Studio in association with Hulu Japan and HBO Asia, the moody survival thriller will make a global splash with a simultaneous worldwide launch.
The six-part series will air on Scandinavian platforms operated by Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent), on the OrangeTV platform in Spain, and in Japan and Southeast Asia via Hulu and HBO’s operations in those respective markets.
Globoplay, the upscale Brazilian Svod service of giant Brazilian broadcaster Globo, has also picked up the series for select Latin American markets for release later this year.
Set at a remote polar research station in the dark of winter, “The Head” follows a group of British, Danish, American, Irish, Japanese and Spanish scientists thrust into a snow-swept whodunit, and ratchets up the tension...
- 4/22/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The Swedish high-end spy thriller “Agent Hamilton,” which just celebrated its red carpet premiere at TV market and conference Mipcom in Cannes, has received the green light for a second season. “Agent Hamilton” was selected by Variety as one of 12 must-see buzz titles at the market.
Swedish broadcaster TV4, its streaming service C More and Beta Film, the international distributor, have ordered the second run well ahead of the airing of the first season, set for January across the Nordics. Production on season two is due to start next year.
Beta Film has presold the 10-hour first season across Scandinavia, and most recently to Sbs Australia. Negotiations with other international partners are underway.
“Agent Hamilton” will premiere on Nordic streaming service C More on January 1, and broadcast on linear channel TV4 in Sweden later that month. Zdf, one of the co-producers, will air the show in Germany.
The series is...
Swedish broadcaster TV4, its streaming service C More and Beta Film, the international distributor, have ordered the second run well ahead of the airing of the first season, set for January across the Nordics. Production on season two is due to start next year.
Beta Film has presold the 10-hour first season across Scandinavia, and most recently to Sbs Australia. Negotiations with other international partners are underway.
“Agent Hamilton” will premiere on Nordic streaming service C More on January 1, and broadcast on linear channel TV4 in Sweden later that month. Zdf, one of the co-producers, will air the show in Germany.
The series is...
- 10/14/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The “Downton Abbey” effect will be felt at Mipcom, with one of the stars of the show in town to launch her new project, an ITV-Masterpiece period drama, while a number of lavish historical series ready to take the international stage. Buyers looking for thrillers or edgy contemporary dramas will also be in luck, and several shows take on the exploration of race, community or other social issues, often with complex female characters at the fore.
As the annual market gets underway, Variety breaks down the dozen must-see series from all over the world.
The Accident
Producer: The Forge
Broadcaster: Channel 4 (U.K.), Hulu (U.S.)
Distributor: All3Media Intl.
“The Accident” is the third installment of Jack Thorne’s trilogy for Channel 4 and Hulu after “National Treasure” and “Kiri.” In the new show, a large building project offers the people of a forgotten Welsh town hope, but...
As the annual market gets underway, Variety breaks down the dozen must-see series from all over the world.
The Accident
Producer: The Forge
Broadcaster: Channel 4 (U.K.), Hulu (U.S.)
Distributor: All3Media Intl.
“The Accident” is the third installment of Jack Thorne’s trilogy for Channel 4 and Hulu after “National Treasure” and “Kiri.” In the new show, a large building project offers the people of a forgotten Welsh town hope, but...
- 10/13/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
On Sept. 13, the cast and crew of Mediapro’s upcoming dramatic thriller “The Head” gathered at a swanky Santa Cruz de Tenerife hotel to kick off promotional duties for this English-language series, which will wrap shooting later this month.
It was day 50 of production, and the cast had been working late, rushing to get every last shot before heading off to Iceland for one last week. Having only wrapped the previous night’s shoot less than 10 hours prior, all were in high spirits for that morning’s round of junkets with the Spanish, Japanese and English-language press, and for the set visit that then followed.
Variety was on-hand for the day’s events, and can offer the following take-aways from the visit.
Limited Series Appeal
The six-episode limited series took shape when Ran Tellem, creator of the Israeli drama “Prisoners of War” and executive producer of its American remake “Homeland,...
It was day 50 of production, and the cast had been working late, rushing to get every last shot before heading off to Iceland for one last week. Having only wrapped the previous night’s shoot less than 10 hours prior, all were in high spirits for that morning’s round of junkets with the Spanish, Japanese and English-language press, and for the set visit that then followed.
Variety was on-hand for the day’s events, and can offer the following take-aways from the visit.
Limited Series Appeal
The six-episode limited series took shape when Ran Tellem, creator of the Israeli drama “Prisoners of War” and executive producer of its American remake “Homeland,...
- 9/20/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Goteborg, Sweden — After “Borgen” and “Ride Upon the Storm,” Dr Drama’s next ambitious show is a fictional-character driven drama set against a terror attack in a Copenhagen restaurant. Penned by “Dicte” co-creators Ida Maria Rydén and Dorte W. Høgh, the series explores the lives of eight characters before and after the attack, and how their lives and fates interweave.
“When the Dust Settles” will be pitched at Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision (Jan. 30-31) as a work in progress.
Inspired by Altman’s “Short Cuts,” “When the Dust Settles” is among the first multi-plot structured Danish shows. “The Team”’s Stinna Lassen is producing for Dr Drama. Conducting the show is concept director Milad Alami.
“First I found the story to have believable characters; they felt like real people you pass on the street, with diverse social background, sexual orientation, race and age. Alami told Variety, explaining why he was on board.
“When the Dust Settles” will be pitched at Göteborg’s TV Drama Vision (Jan. 30-31) as a work in progress.
Inspired by Altman’s “Short Cuts,” “When the Dust Settles” is among the first multi-plot structured Danish shows. “The Team”’s Stinna Lassen is producing for Dr Drama. Conducting the show is concept director Milad Alami.
“First I found the story to have believable characters; they felt like real people you pass on the street, with diverse social background, sexual orientation, race and age. Alami told Variety, explaining why he was on board.
- 1/30/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
British fact-based drama “Little Boy Blue,” about the real-life murder of an 11-year-old boy in Liverpool, won the Golden Nymph for long fiction program at the Monte Carlo Television Festival Tuesday, while Spanish heist drama “La Casa De Papel” was named best drama series, and the comedy series prize went to Britain’s “The End of the F***ing World,” which follows a “budding teen psychopath and a rebel hungry for adventure” as they embark on a road-trip.
“Little Boy Blue’s” Sinèad Keenan won the actress prize in a long fiction program, while Ewan McGregor won for his performance in “Fargo” in the same category.
The acting prizes in the drama series contest went to Lynn Van Royen for “Hotel Beau Sejour,” and Johannes Lassen in “Below the Surface,” while in the comedy section prizes went to Daisy May Cooper for “This Country” and Tony Shalhoub for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
“Little Boy Blue’s” Sinèad Keenan won the actress prize in a long fiction program, while Ewan McGregor won for his performance in “Fargo” in the same category.
The acting prizes in the drama series contest went to Lynn Van Royen for “Hotel Beau Sejour,” and Johannes Lassen in “Below the Surface,” while in the comedy section prizes went to Daisy May Cooper for “This Country” and Tony Shalhoub for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
- 6/19/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix might not have been welcome at the Cannes Film Festival this year, but it and other streaming platforms will take center stage further along the Mediterranean coast at this month’s Monte Carlo Television Festival.
Known for its glamorous location, red carpets and press junkets, the festival opens June 15 with the world premiere of Amazon Prime Original series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” from Paramount Television and Skydance Television.
The presence of the streaming services can be felt throughout the program of the festival, which sees itself as a key European launch pad for U.S. and international dramas.
The president of the fiction jury is Netflix board director (and former Disney exec) Anne Sweeney. Nominated shows include Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Comrade Detective,” and Netflix co-production “The End of the F***ing World.”
Set up in 1961 by Monaco’s Prince Rainier, whose marriage to actress...
Known for its glamorous location, red carpets and press junkets, the festival opens June 15 with the world premiere of Amazon Prime Original series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” from Paramount Television and Skydance Television.
The presence of the streaming services can be felt throughout the program of the festival, which sees itself as a key European launch pad for U.S. and international dramas.
The president of the fiction jury is Netflix board director (and former Disney exec) Anne Sweeney. Nominated shows include Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Comrade Detective,” and Netflix co-production “The End of the F***ing World.”
Set up in 1961 by Monaco’s Prince Rainier, whose marriage to actress...
- 6/14/2018
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Mtg’s streaming service Viaplay has ordered a second season of its original series “The Great Escape,” a Swedish format which was named Children’s Program of the Year at last year’s Kristallen Awards.
“‘The Great Escape’ follows a Christmas calendar format, with a new episode released every day from Dec.1 to Christmas Eve, and is produced in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish versions. Beppe Singer, Ole André Sivertsen and Niels Christian Meyer headline a local cast in each respective country.
The series is being produced by Nexiko, a Stockholm-based production company, for Viaplay.
Jakob Mejlhede, Mtg’s exec VP and head of programming and content development,” said “The Great Escape” has sparked a “huge demand from kids and parents for a second season.”
“Thousands of budding young scientists across the Nordic region can’t be wrong – mixing creative experiments with a dramatic storyline is a winning formula,” said Mejlhede,...
“‘The Great Escape’ follows a Christmas calendar format, with a new episode released every day from Dec.1 to Christmas Eve, and is produced in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish versions. Beppe Singer, Ole André Sivertsen and Niels Christian Meyer headline a local cast in each respective country.
The series is being produced by Nexiko, a Stockholm-based production company, for Viaplay.
Jakob Mejlhede, Mtg’s exec VP and head of programming and content development,” said “The Great Escape” has sparked a “huge demand from kids and parents for a second season.”
“Thousands of budding young scientists across the Nordic region can’t be wrong – mixing creative experiments with a dramatic storyline is a winning formula,” said Mejlhede,...
- 4/5/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
To mark the release of Below the Surface Season 1 on 2nd April, we’ve veen given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Below the Surface is directed by Kasper Barfoed. On a rainy October morning, fifteen Danes have their lives turned upside down when the metro train they are travelling on is hijacked by unknown perpetrators, who will threaten to kill each of them, one by one, if their demands aren’t met.
This is the beginning of a historic hostage situation that, over the course of one single week, changes Denmark forever. The politicians argue whether or not to negotiate with terrorists. In the press, there are discussions on where the line is drawn in portraying the captives and seeking out their families. Ordinary Danes are left thinking that it could have been them.
Among the hostages, the thoughts vary between rebellion, negotiation and apathy, but one thought is...
Below the Surface is directed by Kasper Barfoed. On a rainy October morning, fifteen Danes have their lives turned upside down when the metro train they are travelling on is hijacked by unknown perpetrators, who will threaten to kill each of them, one by one, if their demands aren’t met.
This is the beginning of a historic hostage situation that, over the course of one single week, changes Denmark forever. The politicians argue whether or not to negotiate with terrorists. In the press, there are discussions on where the line is drawn in portraying the captives and seeking out their families. Ordinary Danes are left thinking that it could have been them.
Among the hostages, the thoughts vary between rebellion, negotiation and apathy, but one thought is...
- 3/28/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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