Sf Studios has boarded “Evil,” an original series adapted from Jan Guillou’s classic bestseller by the same name, which will be directed by “The Last Kingdom” helmer Erik Leijonborg and Daniel Di Grado (“Alena”).
Penned by Fredrik T Olsson, the six-episode series is being produced by Tobias Åström at Sf Studios and will launch on the Scandinavian streamer C More and Swedish broadcaster TV4, which are also co-producing. The series starts shooting this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The novel was previously adapted into a 2003 film directed by Mikael Håfström. Gustaf Skarsgård who starred in the movie will also star in the series in a different role.
“Evil” will revolve around a troubled young man, Erik, who gets expelled from his school in Stockholm due to his violent behavior. He gets transferred to the boarding school Stjernsberg, where the violence is worse than at home. While there, he engages in...
Penned by Fredrik T Olsson, the six-episode series is being produced by Tobias Åström at Sf Studios and will launch on the Scandinavian streamer C More and Swedish broadcaster TV4, which are also co-producing. The series starts shooting this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The novel was previously adapted into a 2003 film directed by Mikael Håfström. Gustaf Skarsgård who starred in the movie will also star in the series in a different role.
“Evil” will revolve around a troubled young man, Erik, who gets expelled from his school in Stockholm due to his violent behavior. He gets transferred to the boarding school Stjernsberg, where the violence is worse than at home. While there, he engages in...
- 3/30/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Heather Graham (Half Magic), Brandy Norwood (Queens), Jason Biggs (Outmatched) and Matt Cedeño (Power) have signed on to star in the Netflix holiday film Best. Christmas. Ever. from director Mary Lambert.
The film written by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride) and Todd Calgi Gallicano (Sam London Adventure book series) centers on Jackie (Norwood), who every Christmas, without fail, sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte (Graham) feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte, her husband Rob (Biggs), and their family on Jackie’s and her husband Valentino’s (Cedeño) snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, Charlotte seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend’s “perfect” life can’t possibly be that perfect. But in her overzealous attempt to expose Jackie, Charlotte nearly ruins Christmas for both families and must team...
The film written by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride) and Todd Calgi Gallicano (Sam London Adventure book series) centers on Jackie (Norwood), who every Christmas, without fail, sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte (Graham) feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte, her husband Rob (Biggs), and their family on Jackie’s and her husband Valentino’s (Cedeño) snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, Charlotte seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend’s “perfect” life can’t possibly be that perfect. But in her overzealous attempt to expose Jackie, Charlotte nearly ruins Christmas for both families and must team...
- 3/22/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ryan Destiny, best known for starring in the Lee Daniels Fox series Star, has been tapped as the lead in Oracle, a psychological horror film that is being produced by Will Packer and James Lopez via Will Packer Productions. Heather Graham has also signed on for the feature, which will shoot in New Orleans.
Daniel di Grado is attached to direct the piece, while Michael Ross and Corey Harrell wrote the screenplay, which is based on an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, who will serve as an executive producer.
The plot follows a young woman who accepts a job on a property with a traumatic past. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are connected to the evil in the house.
Social media star Baby Ariel (aka Ariel Rebecca Martin), Rebecca Martin (Henry Danger), Olive...
Daniel di Grado is attached to direct the piece, while Michael Ross and Corey Harrell wrote the screenplay, which is based on an original idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, who will serve as an executive producer.
The plot follows a young woman who accepts a job on a property with a traumatic past. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are connected to the evil in the house.
Social media star Baby Ariel (aka Ariel Rebecca Martin), Rebecca Martin (Henry Danger), Olive...
- 11/9/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- 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
Nent Group’s streaming service Viaplay has ordered a second season of the Swedish crime drama “The Truth Will Out” which will be headlined by Robert Gustafsson, the star of “The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared.”
The story of the second season, which is based on an idea by renowned Swedish criminologist and author Leif G.W. Persson, will follow detective Peter Wendel (Gustafsson) as he continues to struggle to hold together his mind and unravelling a mystery based on one of Sweden’s most notorious real-life criminal cases. Ia Langhammar (“Love Me”) also reprises her role from season one.
“Robert Gustafsson is a hugely gifted actor and his performance in the first season of ‘The Truth Will Out’ represents one of the high points of Nordic drama in recent years,” said Filippa Wallestam, Nent Group’s Cco.
“Viewers and critics alike have embraced this thrilling,...
The story of the second season, which is based on an idea by renowned Swedish criminologist and author Leif G.W. Persson, will follow detective Peter Wendel (Gustafsson) as he continues to struggle to hold together his mind and unravelling a mystery based on one of Sweden’s most notorious real-life criminal cases. Ia Langhammar (“Love Me”) also reprises her role from season one.
“Robert Gustafsson is a hugely gifted actor and his performance in the first season of ‘The Truth Will Out’ represents one of the high points of Nordic drama in recent years,” said Filippa Wallestam, Nent Group’s Cco.
“Viewers and critics alike have embraced this thrilling,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- 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
Ovid.TV, the newly launched streaming platform created by eight independent-film distributors, is expanding its library. The service has made 10 new titles available to watch, most notably Ben Rivers & Ben Russell’s “A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness” — a Locarno 2013 premiere that travels from an Estonian commune to a Norwegian black-metal show without losing a beat.
Even in the wake of FilmStruck’s closure, the streaming space for film is increasingly crowded. The Criterion Channel officially launches next Monday, April 8, with considerably larger ventures from Disney, Apple, and WarnerMedia forthcoming; even so, Ovid fills such a particular niche that its offerings are unlikely to be found elsewhere. Full information on the 10 new titles:
“A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness” (dir. Ben Rivers & Ben Russell): This festival favorite follows a mysterious character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life.
“Alena” (dir. Daniel di Grado): A transfer...
Even in the wake of FilmStruck’s closure, the streaming space for film is increasingly crowded. The Criterion Channel officially launches next Monday, April 8, with considerably larger ventures from Disney, Apple, and WarnerMedia forthcoming; even so, Ovid fills such a particular niche that its offerings are unlikely to be found elsewhere. Full information on the 10 new titles:
“A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness” (dir. Ben Rivers & Ben Russell): This festival favorite follows a mysterious character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life.
“Alena” (dir. Daniel di Grado): A transfer...
- 4/5/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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
Will Packer Productions (Wpp) announced today that it has named James F. Lopez President.
In his promotion, Lopez will continue to grow and oversee all aspects of film production, as well as lead efforts to expand & diversify the company’s slate. Previously, Lopez was Head of Motion Pictures at Packer’s Wpm, where he was responsible for developing and overseeing production on all film projects through the company’s first look deal with Universal Pictures. In total, Packer and Lopez’s shared film credits have reaped just over half billion at the global box office ($528.8M).
“James and I have already produced seven successful films in three years since he joined the company; I’m so thrilled to announce his new role as President of Production,” said founder, Will Packer. “Since 2010, I have witnessed his tenacity and unstoppable savviness to make things happen. I look forward to our upcoming endeavors...
In his promotion, Lopez will continue to grow and oversee all aspects of film production, as well as lead efforts to expand & diversify the company’s slate. Previously, Lopez was Head of Motion Pictures at Packer’s Wpm, where he was responsible for developing and overseeing production on all film projects through the company’s first look deal with Universal Pictures. In total, Packer and Lopez’s shared film credits have reaped just over half billion at the global box office ($528.8M).
“James and I have already produced seven successful films in three years since he joined the company; I’m so thrilled to announce his new role as President of Production,” said founder, Will Packer. “Since 2010, I have witnessed his tenacity and unstoppable savviness to make things happen. I look forward to our upcoming endeavors...
- 9/19/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Based on Kim W. Andersson's internationally acclaimed graphic novel, director Daniel di Grado's Alena premiered in late 2015 at Sitges before making a short festival run that ended late last year.
It didn't play a lot of fests but it garnered enough attention that it was picked up by Icarus Films which will release the thriller next month.
Amalia Holm stars as the titular Alena, a troubled teen who finds herself at an all-girls private school partway through a difficult school year. She's a bit of a loner and used to being bullied but she finds a friend in classmate Josefin who, when Alena starts being bullied, goes out of her way to stand up for Alena when she won't stand up for herself.
The trailer for Alena suggests this falls somewhere between [Continued ...]...
It didn't play a lot of fests but it garnered enough attention that it was picked up by Icarus Films which will release the thriller next month.
Amalia Holm stars as the titular Alena, a troubled teen who finds herself at an all-girls private school partway through a difficult school year. She's a bit of a loner and used to being bullied but she finds a friend in classmate Josefin who, when Alena starts being bullied, goes out of her way to stand up for Alena when she won't stand up for herself.
The trailer for Alena suggests this falls somewhere between [Continued ...]...
- 4/10/2017
- QuietEarth.us
Full line-up of the Stockholm film festival includes feature and documentary competition line-ups.Scroll down for full line-up
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 11-22) has unveiled the line-up for its 26th edition, comprising more than 190 films from over 70 countries.
The Stockholm Xxvi Competition includes Marielle Heller’s Us title The Diary of a Teenage Girl and László Nemes’ Holocaust drama Son Of Saul.
It marks the first time Stockholm has a greater number of women than men competing for the Bronze Horse – the festival’s top prize.
The documentary competition includes Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, an investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry; and Cosima Spender’s Palio, centred on the annual horse race in Siena, Italy.
Announcing the programme, festival director Git Scheynius also revealed that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will visit Stockholm for the first time as chairman of the jury for the first Stockholm Impact Award, which...
- 10/20/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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