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
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
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
Twentieth Century Fox is in final negotiations to acquire the speculative screenplay The Last Witness, from Danish screenwriter Stefan Jaworski as he is ready to make his English-language debut with this.
The script is about the sole survivor of a bombing in Boston, and since it’s classified as a ticking-clock thriller it is due to some sort of suspense thriller that contains a race against the clock with lots of violence, and an apparent antagonist. As no other story details were given, I’m speculating he’s charged with either finding the bomber or stop another attack in very short amount of time.
The thriller will be produced through Davis Entertainment, which first brought the project to the studio, with Fox’s own Peter Kang managing the project. Fox executive Kang also closed the deal last Friday and acquired screen rights to Matthew Quirk’s first novel” The Five Hundred.
The script is about the sole survivor of a bombing in Boston, and since it’s classified as a ticking-clock thriller it is due to some sort of suspense thriller that contains a race against the clock with lots of violence, and an apparent antagonist. As no other story details were given, I’m speculating he’s charged with either finding the bomber or stop another attack in very short amount of time.
The thriller will be produced through Davis Entertainment, which first brought the project to the studio, with Fox’s own Peter Kang managing the project. Fox executive Kang also closed the deal last Friday and acquired screen rights to Matthew Quirk’s first novel” The Five Hundred.
- 3/9/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
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