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īavaria Fiction is making a push into international TV and is producing the “Das Boot” series, as well as Deutsche Telekom comedy “Germanized. “The show gathers some incredible international talents to tell a unique story that should entertain large audiences worldwide,” said Frédérik Rangé, director of acquisitions at Lagardère Studios Distribution. Lagardère Studios Distribution has taken the international rights and will sell the series. Nina and German virologist Thomas Lorenz ( Maximilian Brckner) start investigating the case. The case takes a surprising turn when a deadly virus is found in the prostitute's body. “The audience will feel the desolation, the blistering wind, the taste of blood, and the cold, but also the love, warmth, and commitment created by our strong main characters.” Set in an icy Finnish Lapland, Finnish police officer Nina Kautsalo ( Iina Kuustonen) finds a nearly dead prostitute in a cabin in the wilderness.
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The producers say that the series will eschew the typical dark and brooding Nordic noir tropes while remaining in the crime genre. “I want ‘Arctic Circle’ to be a physical experience,” said director Hannu Salonen (“Shades of Guilt”). Finnish pubcaster YLE has picked up the free-to-air rights. Continue reading MIPTV report: What’s new from Scandinavia and the Nordic countries? → Alexandra Rapaport Åsa Larsson Bordertown Denmark Finland follow the money Gåsmamman Iceland icelandic crama Kyrre Haugen Sydness Marie Richardson Mommon new nordic noir Prisoners iceland Rebecka Martinsson Rolf Börjlindm Scandi noir swedeish crime dramaĮnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria Fiction are making the series for Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde, which will launch the series next year. Why? Because there’s a lot of it about at the moment and there are loads of really interesting new series that will potentially make their way to these shores. But, y’know, this is a crime drama blog so, naturally, the focus is on crime drama and, specifically, Nordic Noir. It’s not just Nordic Noir over there though – there’s other genres of drama, comedy, documentary… you name it, it’s there and it’s being viewed and talked about. Iina Kuustonen in Arctic Circle (2018) People Iina Kuustonen. When it comes to Scandinavian and Nordic crime dramas, all eyes are currently on the annual MIPTV in Cannes – the gathering that brings the world’s most successful distributors, buyers and producers to strike distribution and co-production deals, attend high-level conferences and network with the global entertainment industry – because production companies are hawking their wears. Iina Kuustonen in Arctic Circle (2018) Close. Finland finnish crime drama Sherlock HolmesĪttach the words Scandinavia and Nordic to any crime drama and you know it’ll be snapped up by a British broadcaster sooner rather than later. Using the fake identity of Sigerson and on the run from Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes finds himself solving crimes in northern Finland. Sherlock North is based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1903 short story The Adventures of the Empty House, which sees the British detective travel to the Nordic region after faking his own death at the Reichenbach Falls.

president’s visit to Helsinki, while Germany’s Nadcon Film, run by The Bridge producer Peter Nadermann, is co-producing The Emperor following the rise and fall of most powerful and colorful narcotics cop in Finland.įinally, two of Finland’s greatest international hopes are in their early stages. ambassador and a shady Finnish engineering genius, whose plan to make a fortune with an illegal data collection stalls when a bomb goes off during the U.S. Inspector Nina Kautsalo, played by Kuustonen and virologist Thomas Lorenz, played by Brückner, must hunt down the killer spreading the virus and uncover the conspiracy behind its cure.Įlsewhere, MTV3 is developing Hard Diplomacy, from Fire Monkey, a ten-part series featuring a rogue U.S. Meanwhile, Arctic Circle is a ten-part crime drama starring Iina Kuustonen and Maximilian Brückner that centres around a weaponized sexual virus that threatens a remote Arctic town. Starring Krista Kosonen ( Blade Runner 2049) as an Intelligence Agency officer who must work out why presumed dead ex-terrorist Madina Taburova, played by Sibel Kekilli ( Game of Thrones) turns up in Helsinki. Two more that may be joining the likes of Deadwind and Bordertown are Arctic Circle, Sherlock North, Hard Diplomacy and Bullets.ĭeadline reports that both will be shown at the upcoming MIPCOM TV festival in Cannes.īullets is a female-fronted, twist-laden thriller and political drama. Yes, we love a bit of Finnish crime drama here at The Killing Times, and it’s great to see the country making more and more of it.
