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Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy was a huge deal in the publishing world. The books kicked off with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". When a book series generates as much heat as this one, the movies come calling. Sure enough, the entire original trilogy was adapted into three films in Sweden. Later, Hollywood took a stab at it, too, with English-language adaptations, but we'll get to those later. First, though, let's talk about the original trilogy and the correct order to watch it.

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The Correct Order To Watch The Millennium Trilogy

The original trilogy kicks off with 2009's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," starring Michael Nyqvist as reporter Mikael Blomkvist and Noomi Rapace as troubled goth hacker Lisbeth Salander. The two end up working together to solve the mystery of...

"It's not only things out there in the woods that could hurt you." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an adventure series from Sweden titled Ronja the Robber's Daughter, based on the book written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (creator of Pippi Longstocking). The live-action adaptation is a 6 episode limited series for Netflix, debuting in two parts starting this spring. Ronja the Robber’s Daughter follows the adventures of a spirited and rebellious girl born into a gang of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian castle. As Ronja grows up, she discovers the magical, but dangerous forest with its strange and mysterious creatures. Yet she feels more at home in the forest than behind the walls of the huge castle. When Ronja meets the young boy Birk from a rival gang, it marks the beginning of a dark family feud and a forbidden friendship emerges, all while a notorious bailiff...

Astrid Lindgren’s “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” has been picked up by Netflix in the Nordics and other key territories.

The Swedish-language show — based on the bestselling book by Lindgren, one of the world’s most translated authors whose best known character is Pippi Longstocking — is written by “The Bridge” and “Marcella” creator Hans Rosenfeldt and directed by Lisa James Larsson (“Victoria”).

“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” follows the adventures of a young girl born into a band of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian fortress. As Ronja grows up, she learns that the surrounding forest can be a magical and sometimes dangerous place filled with strange creatures. But when Ronja befriends the young boy Birk from a rival band, a vicious family feud ignites. Ronja and Birk flee into the forest and try to survive on their own.

The show’s cast, largely made up of children, comprises Kerstin Linden, Jack Bergenholtz Henriksson,...

A TV adaptation of the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series is moving further into development at Prime Video, our sister publication Variety reports, with Veena Sud (The Killing) joining the project as showrunner.

If this sounds a little familiar, that’s probably because news of Prime Video’s adaptation was first reported back in 2020; this is the first update we’ve received since then.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is being made into a TV series.

Based on Stieg Larsson‘s Millenium book series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has already appeared on the big screen in 2021 with David Fincher‘s film adaptation of the novel, which starred Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web, directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Claire Foy and Sverrir Gudnason, was released in 2018.

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In May 2020, it was reported that a series based on the books’ main character, Lisbeth Salander, was in the works, and that it would not be “a sequel or continuation of the story from the books or the films into which they were adapted.”

The TV series will be produced by Amazon MGM Studios with Veena Sud attached as showrunner, Variety reports.

The first three novels in the series were previously adapted into...

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series currently in the works at Amazon MGM Studios has found its showrunner.

Variety has learned exclusively that Veena Sud will head up the series, which will be set in the world of the so-called Millennium novels originally written by Stieg Larsson.

Variety previously reported that the series was in development in May 2020, though no showrunner was attached at that time. It was originally reported to be a new standalone story about one of the novels’ main characters, Lisbeth Salander, but current plot details remain under wraps. Amazon MGM Studios will produce along with Left Bank Pictures, which is based at Sony Pictures Television.

Sud is no stranger dark crime and mystery dramas. She is best known for developing the series “The Killing,” which was based on the Danish series “Forbrydelsen.” She also served as executive producer and showrunner on that series. The show...

Exclusive: Sf Studios, the Nordic film and TV studio behind A Man Called Otto, is shutting its UK production arm as part of a restructure.

Sf Studios Production Limited is being wound up in the UK, with PricewaterhouseCoopers appointed to oversee a voluntary liquidation five years after the company was first established.

Tim King, executive vice president of production for Sf Studios, said the studio was “restructuring” its UK entities. “There are still rights that we wish to exploit, but in a different format,” he said.

Sf Studios Production had two employees in the UK, both of whom have left the company to “continue with other opportunities” elsewhere, according to King.

Sf Studios Production’s revenue was £1.3M ($1.6M) in its most recently published earnings for the year to March 2022. This was a 94% decline on sales of £20.7M in 2021.

Its pre-tax loss was £172,440 last year, compared with £1.2M in 2021, according...

Ella Rumpf is a Swiss actress who gained international recognition for her role as Alexia in the popular 2016 horror/drama film Raw, which won the Sutherland Trophy at the BFI London Film Festival in 2016.

Ella Rumpf Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Ella Rumpf was born on February 4, 1995 (Rumpf: Age 28) in Paris. She grew up in Zurich, Switzerland. Her father is employed as a psychotherapist and her mother works as a lecturer.

Rumpf attended the Steiner School, where she experienced her first taste of acting as a result of winning the lead role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at age fourteen.

From 2013-2015, Rumpf studied at the Giles Foreman Center for Acting in London and finished completing her studies at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Ella Rumpf Biography: Career

At sixteen years old, Rumpf made her debut film appearance in the drama titled Summer Outside, which was released in 2012. A few years later,...

Sverrir Gudnason is a Swedish actor of Icelandic origin. He is best known for his distinct roles as Björn Borg in the drama/sport film Borg vs. McEnroe, Mikael Blomkvist in the action/thriller The Girl in the Spider’s Web, and for portraying a harshly misogynist father as a difficult young man in the flashback scenes in the 2020 drama film Falling.

Sverrir Gudnason Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Gudnason was born on September 12, 1978 (Sverrir Gudnason age: 44) in Lund, Sweden. He grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. Then, in 1990, when his father landed a job as a professor for the Royal Institute of Technology, Gudnason and his family relocated once more to Tyresö, Sweden.

Sverrir Gudnason Biography: Career

In 2009, Gudnason was awarded Best Actor for his engrossing role in the Swedish/Danish film Original at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Since this time, Gudnason has portrayed Pontus Höijer in the second series of the drama Wallander.

If all went according to plan, David Fincher was all set to follow his English-language remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. However, those sequel plans were cancelled when the movie didn’t generate the return the studio wanted.

David Fincher reflected on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo while speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly), calling it a “swing and a miss.” Despite not getting to complete the trilogy, Fincher remains very “proud” of the first movie. “We did it the way that we could,” Fincher said. “And when people said it cost too much for what the return on investment was, I said, ‘Okay, swing and a miss.’“

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had a budget of $90 million...

Exclusive: Paris-based sales company Charades has finalized a raft of deals with international buyers for its upcoming comedy Northern Comfort, which debuted at SXSW in March.

The pic, directed by Icelandic filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, has sold to Rezo (France), September Films (Benelux), Kismet (Australia & Nz), Vertigo (Spain), I Wonder (Italy), Pris Audiovisual (Portugal), M2 (Poland), Cirko Films (Hungary), Aerofilms, Transilvania (Romania), Megacom (ex-Yugoslavia), Volga (Cis & Baltics), New Cinema (Israel), Falcon (Lebanon & Gulf), Avjet (Taiwan), and Pictureworks (India).

Elsewhere, Scanbox has rights in Scandinavia, Sena has rights in Iceland, Weltkino in Germany and Switzerland, with Netflix taking SVOD rights in the UK.

Co-written by Sigurdsson with Halldor Laxness Halldorsson and Tobias Munthe, the pic is billed as a “dark comedy” and stars Lydia Leonard, Timothy Spall, Sverrir Gudnason, Ella Rumpf, Simon Manyonda and Rob Delaney.

Synopsis reads: A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers,...

Northern Comfort, a film by Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, follows the story of a group of people, including the couple Coco (Ella Rumpf) and Alphons (Sverrir Gudnason), who are part of a “fear of flying” course. In order to finish the class, they must have one last flight to Iceland, but after a terrifying disaster, the crash survivors must navigate the cold Arctic tundra to fight their demons.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Rumpf and Gudnason revealed their own fears of flying.

“I have, in years of my life, had my own fear of flying,” Gudnason began. “Because when I was a kid I didn’t have one, then the more I flew the more I felt the fear because somehow – you know, it’s like if you buy one lottery ticket, you don’t stand a chance but...

Icelandic writer-director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (“Under the Tree”) makes a smooth transition to English-language directing with the high-concept comedy “Northern Comfort,” co-written with longtime collaborators Halldór Laxness Halldórsson and Tobias Munthe. It centers on a disparate group of people who share a disabling fear of air travel, which they are trying to overcome through a high-end fearless flyers course. As a final challenge, the class is scheduled for a short, roundtrip “exposure” flight during which they should face and conquer their phobias. But this practical plan soon runs into some literal and figurative turbulence. Combining human drama and absurdist comedy, “Northern Comfort” should fly into other festivals before making a comfortable landing at a boutique art-house distributor or streamer.

Inwardly and outwardly quaking as they leave Gatwick for a fateful trip to Iceland are successful property developer Sarah; Edward (Timothy Spall), a special forces veteran turned best-selling crime writer; and a social media influencer couple,...

Festival runs March 10-19 in Austin, Texas.

SXSW opens on Friday with the world premiere of all-star fantasy romp Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, kicking off what is expected to be a rambunctious 10 days of screenings of films both spoken for and available for worldwide distribution.

Over the years the festival has proved itself to be a valuable launchpad for studio titles and the most recent evidence of that was last year’s edition, where A24 premiered Oscar frontrunner Everything Everywhere All At Once in 2022 as well as Ti West’s horror X, Lionsgate brought The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent...

Charades has boarded “Northern Comfort,” an Icelandic black comedy by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (“Under the Tree”) which is world premiering at SXSW.

The well-established sales company has unveiled an exclusive clip for the film ahead of its world premiere in the Narrative Spotlight section.

“Northern Comfort” follows a bunch of phobic flyers, including a middle-aged property developer, a couple of twenty-something influencers and a former Sas-serviceman turned crime-novelist in his 60’s. Seeking to overcome their fear of flying, they embark on a high-end therapeutic course on a flight whose final destination is Iceland. But the experience ends up being a complete nightmare. When the group finally steps onto solid ground, their anxiety levels are off the charts and the idea of taking a flight back home to London becomes an unbearable prospect. As their intended flight is repeatedly delayed, they end up in a remote luxury ‘wellness’ hotel somewhere in the bleak,...

The award comes with 38,000, making it one of the world’s largest film prizes.

Goteborg’s lucrative Dragon Award for best Nordic film has gone to Danish director Malou Reymann’s second feature Unruly.

The drama premiered at Toronto and had its Swedish premiere at Goteborg. TrustNordisk handles sales and the Danish cinema release is planned for spring 2023.

Reymann previously directed Rotterdam Big Screen winner A Perfectly Normal Family.

Unruly is about the Sprogø Women’s Institution in the 1930s, when “morally feeble” girls and women were sent to the island to become more compliant. The story focuses on Maren,...

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The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its nominees for the 2022 International Emmy Awards, which will be presented Nov. 21 in New York City.

In the drama series competition, there are nominations for Netflix and Gaumont Television’s French mystery thriller Lupin and the American-Mexican crime series Narcos: Mexico, as they contend against nominees Reyka, a crime drama from M-Net and Fremantle, and World Productions’ Vigil series from the U.K.

And the comedy category will see Netflix and Eleven Film’s Sex Education out of the U.K., and HBO Latin America’s Bunker from Mexico contend against UK-based Big Deal Films’ Dreaming Whilst Black and the Canal+ original On The Verge series.

In the performance categories, the best actor nominations go to Sverrir Gudnason for A Royal Secret, Scoot McNairy for Narcos: Mexico, Irving Welsh’s Crime‘s Dougray Scott...

Narcos: Mexico has picked up two nominations at the International Emmy Awards 2022 and will battle with Lupin, Vigil and South Africa’s Reyka for the coveted Drama Series prize.

The Netflix spin-off smash hit also picked up a nod for Scoot McNairy in the Best Performance By an Actor category, a hot contest that will see him go up against Crime’s Dougray Scott, Swedish drama A Royal Secret’s Sverrir Gudnason and Korea’s Dr Brain’s Lee Sun-Kyun. Scroll down for the full list below.

Other high-profile nominees include the third season of another Netflix hit, Sex Education, which is up for Best Comedy Series alongside Canal+’s On The Verge, HBO Latin America’s Bunker and BBC comedy Dreaming Whilst Black, capping off a fine week for the latter following a series order and A24 picking up U.S. rights.

There was a nod to Jack Thorne...

“Sex Education,” Jodie Comer limiter series “Help” and “Lupin” are among the shows nominated for an International Emmy Award.

23 countries are represented across 15 categories and 60 nominees. The International Emmys will take place on Nov. 21 in New York.

“When you look at the geographic spread, diversity and quality of our Nominees, it becomes obvious that great television knows no borders and is emerging around the world,” said International Academy president and CEO Bruce Paisner. “We look forward to recognizing these outstanding programs and performances on our global stage with the International Emmy.”

Check out the full list of nominations below:

Arts Programming

“Bios: Calamaro”

Buena Vista Original Productions (Disney) / Nat Geo

Argentina

“Charlie Chaplin, Le Génie De La Liberté” [“Charlie Chaplin, The Genius Of Liberty”]

France Télévisions / Kuiv Productions

France

“Freddie Mercury: The Final Act”

Rogan Productions

United Kingdom

“Wonderful World: A New York Jazz Story”

Nhk

Japan

Best Performance by an Actor

Sverrir Gudnason in “En...

"We made a deal. You broke it." Samuel Goldwyn has revealed the official US trailer for a Finnish action thriller titled Attack on Finland, which is the international release title. It also goes under Omerta 6/12 or 6/12, which is a reference to December 6 the Finnish Independence Day. A celebration during the holiday in Finland takes a tragic turn when the Presidential Palace is attacked and the president is taken hostage. Soon it is clear that the main target behind the attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe. That sounds a lot like Finland's version of Olympus Has Fallen or White House Down. The action film's cast includes Jasper Pääkkönen, Nanna Blondell, Sverrir Gudnason, Cathy Belton, Nika Savolainen, Pertti Sveholm, Juhan Ulfsak, Zijad Gracic, Miodrag Stojanović, and Dragomir Mrsic. This looks hyper-stylized and intense, but it also feels a bit made-for-tv in quality. Still may be an entertaining watch.

Welcome to International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. With the 75th Cannes Film Festival less than two weeks away, we’re speaking with well-respected French sales exec Carole Baraton, co-founder of international sales and production outfit Charades. The company has four titles in selection and Baraton tells us about the company’s ambitions and why she’s looking forward to being back on the Croisette.

It’s been five years since French sales veteran Carole Baraton joined forces with former Gaumont exec Yohann Comte and former Studiocanal exec Pierre Mazars to launch Charades and in that short period of time the trio have managed to carve out a boutique sales and production label that has quickly become synonymous with quality independent fare.

The Paris-based company is a regular fixture on the international...

Exclusive: ICM has just signed The Northman actor Gustav Lindh.

He stars in the Robert Eggers’ directed New Regency/Focus Features movie as Thorir the Proud opposite Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Anya-Taylor Joy. The pic is expected to open this weekend to 10M-12M.

Lindh is a fast-rising star of Swedish film and television. In 2020, he starred in Josephine Bornebusch’s film, Orca, which was filmed and released during the pandemic. In 2019, Lindh starred in the May el-Toukhy’s Danish feature Queen of Hearts alongside Trine Dyrholm, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 Bodil Awards. His first feature, The Circle, was directed by Levan Akin, where he starred opposite Josefin Asplund and Sverrir Gudnason. He also has starring roles in Björn Runge’s Burn My Letters and Gustav Möller’s crime series The Dark Heart.

Lindh is also set to star in the lead role of...

Exclusive: Copenhagen-based REinvent International Sales has closed two significant deals on Omerta 6/12, a Finnish action thriller.

Samuel Goldwyn has picked up U.S. rights on the movie, while Swift Productions has taken France. Deals were previously closed for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland (Splendid) and Spain (A Contracorriende).

The movie premiered locally recently, it will also become a four-episode TV series to be released on C More in 2022.

Directed by Aku Louhimies, the film follows what happens when Finland’s Independence Day celebration on December 6 is crudely interrupted by an attack to the Presidential Residence. A set of distinguished guests are taken as hostages, and Security service officer Max Tanner (Jasper Pääkkönen) is set as the negotiator of the hostage crisis. Soon it becomes clear that the main target behind the terrorist attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe.

Starring with Paakkonen (Da 5 Bloods) are Nanna Blondell...

Exclusive: Lydia Leonard (the English Call My Agent remake), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner) and Sverrir Gudnason (Borg Vs. McEnroe) are leading the cast of Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson’s first English language feature Northern Comfort.

The project is getting principal photography underway now in Iceland, beginning in lake Mývatn before moving to Reykjavik and eventually the UK and France. Above is a first-look at the cast in action.

Also starring are Ella Rumpf, Simon Manyonda and Rob Delaney. The film is a comedy in which a motley group of people with a chronic fear of flying are stranded in the wintry north.

Paris-based Charades is handling world sales on the project. Film4 has taken UK free TV rights, Scanbox has pre-bought Nordic rights, Weltkino has rights in Germany and Sena will handle distribution in Iceland.

Director Sigurdsson’s previous work includes Under The Tree, which debuted at Venice Film Festival in...

“The Wife” director Björn Runge was at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival over the weekend to tease his stars-packed passionate Swedish drama “Burn All My Letters” which Sf Studios is producing.

Runge was on the ground at the festival’s industry sidebar along with his producer Annika Sucksdorff, and lead actors Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). The movie is an adaptation of Alex Schulman’s bestselling novel by the same name. Bill Skarsgård, who wasn’t there in Goteborg, also plays a leading role in the film.

The several clips played during the Goteborg presentation, which showcased the film’s dedicated performances, atmosphere and glossy production design, drew rowdy applause from industry participants and locals. Runge also revealed that Jacob Mühlrad, the celebrated Swedish art music composer, is creating his first film score for the movie.

“Burn All My Letters” marks Runge’s follow...

Parkland Entertainment have acquired U.K. and Eire rights to Charles Dance starrer “The Book of Vision.”

Parkland plan to release the film theatrically later in 2022.

Directed by Carlo S. Hintermann, the psychological thriller sees Eva (played by “Outlander’s” Lotte Verbeek) star as a young doctor who leaves her career behind to take up a course in the history of medicine at a remote university. Via a manuscript called The Book of Vision, she soon finds her fate entwined with that of an unusual 18th-century physician named Johan Anmuth (Dance).

“The story of Anmuth and his patients inspire Eva to live her life to the fullest,” reads the logline. “Nothing expires in its time. Only what you desire is real, not merely what happens.”

Terrence Malick (“Days of Heaven”) executive produces.

Alongside Dance (“Game of Thrones”) and Verbeek (“Outlander”), the film also stars Sverrir Gudnason (“Borg vs McEnroe”), Isolda Dychauk...

Sf Studios has unveiled the trailer for the action thriller “Omerta 6/12,” one of the biggest-budgeted Finnish films ever.

The film is directed by Aku Louhimies with a cast headlined by Finnish star Jasper Pääkkönen (“BlacKkKlansman”) and Swedish actors Nanna Blondell (“Black Widow”) and Sverrir Gudnason (“Borg vs. McEnroe”).

Pääkkönen plays Max Tanner, a Finnish secret service agent operating for the European Union’s special forces. Set during Finland’s Independence Day festivities, when the Presidential Palace is attacked and the heads of state are taken hostage. Tanner is tasked to negotiate the hostage crisis and realizes that the terrorist attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe. Blondell plays the Swedish secret service agent Sylvia Madsen, and Gudnason stars as the leader of the Serbian groups, Vasa Jankovic.

“Omerta 6/12” is set for a theatrical release in Finland on Nov. 19, followed by a theatrical release in the Nordics during winter.

“Burn All My Letters,” Swedish filmmaker Björn Runge’s follow up to his Glen Close starrer “The Wife,” has just started shooting “Burn All My Letters.” The decade-spanning love drama stars Bill Skarsgård (“Deadpool”) and is based on Alex Schulman’s bestselling novel of the same name.

Sverrir Gudnason has just joined the cast as Schulman and stars alongside Sonja Richter who plays Amanda Schulman, one of Denmark’s greatest actresses. The rest of the cast comprises Marika Lindström (“Daybreak”), Sten Ljunggren (“Border”), as well as Asta Kamma August (“Follow The Money”) and Gustav Lindh (“Rider of Justice”).

“Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios and sold by REinvent International Sales who have unveiled a first still from the shoot in Sweden (pictured).

Inspired by true events, the story revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz...

Seasoned Finnish writer-director-producer Aku Louhimies is plotting multi-season TV drama “Conflict,” a near-future political action thriller that turns on a Finland threatened by an unknown military force.

Comparing the project to high-profile Norwegian TV show “Occupied,” the director said he had the idea for “Conflict” after his war epic “Unknown Soldier,” Finland’s record-breaking movie with over 1 million ticket sales. “I started thinking what if Finland was suddenly threatened by foreign forces. How would we react and how would that affect geopolitics in the Nordic region?” reflected Louhimies, who contemplates building the project as a major international TV drama.

The project is co-penned by actor Andrei Alén, novelist and officer in reserve Helena Immonen, and long-time writing partner Jari Olavi Rantala.

Set on Midsummer’s Eve, the story follows an unknown military unit, as it invades a peaceful sea-side town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, and civilians, used...

Exclusive: UK publicists Donna Mills and Emma Jackson, longtime reps at London-based Premier Communications, have launched new publicity agency Tapestry London.

The company will specialise in actor and filmmaker representation, with the majority of their clients based in Europe and represented by the company globally.

Their impressive roster of clients includes Michaela Coel, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Claire Foy, James Norton, Ashley Walters and Sam Mendes.

Also on the roster are Agnes O’Casey , Anne-Marie Duff , Anthony Boyle, Bertie Carvel , Daisy Haggard, Denise Gough, Earl Cave , Emily Watson, George MacKay , Georgina Campbell , Dame Harriet Walter, Himesh Patel , Joe Alwyn , Joe Cole, Joe Gilgun, John Simm , Kyle Soller, Leila Farzad, Maxine Peake, Paapa Essiedu, Ruth Madeley, Sarah Solemani , Sverrir Gudnasson, Sheila Atim, Stacy Martin , Tom Hughes , Vicky Krieps, Viveik Kalra, Will Poulter and Will Sharpe.

The duo told us: “Having worked together for the best part of a decade, we couldn’t...

Filming is underway on Aki Louhimies Finnish action thriller.

Danish sales firm REinvent has secured further EFM deals, including on Aki Louhimies’ Finnish action thriller Omerta 6/12 following promo reel screenings at the EFM this week. The project is now in production.

Splendid film has picked up rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. It sold to Spain earlier this week.

Omerta 6/12 is based on Ilkka Remes’ best-selling novel 6/12, about a hostage crisis that occurs on Finland’s Independence Day. The cast includes Jasper Pääkkönen, Nanna Blondell and Sverrir Gudnason.

The film is now shooting in Finland with...

Filming is underway on Aki Louhimies Finnish action thriller.

Danish sales firm REinvent has secured further EFM deals, including on Aki Louhimies’ Finnish action thriller Omerta 6/12 following promo reel screenings at the EFM this week. The project is now in production.

Splendid film has picked up rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. It sold to Spain earlier this week.

Omerta 6/12 is based on Ilkka Remes’ best-selling novel 6/12, about a hostage crisis that occurs on Finland’s Independence Day. The cast includes Jasper Pääkkönen, Nanna Blondell and Sverrir Gudnason.

The film is now shooting in Finland with...

Other deals include for Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants and Bille August’s The Pact.

Rikke Ennis’ Danish outfit REinvent has closed a string of deals on its slate of upcoming films at the EFM.

They include Aku Louhimies’ Finnish action thriller Omerta 6/12, which has sold to Spain (A Contracorriente). Filming is underway on the feature, which will be delivered by the end of the year, while a four-part series version of the project is also being readied for mid-2022.

The story is based on Ilkka Remes’ best-selling novel 6/12, about a hostage crisis that occurs on Finland’s Independence Day.

Sf Studios has released the first teaser trailer for the anticipated action thriller “Omerta 6/12” which just wrapped shooting. The big-budget film is directed by Aku Louhimies and stars Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen and Swedish actors Nanna Blondell (“Red Dot”) and Sverrir Gudnason (“Borg vs. McEnroe”).

“Omertà 6/12″ is expected to premiere in theaters in Nov. and is being represented in international markets by REinvent International Sales. Sf Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics.

Based on llkka Remes’s bestselling novel “6/12,” the film follows Max Tanner, a Finnish secret service agent operating for European Union’s special forces. Jari Olavi Rantala wrote the adaptation based on the screenplay by Antti J. Jokinen and Mika Karttunen.

The teaser trailer takes the viewers right in the middle of Finland’s Independence Day. Festivities take a tragic turn when the Presidential Palace is attacked, and the heads of state are taken hostage.

A mother abducts her own children in Charter, a riveting watch from writer-director Amanda Kernell (Sami Blood). Norwegian actress Ane Dahl Torp puts in a powerhouse turn as Alice, the desperate, impetuous divorcée who decides to take her daughter and son to Tenerife amid a bitter custody battle. The courts seem set to favor their father Mattias (Sverrir Gudnason), with whom they are currently living in Sweden. Alice grabs them out of school and on a plane to the Canary Islands, where they try to enjoy a holiday of sorts before the police can close in.

While there is plenty of tension in the basic set up to Sweden’s submission for the International Feature Oscar category, intrigue is added by the mysteries of Alice’s character. She’s a fascinating person to decode: unpredictable, playful, principled about certain things and not about others. Her driving force is her love for her children,...

Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen makes his feature directorial debut with Falling, which premieres in theaters, digital and on demand today. Mortensen also wrote, starred in and composed the score for Falling to show us that he’s not just a one-trick pony (but was there any doubt?)

Falling follows John (Mortensen) who lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis) in California. This is far from the rural life from his past. His uber-conservative father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), who is facing early stages of dementia, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. When John brings Willis to Los Angeles in an attempt to relocate him closer to family, their relationship begins to unravel as Willis refuses to change his way of life.

The family drama made its world premiere in 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival before screening at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Falling Quiver Distribution Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Viggo Mortensen Writer: Viggo Mortensen Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henricksen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 1/23/21 Opens: February 5, 2021 This is one of those rare movies that have their writers sitting in […]

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A record 500 delegates have signed up for Scandinavia’s leading TV drama confab, TV Drama Vision, which is set to unspool online over Feb. 3-4, parallel to Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival.

Next to honorary guest – Danish writer-helmer Susanne Bier, 30 keynote speakers will share their insights, business and creative tips on how to boost global industry resilience at a time of unprecedented challenges under Covid-19. Walter Iuzzolino, creator of the international curated streaming service Walter Presents – jointly owned by the U.K.’s Channel Four – will open discussions, in conversation with media analyst Johanna Koljonen, author of Göteborg’s annual Nostradamus Report.

Ampere Analysis exec director Guy Bisson returns to Goteborg for a second year running will analyze a series of TV trends to watch out for in 2021 – which he describes as turning on “compounding.” Festival and market executives Frédéric Pittoors d’Haveskercke (Series Mania), Dennis Ruh (European Film Market...

“This is one of the best films I have ever been involved in,” admits veteran actor Lance Henriksen about his role in Viggo Mortensen‘s directorial debut “Falling.” Henriksen boasts extensive credits on screen, including over 250 films since the 1960s. This year he delivers what is arguably one of the most acclaimed performances of his long career as an emotionally abusive father suffering with dementia. Watch our exclusive video interview with Henriksen above.

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In “Falling,” Henriksen co-stars as Willis Peterson, a deeply conservative and homophobic man fading into dementia. His deteriorating health forces him to sell the remote family farm and move to California to live closer to his son John (Mortensen), a middle-aged gay man. The film flashes back to Willis’ past (played as a younger man by Sverrir Gudnason) as it fleshes out the origins of their fractured relationship.

“It was a very emotional and satisfying journey,” admits Viggo Mortensen, who wrote, directed, starred in and composed the score for “Falling,” about a man reckoning with his fractured relationship with his abusive and homophobic father. “I knew it’d be difficult to direct a movie and especially this kind of story. To do it right would be difficult,” he reveals about his labor of love, adding that it was way more satisfying and rewarding … than I ever dreamed it could be. It was just really extraordinary.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Mortensen above.

“Falling” centers on John Peterson, a middle-aged gay man whose father Willis (Lance Henriksen) is suffering from deteriorating dementia, forcing him to sell the remote family farm and move his father to California to live closer to him and his husband Eric (Terry Chen). As the film flashes back to John’s childhood, we learn...

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.

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"Heaven doesn't want him, and hell keeps sending him back." Quiver Distribution has debuted one final US trailer for Falling, the directorial debut of Viggo Mortensen. This premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival, and the first US teaser arrived just last month. The US release is now set for February on VOD for anyone still curious. In addition to writing and directing the film, Mortensen also stars as John, who lives with his husband. When his raging homophobic father begins to spiral into dementia, he tries to convince him to leave his ranch home and move in with him. But they often end up fighting. Lance Henriksen co-stars as Willis, his expletive-loving father, and Terry Chen plays his husband. The cast includes Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, and in a small role, David Cronenberg. It's honestly quite hard to watch a film with such a hurtful person so front and center,...

Quiver Distribution has unleashed a new trailer for Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut family drama ‘Falling’.

The film follows John (Viggo Mortensen) who lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago, while his conservative father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. In the early stages of dementia, Willis is brought to John’s California home to help him relocate. Unfortunately, their best intentions ultimately run up against Willis’s adamant refusal to change his way of life in the slightest.

Written and directed by Viggo Mortensen, the film stars Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason and Laura Linney alongside Mortensen.

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"I know what you're trying to do..." "I'm trying to help you, Dad." Quiver Distribution has unveiled a teaser trailer for the indie drama Falling, the directorial debut of actor Viggo Mortensen. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and we featured an international trailer a few months ago. The US release is now set for February (including VOD) for anyone interested in watching. In addition to writing and directing the film, Mortensen also stars as John, who lives with his husband in Los Angeles. When his raging homophobic father begins to spiral into dementia, he tries to convince him to leave his ranch home and move in with him. But they often end up fighting. Lance Henriksen co-stars as Willis, his expletive-loving father, and Terry Chen plays his husband Eric. The film's cast also includes Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, and in a small role,...

Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut “Falling” that premiered at Sundance back in January has finally landed U.S. distribution and will be released by Perceval Pictures and Quiver Distribution in February 2021. It will qualify for 2020 awards consideration.

Mortensen also stars in “Falling” based on his own script, and the film will be released in theaters, on digital and on-demand beginning February 5. You can also check out a new trailer for the film above.

“Falling” stars Laura Linney, Lance Henriksen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason and Hannah Gross and is the story of a man caring for his father suffering from dementia, relocating the conservative, traditional man to be with his family in the more liberal California. Here’s the full synopsis:

“Falling” follows John (Mortensen) who lives with his partner, Eric (Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago.

Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has landed U.S. rights to Falling, the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen that had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. A theatrical, digital and on-demand release is set for February 5.

Mortensen penned the script, composed the score, produced and stars alongside Laura Linney and Lance Henriksen in the semi-autographical drama. Mortensen plays John, who lives with his partner and their daughter in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. John’s father, Willis (Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up but is in the early stages of dementia. John brings him to stay at his California home so that he and his sister (Linney) might help him find a place near them to relocate to. Unfortunately, their best intentions ultimately run up against Willis...

Modern Films have debuted a new trailer for Viggo Mortensen’s personal drama ‘Falling’.

John Petersen (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his partner Eric (Terry Chen) and their adopted daughter Monica in Southern California. His father Willis (Lance Henriksen/Sverrir Gudnason) is a farmer whose attitudes and behaviour belong to a far more traditional era and family model. When Willis travels to Los Angeles for an indefinite stay with John’s family in order to search for a place to retire, these two very different worlds collide.

As father and son confront the events that have torn them apart, their 40-year-relationship is explored from dark to light, from rage and jealousy through to acceptance, laughter, and hard-won grace.

Written and directed by Mortensen the story is rooted in his own upbringing and relationship with his parents, the film explores universal themes of loss, pain, and the need to connect, with a...

Falling Review — Falling (2020) Film Review, a movie directed by Viggo Mortensen starring Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross, Terry Chen. I can still remember the first time my uncle verbally abused me. My grandma had just died, and my brother and I went home with him after the funeral. We were [...]

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TrustNordisk closes a new round of deals on Amanda Kernell’s second feature.

TrustNordisk has confirmed new deals on Amanda Kernell’s Charter, which was has been selected as Sweden’s Best International Feature Oscar nominee.

The latest round of sales includes to: Greece and Cyprus (Rosebud), Spain (Filmin), Poland (Mayfy), Estonia (Estin Film), Mexico (Bestiario Films) and Israel (Yes Dbs Satellite Service).

Charter is Kernell’s second feature, after the acclaimed Sami Blood, and had its world premiere in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition.

The story follows a Swedish mother’s desperate move to abduct her own children...

Amanda Kernell’s family drama “Charter” has been selected as Sweden’s submission for an Oscar in the international feature film race.

“Charter” world premiered at Sundance and had its European premiere at Goteborg. It was also recently nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize. The movie is represented in international markets by TrustNordisk.

The film centers around Alice (Ane Dahl Torp), who hasn’t seen her two children in months after a difficult divorce, as her ex-husband (Sverrir Gudnason) keeps them from seeing her, awaiting the final custody verdict in northern Sweden. When her son calls her in the middle of the night weeping, Alice takes action and abducts her children to venture on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.

“‘Charter’ had a very strange start, premiering in Swedish cinemas just when the corona crisis hit. So I’m absolutely thrilled that the film continues to travel...