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Lisa Farzaneh and Jesper W Nielsen’s new production, staged by Nice Drama in association with Twelve Town, will premiere on Viaplay later this year. In a press release published recently, Nent Group disclosed important details about one of its new productions, an eight-part thriller series entitled Max Anger – With One Eye Open. The project, currently in production, is based on Martin Österdahl’s book Ask No Mercy (2016), the first instalment in a trilogy focusing on former special-ops soldier Max Anger, here played by Adam Lundgren. Lisa Farzaneh (the TV series Quicksand and Agent Hamilton) and Jesper W Nielsen are attached to direct the series, whilst Mikael Newihl (the TV series The Lawyer and Black Widows) served as the head writer. Other screenwriters are Anders Sparring, Pauline Wolff, Åsa Anderberg Strolle and Jörgen Hjerdt. The story is set in tumultuous 1990s-era Russia and centres...

Walter Presents has acquired Swedish thriller “Stockholm Requiem” for the U.K. and Australia from Zdf Enterprises. It marks the fourth Swedish drama series the global on-demand service, which specialises in non-English language drama, has picked up from Zdf following “Blue Eyes,” “Thicker Than Water” and “Before We Die.”

Walter Iuzzolino, co-founder and curator of the service, said “Stockholm Requiem” was “Everything you want in a Scandi Noir and more. Quintessential viewing for anyone who likes beautifully shot drama and a plot line that will keep you guessing.”

“Stockholm Requiem” stars Liv Mjönes as an unconventional criminologist and new civilian recruit to the police force, as she joins a less than welcoming special investigations unit and is thrown in at the deep end of a difficult case. Jonas Karlsson and Alexej Manvelov co-star.

The 10-part drama is based on the best-selling trilogy of novels by Kristina Ohlsson and adapted by Jörgen Hjerdt and Pauline Wolff.

Lenke was previously the legal counsel at the Writers Guild of Sweden

Albatros Agency, the Stockholm-based agency founded in November 2017 by Elin Sandström Lundh and Martina Österling, has added Pontus Lenke as a partner in the company and its legal counsel.

Lenke was previously the legal counsel at the Writers Guild of Sweden and worked for Time Law Firm.

He joins as Albatros has signed a raft of new clients including directors Peter Grönlund (Goliath), Iram Haq (What Will People Say) and Isabella Carbonell (Boys); and screenwriters Inger Scharis (Black Widows), Bjørn Ekeberg (Borderland), Jörgen Hjerdt (Blue Eyes) and Johanna Ginstmark...