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As Lille’s giant Series Mania confab kicks off March 21, REinvent International Sales has announced a fresh pick up in the crime show “The Pushover.” The six-parter is based on author Lone Theils’ sixth book in her best-selling Nora Sand franchise, published in more than 20 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia.

The series is the second TV adaptation featuring high-flying Danish journalist Nora Sand after the hit show “Fatal Crossing,” sold by REinvent to multiple territories, including Global Series Network/Walter Presents for the UK/Ireland, Lumiere Group for Benelux, TV4 for Sweden/Finland, Encripta for Latin America and Telepool for France and Germany.

Reuniting “Fatal Crossing” scribes Arne Berggren and Kristine Berg, helmer Magnus Berggren and Marie Sandø in the title role, “The Pushover” sets off when a woman is found dead in her pool in an upscale neighborhood. Suspicion falls on her boyfriend, Tom, a notorious con artist and Tinder-swindler.

REinvent International Sales has picked up “Fatal Crossing,” a crime series based on Lone Theils’s bestselling debut novel was published in 20 countries.

The eight-episode series is produced by Shuuto Arctic, the banner behind “Outlier” and “Catch and Release,” two popular Nordic crime series. The Scandinavian cast is led by Marie Sandø (“The Marco Effect”), alongside Jesper Paasch (“The Rain”), Anna Stokholm (“The New Nurses”), Siir Tilif (“Those Who Kill”) and Viktor Hjelmsø (“Boys”).

Created and written by Arne Berggren and Kristine Berg, who previously teamed on “Catch and Release” and “Outlier,” “Fatal Crossing” spans two different periods in time, the 1980’s and present time.

The story of “Fatal Crossing” revolves around Nora Sand (Sandø), a journalist working as a foreign correspondent for a Danish newspaper who spends most of her time in London. She’s at the peak of her career when she’s accused of having had an...

Cannes – REinvent International Sales has sold the refugee drama ‘Lost’ to AMC Networks for Spain and Portugal.

The Scandi production-distribtion shingle is presenting the title to buyers at this week’s Mipcom TV market in Cannes.

Created by Ulf Ryberg, the drama thriller tells the story of a truck driver smuggling a group of Syrian refugees into Sweden in his truck. An upsetting phone call from his soon to be ex-wife, leaves the refugees struggling for air, when his mind wanders off them.

The series is directed by Tova Magnusson (“The Most Prohibited”) and produced by Patrick Ryborn (“Backstabbing for Beginners”).

This Swedish-language film is produced by Unlimited Stories where Ryborn is a co-founder and producer. Peter Viitanen, Ville Virtanen, Sandra Stojiljkovic, Vilhelm Blomgren, Shaniaz Hama Ali star.

The six one-hour series will be released on Nov. 7. on the Swedish pubcaster Svt.

Helene Aurø, REinvent’s sales and marketing director,...

Rikke Ennis’ REinvent has sold “Outlier,” a female-led crime thriller, to major TV services, including HBO Nordic.

Produced by Shuuto Arctic, the series follows Maja Angell, an acclaimed young academic in London who specializes in profiling serial killers and aims to develop analytical tools to predict serious crimes. One day, she learns of a young women who has been murdered in her hometown, in the Norwegian wilderness, and decides to head back home to her Sami community to be part of the investigation and track down the killer. As Maja must think like the criminal to fight him and anticipate his next move, the hunt leads her to confront her own demons.

“Outlier,” which is set in the Arctic wilderness amid the Sami community, has also been acquired by Vrt Belgium Sbs in Australia and Global Series Network in the U.K. HBO Nordic has just launched the series. REinvent...