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Sara Johnsen and Tomas Alfredson adapting Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Faithless’ as a TV Series
Writer Sara Johnsen and director Tomas Alfredson are adapting the 2000’s feature Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann from a script by Ingmar Bergman, as a limited TV series.
The series will explore the same tale of love and adultery told in the original film — about the actress Marianne Vogler, married to the acclaimed conductor Markus Vogler, who begins an affair with her husband’s best friend, David Howard — while expanding the story to follow the main characters 40 years on to see the consequences of their actions for both themselves and for their families. The series will move between the present day and back to the original events, which lie four decades in the past.
Lena Endre will reprise her role as Marianne for the series with Jesper Christensen (Quantum of Solace) playing the older David Howard. Young David will be played by Gustav Lindh (Queen of Hearts). Frida Gustavsson (The Witcher) will play the young Marianne, with August Wittgenstein (The Crown) as the young Markus.
Alfredson has begun shooting the six-part series, which is set to premiere in early 2025.
‘Twelve Untamed Horses’ No. 1 in Norway
Anne Holt’s just published Twelve Untamed Horses is No. 1 in e-book in Norway, and No. 4 in hardcover.
‘Twelve Untamed Horses’ published in Norway
Hanne Wilhelmsen’s life is about to fall apart. Her wife, Nefis, has left her and taken their daughter, Ida, with her. When one of the few people in the world that Hanne cares about is brutally killed, she must fight to both save her family and solve a murder case far more important than she has ever faced before. Struggling with her own destructive forces and thoughts, she is led into a bleak landscape of hatred, contempt, and abuse, where it also turns out that a series of unexplained pregnancies are part of a larger, terrifying whole. Sleep-deprived and desperate, Hanne works around the clock and eventually finds a truth that is unbearable. For some.
Twelve Untamed Horses is the twelfth installment in Anne Holt’s Hanne Wilhelmsen series.
‘The Mountain King’ No. 1 in Sweden
Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King celebrates its third week at No. 1 on the official paperback bestseller list in Sweden.
Lars Kepler’s ’The Spider’ No. 6 in Canada
The ninth installment in Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna series, The Spider, has debuted at No. 6 on the Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail’s bestseller list.
Trailer release for ‘A Day and a Half’
Netflix has unveiled the trailer for the much awaited thriller A Day and a Half, directed by Fares Fares and written by Fares together with Peter Smirnakos.
A Day and a Half will launch globally on Netflix on September 1.
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‘Cry Wolf’ filming in Haparanda
Cry Wolf has started filming in Haparanda, a city at Sweden’s easternmost point, bordering Finland.
The six-part series is written by Oskar Söderlund, directed by Jesper Ganslandt and is based on the acclaimed novel of the same name, by Hans Rosenfeldt.
Cry Wolf stars Eliot Sumner (No Time to Die), Eva Melander (Border) and Henrik Dorsin (Triangle of Sadness).
‘The Fireman’ published in Sweden
Isak works in home care in a small town in Småland. One day, he is contacted by his father, an internationally known artist who left Isak when he was a child. The father is dying and wishes to reconcile. He also wants Isak to inherit his fortune, but there are certain reservations. Isak and his girlfriend Madde go to visit his father and get involved in a psychological game wherein the line between reality and nightmare blurs — a game of life and death.
The Fireman is Ulf Kvensler’s second stand-alone psychological thriller, following his best-selling suspense novel Sarek.
The Mountain King No. 2 in Denmark
Anders de la Motte’s The Mountain King, the first installment in the Leo Asker series, is the 2nd most sold title among all thriller and crime fiction titles in Denmark this week.
‘Detective #24,’ ‘Blackwater,’ ‘The Meaning of Life’ and ‘No Angel’ nominated for the Kristallen Awards
The nominations are out for this year’s Kristallen Awards. Aron Levander’s Detective #24 is nominated for Best Drama Series, together with Blackwater which is written by Karin Arrhenius and Maren Louise Käehne.
Tove Eriksen Hillblom’s The Meaning of Life is nominated for Best Comedy and No Angel, directed by Tuna Özer, received a nomination for Best Teen Drama.
The Kristallen Awards ceremony will be held August 28 at Cirkus in Stockholm and will be aired live on SVT.