The feature film The Informer, based on the novel Three Seconds by Roslund & Hellström, is released nationwide in theatres in the UK today. Several of the biggest UK newspapers are already lauding the film, which is directed by Andrea Di Stefano, and stars Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike and Ana de Armas in the lead roles.

“Joel Kinnaman stars in a sharp, cunning crime thriller. /…/ The Informer is one of the year’s more pleasant genre surprises: a clenched fist of a crime thriller in the mode of The Departed or The Town, in which every element is just a notch smarter than you’d expect. […] it holds together absorbingly, thanks to a sturdy script which ups stakes and adds characters with cunning and intelligence. /…/ While gritty genre fare gravitates more and more to the small screen, it’s strangely satisfying to watch two hours spent doing business the old way.”

-Telegraph, UK

“It’s a genuinely tense, gritty, New York City-set drama with a compelling leading man in Joel Kinnaman, and solid support from Rosamund Pike, whose fragrant English Rose period is now just a distant memory. /…/ That’s an admirably multinational team behind a film that feels not just distinctly American but carries that particular whiff of New York City underbelly, of sweat and pretzels and acrid steam rising from subway gratings.”

-Daily Mail, UK

“Old-school twisty thriller holds its best tricks until the end. /…/ This hard-edged, old-school crime thriller is a resolutely grim and increasingly violent affair, and holds your attention with a hardworking cast, decent production values and a twisty story which holds its best tricks until the end.”

-Daily Mirror, UK

“Gripping tale of brawn and bloodshed behind bars. /…/ Rosamund Pike is an FBI agent who sends an ex-con undercover in a gritty crime drama that drips with menace. This is a tough, muscular, sweaty thriller […] its world reeking with cynicism and fear.”

-The Guardian, UK

“It’s pulled off with slick effectiveness and has enough bumps in the road to demand your attention to the end.”

–The Times, UK

Today is the theatrical release for 438 Days, and the anticipated film has already received great praise in Swedish press.

“438 Days is uninterruptedly thrilling and entertaining.”
–Aftonbladet

“A grandiose film of Hollywood proportions.”
–Göteborgs-Posten

“438 Days is one of the best Swedish films of the year.”
–Filmtopp.se

“[Ganslandt and Birro] have made a suspenseful and well-made thriller that dares to be both drama and feel good.”
-_TT_

“A very entertaining film not to be missed!”
–Filmparadiset.se

438 Days is directed by Jesper Ganslandt, written by Peter Birro, and produced by Miso Film.

Week 34’s official Norwegian bestseller lists see Jo Nesbø’s long-running bestseller Knife appear at No. 3 in hardcover and No. 5 in e-book. Stefan Ahnhem grabs a spot on the paperback list with Motive X, which comes in at No. 5.

The spy thriller series Agent Hamilton, based on Jan Guillou’s bestselling Hamilton novels, will see its world premiere held in October at the largest TV market in the world: MIPCOM.

Petter Rosenlund is the show’s head writer and Erik Leijonborg its lead and conceptual director, supported by Lisa Farzaneh and Per Hanefjord.

In the series, Swedish agent Carl Hamilton is caught up in the investigation of a terrorist attack committed by extremists. At the same time, key locations in Sweden are hit by a series of cyber-attacks requiring highly sophisticated skills. Despite having officially left the Swedish intelligence service, Hamilton is now back to defend his country and soon finds himself in the middle of a life-threatening mission against an invisible enemy with traces leading back to Russian, Swedish and US intelligence forces.

Agent Hamilton is produced by Dramacorp/Pampas Studios for C More/TV4.

The official Swedish bestseller lists for week 33 see Anders Roslund’s Knock Knock grab three of the top spots once again. Roslund’s latest novel comes in at No. 2 in hardcover, audio, and e-book. Jo Nesbø features on the same three lists with Knife, the twelfth Harry Hole novel. It is No. 3 in audio and e-book and No. 4 in hardcover.

Dream is created by Aron Levander and Filip Hammarström, based on an idea by Johan Rudolphie. Levander and Hammarström are also the series writers alongside Dunja Vujovic. Two seasons have been produced back to back, with Amir Chamdin as director for season 1, and Kirke Ailio Rodwell for season 2.

Dream is set on an island, reeling from an asteroid hit. A young girl discovers that she and three of her new classmates have shared the same strange dream the night before the impact, manifesting their own futures. When the group learns that a horrible accident is set to take place – one they can knowingly stop – their decision to work together to prevent it from happening inadvertently changes the course of their futures forever.

Dream is produced by Palladium Fiction, and is now available on the Swedish FVOD platform SVT Play.

The success crime drama series The Truth Will Out has been nominated for ‘Best Drama’, ‘Best Male Actor’ (Robert Gustafsson) and ‘Best Female Actor’ (Ia Langhammer) at the 2019 Kristallen Awards. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on August 30.

The Truth Will Out is written by Aron Levander and Hans Jörnlind, and is based on an original idea by the award-winning author and criminologist Leif GW Persson.

The hit series premiered on Channel 5 in Sweden in August 2018 and is available on the SVOD platform Viaplay.