Netflix Announce Six New Nordic Movies Including ‘The Key Series’ & ‘Je M’Appelle Agneta’ Adaptations At Stockholm Showcase
18.03.2024 - 12:53
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Netflix announced six new Nordic feature film productions at its Next on Netflix showcase in Stockholm on Monday.
The showcase, which followed similar events in Germany and London last week, gave updates on 26 titles across film and TV, including 12 new titles. For the new Nordic TV line-up, read here.
On the cinema front, new Nordic movies include an adaptation of the Key Series crime whodunnit books about Private detective Julia Stark, by Alex Ahndoril, the pseudonym for husband and wife writers Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril.
Working titled The Key Series, the debut feature-length instalment will see Julia Stark hired by a wealthy family to solve a murder been committed at their estate in the northwest of Sweden.
Banijay company Filmlance is lead producing. Casting and the delivery date has yet to be confirmed.
The platform is also getting behind Little Siberia from Finnish director Dome Karukoski, whose feature credits include the well-travelled Tom Of Finland.
The drama revolves around a remote village which is changed forever when a meteorite falls through the roof of a car one night.
Karukoski takes co-writing credits with Minna Panjanen on the film, adapted from the eponymous novel by Antti Tuomainen.
Ina Sohlberg at SF Studios is producing with Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari at indie outfit Bufo. Cast members are Eero Ritala, Malla Malmivaara, Tommi Korpela, Martti Suosalo. Delivery is for 2025.
Netflix also announced sequel Maybe Baby 2, revisiting two couples who bonded over a baby swap misunderstanding and now try to live together in a family collective. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg returns to direct. Marcella Dichmann at SF Studios is producing.
The platform also unveiled ambitious World War