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The next period project for one Game of Thrones star just got a thrilling update. A new report from Deadline revealed that King and Conqueror, the CBS period drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, James Norton, Eddie Marsan and more, has officially wrapped production in Iceland. The report also revealed six new cast members to an already stacked ensemble, including Elander Moore, Indy Lewis, and Jason Forbes coming on board. Ines Asserson, Sveinn lafur Gunnarsson and Ingvar Sigurdsson have also joined the cast of King and Conqueror, which currently has tapped three directors to helm episodes of the series: Erik Leijonborg, Blint Szentgyrgyi, and Baltasar Kormkur.

Sf Studios has boarded “Evil,” an original series adapted from Jan Guillou’s classic bestseller by the same name, which will be directed by “The Last Kingdom” helmer Erik Leijonborg and Daniel Di Grado (“Alena”).

Penned by Fredrik T Olsson, the six-episode series is being produced by Tobias Åström at Sf Studios and will launch on the Scandinavian streamer C More and Swedish broadcaster TV4, which are also co-producing. The series starts shooting this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The novel was previously adapted into a 2003 film directed by Mikael Håfström. Gustaf Skarsgård who starred in the movie will also star in the series in a different role.

“Evil” will revolve around a troubled young man, Erik, who gets expelled from his school in Stockholm due to his violent behavior. He gets transferred to the boarding school Stjernsberg, where the violence is worse than at home. While there, he engages in...

The Swedish high-end spy thriller “Agent Hamilton,” which just celebrated its red carpet premiere at TV market and conference Mipcom in Cannes, has received the green light for a second season. “Agent Hamilton” was selected by Variety as one of 12 must-see buzz titles at the market.

Swedish broadcaster TV4, its streaming service C More and Beta Film, the international distributor, have ordered the second run well ahead of the airing of the first season, set for January across the Nordics. Production on season two is due to start next year.

Beta Film has presold the 10-hour first season across Scandinavia, and most recently to Sbs Australia. Negotiations with other international partners are underway.

“Agent Hamilton” will premiere on Nordic streaming service C More on January 1, and broadcast on linear channel TV4 in Sweden later that month. Zdf, one of the co-producers, will air the show in Germany.

The series is...

Berlin — Beta Film has dropped the first trailer for high-end Scandinavian espionaje thriller “Agent Hamilton,” a big play at Cannes’ Mipcom market this year where it ranks as one of the market’s three World Premiere Screenings.

That in turn reflects the status of its IP, Scandinavia’s best-selling literary property. based on a spy thriller novel series penned by journalist Jan Guillou after he spent ten months in jail for uncovering and revealing the existence of a covert Swedish Secret Intelligence Agency, which went under the name of The Information Bureau, and later the recruitment of Swedish agents by the CIA.

Adapted multiple times for the screen, with Stellan Skarsgard starring in a first makeover, the novels’ protagonist ranks in Scandinavia as a literary icon of the stature of Wallander.

Now, 33 years after his debut appearance, the newly formed, Dramacorp Pampas Studios has teamed for a new iteration with commercial network TV4,...

A number of years ago author turned director Nic Balthazar made his debut behind the camera with an adaptation of his novel "Nothing Was All He Said" which was based on the true story of an autistic boy who committed suicide because of bullying. The novel was a huge hit, spawning all sorts of adaptations including musicals and Ben X (trailer) followed suit, garnering a number of awards and being selected as Belgium's Oscar entry. It looks like the book still has legs as now director Erik Leijonborg is taking a stab at the material.

Irl stars Valter Skarsgard, the youngest of the Skarsgard clan to make the jump into film, as Elias the bullied kid who finds escape from his real life trouble [Continued ...]...