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Ahead of Cannes market, Scandinavia’s leading sales agent TrustNordisk has released a fresh still from Pernille Fischer Christensen’s drama “Unraveled” (“Vores Løfte”) which just wrapped filming for Nordisk Film Production Denmark.

A Berlinale regular, from her 2006 breakthrough prize-winning debut “A Soap” to the Astrid Lindgren biopic “Becoming Astrid” (2018), picked up by Music Box for the U.S., Christensen’s “Unraveled” marks her anticipated return to the silver screen after her TV drama immersion that notably took in co-directing Dr’s acclaimed “Cry Wolf.”

The upcoming Danish pic stars Danica Curcic as Maria, a former elite swimmer and famous sports commentator whose life unravels when her beloved husband Mikael (Lars Ranthe from “Another Round”), her former coach and father of their daughter, is suddenly suspected of sexual abuse. Sparking the scandal and media interest is the revelation in an upcoming book, of a young girl’s misguided infatuation for her swimming coach,...

Exclusive: Pachinko and The Morning Show Studio Media Res is building out its international division by hiring a Nordics boss, who has landed first project.

Anna-Klara Carlsten, whose credits include Spring Uje Spring and Tore, will lead the Nordics slate and report into Lars Blomgren, who runs international for Media Res.

Carlsten’s first project is an Svt adaptation of Let The Right One In author John Ajvide Lindqvist’s latest novel Summer of 1985, which will be directed by The Bridge co-creator Björn Stein. Published in 2023, the story centers on a group of friends preparing for an epic summer together in the Stockholm archipelago. When the discovery of a mythic creature with mysterious origins and abilities upends their lives, new experiences and pleasures induce the group at the increasing cost of their psyches. The book comes from the celebrated author of Let The Right One In, Let Me In and Border,...

Thomas Vinterberg is the guest of honor at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival where, this evening, he hosted a screening of his second feature Festen.

Directed by Vinterberg from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mogens Rukov, Festen debuted 26-year-ago in Cannes and famously launched, along with Lars von Trier’s The Idiots, the avant-garde Dogme 95 film movement.

“It was like a strike of enlightenment,” Vinterberg said of the launch of Dogme, which called on filmmakers to discard the modern trinkets of contemporary filmmaking for a stripped-back, traditional approach to cinema. The Danish filmmaker was in conversation this evening with Göteborg festival head Pia Lundberg.

However, Vinterberg said the journey to being accepted as a Dogme filmmaker wasn’t as smooth as the legend has it.

“It felt almost like a suicide mission. People were calling me before the success of Festen warning me that it could destroy my career. That...

Thomas Vinterberg is ready for “The Brothers Lionheart,” based on Astrid Lindgren’s fantasy novel.

“I’m writing it myself with the brilliant British writer Simon Stephens, so it’s a mix of things. The book is there, it’s not mine, but it’s a great journey we’re on. I really love it,” he tells Variety about his upcoming project.

Considered a children’s classic, Lindgren’s story focuses on two brothers and a mysterious land Nangijala where life conquers death.

“It’s about faith and doubt, which goes straight as an arrow right into my own life. This book has the courage to step into what every child is asking when they’re about 8 or 10 and about to go to bed. ‘What happens when we die?’ There’s so much courage in these characters and Lindgren’s story, and I hope it can be encouraging for viewers,...

Hayao Miyazaki is such an established director that any writer would feel honored if Miyazaki came knocking on their door to adapt their works. However, his reputation hasn’t always been so stellar, and in his early years as an animator, Miyazaki faced a brutal rejection.

My Neighbour Totoro | Credits: Studio Ghibli

Before Studio Ghibli was created in 1985 and even before Miyazaki’s debut as a feature film director in 1979, he and co-founder Toshio Suzuki were on a quest to create a unique animation. This endeavor of theirs was based on their appreciation of Pippi Longstocking, a series of children’s books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.

Hayao Miyazaki Flew to Sweden Only to Face Dejection Kiki’s Delivery Service | Credit: Studio Ghibli

In the 1970s, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata worked for another animation studio, A-Production, and began to collaborate in the hopes of creating an animation out of Pippi Longstocking.

Viaplay's most ambitious project to date is finally coming to the U.S. The streamer has teamed up with Collider to reveal the release date and an exclusive trailer for Ronja The Robber's Daughter. The fantasy series is based on the novel by best-selling author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking series) and, according to the streamer, the story has been updated to draw the attention of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings fans. All six episodes from Season 1 are slated to be released on the platform on November 21.

The Swedish action-fantasy series “Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter” will premiere in the US on November 21, Viaplay has announced. The series, titled “Ronja Rövardotter” in Swedish, is based on the classic fantasy novel by Astrid Lindgren, author of the “Pippi Longstocking” books. The story follows Ronja, played by Kerstin Linden, a spirited girl born into […]

Viaplay Announces US Premiere of “Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter”...

Exclusive: Viaplay will debut scripted shows Rebus and Ronja the Robber’s Daughter in the U.S. in November.

Both shows were Viaplay originals that were sold after the streamer retooled last year in a face of financial challenges, and now come to Viaplay’s U.S. service through Viaplay Content Distribution.

Rebus stars Richard Rankin (Outlander) in the title role as the gruff Scottish detective. Set in Edinburgh, the crime thriller reimagines the John Rebus character as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.

It will debut on Thursday, November 7, with all six episodes available via the Viaplay U.S. service, which is distributed through third-party platforms.

The show launched on BBC One in the UK earlier this year and did solid linear and streaming numbers. Originally produced by Eleventh Hour Films...

"It's not only things out there in the woods that could hurt you." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an adventure series from Sweden titled Ronja the Robber's Daughter, based on the book written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (creator of Pippi Longstocking). The live-action adaptation is a 6 episode limited series for Netflix, debuting in two parts starting this spring. Ronja the Robber’s Daughter follows the adventures of a spirited and rebellious girl born into a gang of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian castle. As Ronja grows up, she discovers the magical, but dangerous forest with its strange and mysterious creatures. Yet she feels more at home in the forest than behind the walls of the huge castle. When Ronja meets the young boy Birk from a rival gang, it marks the beginning of a dark family feud and a forbidden friendship emerges, all while a notorious bailiff...

Fantasy fans rejoice! Astrid Lindgren‘s beloved classic novel The Brothers Lionheart is getting an event-limited TV series adaptation! Academy Award winner Thomas Vinterberg will direct and co-write the adaptation with Tony and Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime). Both will serve as Executive Producers alongside Michael Ellenberg, Lars Blomgren, Lindsey Springer of Media Res, and The Astrid Lindgren Company.

Per today’s official press release for The Brothers Lionheart courtesy of Media Res:

A beloved family classic in Scandinavia and around the world, The Brothers Lionheart has been translated into 50 languages and takes place in the fantasy tradition of magic, myth, poetry, and adventure where the work of C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Hayao Miyazaki reside. It is a breathtaking coming-of-age tale nestled inside an epic fantasy adventure story. The novel tells the story of two brothers – Karl and Jonathan Lion...

Thomas Vinterberg, the Oscar-winning director of Another Round, is turning to television for his next project, signing on to adapt the fantasy novel The Brothers Lionheart as a limited event series for The Morning Show producers Media Res.

Vinterberg will adapt the beloved children’s book, from Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren together with Tony and Olivier Award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime). Both will executive produce the series together with Michael Ellenberg, Lars Blomgren and Lindsey Springer of Media Res, alongside The Astrid Lindgren Company.

While not as well known outside internationally as Pippi Longstocking, Lindgren’s coming-of-age tale of two brothers, Karl and Jonathan Lion, in the mythical land of Nangiyala, and their battle against the evil tyrant Tengil, is a family classic in Scandinavia and has been translated into some 50 languages worldwide.

“The Brothers Lionheart is possibly the most...

Media Res and Thomas Vinterberg have unveiled plans to adapt The Brothers Lionheart, the Swedish fantasy novel from Pippi Longstocking creator Astrid Lindgren, into a limited series.

Vinterberg, the director of acclaimed European hits including Oscar winner Another Round and The Hunt, will direct and co-write the adaptation with Simon Stephens, who adapted Mark Haddon’s novel Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time for the stage.

The project marks the first production from Media Res International led by Blomgren. Media Res recently received investment from Redbird Imi and plans to expand its US and international scripted business.

Scandinavian...

Independent studio Media Res (The Morning Show) has enlisted Oscar-winning filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) to spearhead a TV adaptation of the Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s fantasy novel The Brothers Lionheart into an event limited series.

The Danish filmmaker will direct the potential family series, which he will co-write with Tony and Olivier Award playwight Simon Stephens (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime). Both will serve as executive producers, alongside Michael Ellenberg, Lars Blomgren and Lindsey Springer of Media Res, as well as The Astrid Lindgren Company. Development on the project begins this month.

The Brothers Lionheart, from the renowned Swedish author of children’s classics such as Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga and Karlsson-on-the-Roof, is a coming of age tale, nestled inside an epic fantasy adventure story.

The novel tells the story of two brothers – Karl and Jonathan Lion – as they leave the natural world...

Like so many classic children's characters, Pippi Longstocking was born from a child's request for a story. While confined to her sickbed, young Karin Lindgren asked her mother, the adventurous Swedish journalist Astrid Lindgren, to tell her a story about Pippi Långstrump. Or, as we know her in English, Pippi Longstocking — a name that Karin pulled out of thin air and invented right there on the spot.

Working just as fast, Astrid fabricated a story to go along with this newly created character, giving her a mismatched, raggedy outfit, and a pet monkey. More importantly, she granted Pippi superhuman strength and a rebellious personality that was unconventional in the 1940s, a reflection of Lindgren's "own childish longing for a person who has power but does not abuse it." The budding author later put pen to paper and turned her stories into a manuscript. And from there, the rest is history.

Astrid Lindgren’s “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” has been picked up by Netflix in the Nordics and other key territories.

The Swedish-language show — based on the bestselling book by Lindgren, one of the world’s most translated authors whose best known character is Pippi Longstocking — is written by “The Bridge” and “Marcella” creator Hans Rosenfeldt and directed by Lisa James Larsson (“Victoria”).

“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” follows the adventures of a young girl born into a band of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian fortress. As Ronja grows up, she learns that the surrounding forest can be a magical and sometimes dangerous place filled with strange creatures. But when Ronja befriends the young boy Birk from a rival band, a vicious family feud ignites. Ronja and Birk flee into the forest and try to survive on their own.

The show’s cast, largely made up of children, comprises Kerstin Linden, Jack Bergenholtz Henriksson,...

In an alternate universe, the first animated adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children's character Pippi Longstocking might also have been one of the first Studio Ghibli films. Years before they founded the world-renowned animation studio and created masterpiece after masterpiece of the medium, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata once dreamed of adapting the Pippi Longstocking book series into a feature-length film.. The pair were so passionately invested in the idea, they created intricate, lovingly detailed artwork and scouted locations in Lindgren's native Sweden. But what seemed on the surface like a perfect combination — that of Hayao Miyazaki and a spirited heroine — never evolved beyond that artwork. What happened to prevent a Studio Ghibli Pippi Longstocking from taking flight?...

Viaplay Content Distribution has partnered up with German broadcaster Ard Degeto to co-produce “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter,” an epic adventure series.

Ard Degeto will join the series’ existing co-production partners, Filmlance International, Film i Väst and Ahil Films. Along with co-producing, Ard Degeto will also premiere “Ronja” in Germany — in addition to other Viaplay series including the psychological thriller “Veronika,” the drama “Limbo” and dark comedy-drama “Below,” which were acquired as part of the deal.

A modern adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s world-famous story, “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” is written by Hans Rosenfeldt (“The Bridge”) and directed by Lisa James Larsson. Astrid Lindgren’s books have sold over 165 million copies worldwide.

“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” follows the enchanting adventures of a young girl born into a band of

robbers set in and around a fortress in medieval Scandinavia. As Ronja grows up, she learns that the

surrounding forest can be magical and dangerous,...

Christian Petzold, the director of the well-timed summer movie Afire with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I’m really sure that we don’t have summer movies. The Americans have summer movies, the French have summer movies.”

Christian Petzold’s slow-burning Afire, shot by Hans Fromm, stars Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, and Matthias Brandt.

Nadja (Paula Beer) with Devid (Enno Trebs), Felix (Langston Uibel), and Leon (Thomas Schubert) in Afire

A scene in Leo McCarey’s An Affair To Remember (with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr); Sophie Calle’s Voir La Mer and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photographs; Astrid Lindgren; a Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre touch; Uwe Johnson’s Mutmassungen über Jakob and Margarethe von Trotta’s Jahrestage series; Johan Wolfgang von Goethe; a Nanni Moretti quote; meeting Paul Dano’s Wildlife cinematographer Diego García (Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery Of Splendor) in Tel Aviv; Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak,...

Exclusive: The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt has said he is “not really watching crime shows at the moment,” as he talks up his big-budget Viaplay adaptation of fantasy novel Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, the streamer’s “most ambitious project to date.”

Rosenfeldt is deep in the edit on Ronja, which is being shopped at this week’s London TV Screenings, and he said adapting the Astrid Lindgren Swedish adventure classic has made a refreshing change from his decades of writing crime.

“I am not really watching crime shows at the moment,” said Rosenfeldt, who has penned four seasons of smash Scandi noir hit The Bridge, three of ITV/Netflix’s Marcella and several crime novels. “I have worked in crime for 30 years and whenever I work I’m working on crime so when I watch something or read something I like it to be something else.”

Ronja the Robber’s Daughter.

From Trigger Point to The Empress to Marie-Antoinette, the past year has been another stellar one in the world of international drama as a wealth of streamers splashed the cash on shows across the globe and public broadcasters joined together to greenlight the best talent in the business. Below, Deadline identifies just a few of the major launches set to light up the world of scripted in 2023. Read on.

The Swarm (Germany)

With numerous co-production partners already in place, this thriller from Game of Thrones EP Frank Doelger is one of the most hotly anticipated European dramas of 2023. Distributed by both Beta Films and Zdf Studios, the high-stakes adaptation of Frank Schätzing’s bestseller is an example of the modern TV drama world at play and has partners including Zdf, France TV, Rai and Hulu Japan, who all want a piece of The Swarm, which also counts Marc Huffam (Saving Private Ryan...

Although Mads Mikkelsen arrived at the Sarajevo Film Festival to receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for his outstanding contribution to the art of film, many of the crowd who attended the event’s morning “Coffee With…” event on Monday seemed, rather worryingly, to be fans of the Danish star’s TV work — notably NBC’s cannibal drama Hannibal. Nevertheless, the actor took their questions in his stride as part of a wide-ranging conversation that embraced his early career in Danish indie cinema, his move to the U.S. and the MCU, his affection for Pink Floyd, and his love of football. “I always wanted to make money out of sports,” he quipped. “It never happened.”

Speaking of his most recent release, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, in which he played Gellert Grindelwald, Mikkelsen admitted he’d had concerns about replacing Johnny Depp, who withdrew from the franchise...

The Max Kade lecture Therapeutic, Toxic, and Skin Deep: The Dark Magic of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar presented by the German Department of Hunter College Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

In the second instalment with Maria Tatar (John L Loeb Research Professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows) on The Heroine With 1,001 Faces we discuss Alex Garland’s Ex Machina and male anxiety, the meaning of clothing in All Fur, Donkey Skin and an Egyptian variant of the tales, boys in search of fear and girls in haunted houses, eating disorders and the appetite of tricksters in The Hunger Games and David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig), Louisa May Alcott and Little Women paving the way for Anne Of Green Gables and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking and the home front,...

The Heroine With 1,001 Faces author Maria Tatar with Anne-Katrin Titze: “1,001 captures not just an infinite number of possibilities but also the singularity, the magnificence of the heroine.”

In the first instalment of my conversation with Maria Tatar on her latest book, The Heroine With 1,001 Faces, we discuss Joseph Campbell’s Hero with A Thousand Faces; the Arabian Nights and volunteering heroines such as Scheherazade, Beauty, and The Hunger Games’s Katniss Everdeen; the Bluebeard tales; Neil Gaiman; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s Finding Your Roots and the Talking Book; Toni Morrison and listening to the voice of the ancestor; Christopher Vogler’s The Writer's Journey and Michael Schulz’s screenplay for Karin Brandauer’s Aschenputtel; Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary Babi Yar. Context and the number 33,771; Astrid Lindgren and Angela Carter and what should not be dismissed; Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The Morningstar; Stephen King’s upcoming novel Fairy Tale; a...

When most people watch "The Book of Boba Fett" on Disney+, they probably don't have a frame of reference that includes Swedish children's movies from the 1980s. Unless you're actually from Sweden like composer Ludwig Göransson, it would take a keen ear and a working knowledge of lesser-known foreign films to spot the similarities between the series' theme song and the score of one such movie, "Ronia, the Robber's Daughter."

Multiple listeners of the /Film Daily podcast do have a keen ear and have indeed written in, noting the similarities. Based on a children's book by Astrid Lindgren, "Ronia, the Robber's Daughter" is a 1984...

The post The Book of Boba Fett's Composer Might Have Found Inspiration From a Deep, Deep Cut appeared first on /Film.

“The Bridge” creator Hans Rosenfeldt is set to adapt Astrid Lindgren’s bestselling book “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” into a fantasy series for Nent Group.

The Swedish-language series will be directed by Lisa James Larsson (“Victoria”), and produced by Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn (“Beartown”) at Filmlance, a Banijay company. Sara Askelöf for Nent Group is executive producing.

The show has been ordered by Nent Group’s streamer Viaplay as its next major original. “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” will premiere exclusively on the leading Nordic platform in 2023 with two seasons of 12 episodes. Casting for “Ronja” currently taking place.

“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” is among the world’s most translated and bestselling authors with more than 75 books published. Lindgren, whose best known characters include Pippi Longstocking, Emil in Lönneberga and The Children of Noisy Village, has seen her books translated into over 100 languages and sold more than 165 million copies.

“Dome 16,” a futuristic sci-fi climate drama from creator Thomas Seeber Torjussen and Norway’s Tordenfilm, has a new co-producer in Fleur Winters from Dutch production house Big Blue. It’s the second time the companies have joined forces, previously co-producing Nrk’s popular teenage series “ZombieLars.”

In addition to creating the series, International Emmy nominee Seeber Torjussen (“Norwegian Cozy”) is also writing, and in Berlin with Tordenfilm producers Ingunn Sundelin and Eric Vogel to pitch the project at the Berlinale’s CoPro Series sidebar on Feb. 25.

Set 120 years in the future, in a world suffering from climate neglect, the series follows 14-year-old Anton, who lives in a domed city which keeps pollution and radiation out, and Emma, also 14, who lives with her clan of extended family members outside the dome. Occasionally, Emma and her mother are allowed into Dome 16 for part-time menial labor, which is how the young girl meets...

The British branch of the production outfit will partner with Heyday Movies to make the biopic about the legendary polar explorer. StudioCanal is to produce a film about legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in collaboration with David Heyman’s Heyday Films, one of the production companies involved in the Best Picture Oscar contenders Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Marriage Story. Venom star Tom Hardy has been attached to the project. Penned by Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy scriptwriter Peter Straughan, Shackleton will further the collaboration between Heyday Movies and StudioCanal. The firms previously collaborated on Paddington and have Marc Munden’s forthcoming The Secret Backyard in the pipeline, as well as an adaptation of Pippi Longstocking, the beloved character created by legendary Swedish scribe Astrid Lindgren. StudioCanal has been attached to the project for four years and is set to finance the project entirely. The attachment of Harry Potter producer.

David Heyman’s Heyday Films, the company behind this year’s hot Oscar contenders “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Marriage Story,” and Hardy Son & Baker (“Taboo & Christmas Carol”) are set to produce “Shackleton,” the long-gestating biopic of legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Tom Hardy is on board to play the title role, and will also produce the pic alongside Dean Baker through their banner Hardy Son & Baker which originated the project.

“Tom and I were always fascinated by Shackleton as a leader and his contagious optimism and absolute belief in his team,” Baker told Variety. “At a time where leaders seem to be more about self than society, Shackleton sacrificed his own needs to ensure the wellbeing of his team – thats inspirational,” added Baker.

Written by “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” scribe Peter Straughan, “Shackleton” will reteam Heyday Films and Studiocanal, who most recently delivered two successful “Paddington...

Sf Studios, the Scandinavian production and distribution powerhouse, has struck an exclusive partnership with REinvent Studios, the banner launched by TrustNordisk’s former CEO Rikke Ennis.

As part of the deal, REinvent will handle international sales for all Sf Studios content, including films, TV series and catalogue titles.

This new deal expands the existing relationship between Sf Studios and REinvent Studios, which has been handling Sf Studios’ Nordic TV series for the past year.

Under the pact, REinvent Studios, headed by Ennis and Helene Aurø, will kick off pre-sales on prestigious Nordic films produced or co-produced by Sf Studios. These include Erik Poppe’s anticipated “The Emigrants,” Bille August’s “The Pact,” Charlotte Sieling’s “Margrete – Queen of the North,” as well as “Omerta 6/12” and “Omerta 7/12” directed by Antti Jokinen.

REinvent Studios will also be selling Sf Studios’ children’s features such as “Pelle No Tail” and “Jerry Maya’s Detective Agency,...

Karin Nyman tells Richard Orange of her hopes that a new film and musical will lead another generation of readers to her mother’s subversive heroine

She heaves a circus strongman above her head and tosses policemen into bushes, vanquishes hapless burglars and wrongfoots the uptight, bourgeois woman who wants her put into a children’s home. Yet Pippi Longstocking, the girl with the freckles and protruding pigtails, has not yet won a place on every British child’s bedside table.

When the first book was published, two months after the end of the second world war, the reason was obvious, believes Karin Nyman, daughter of the character’s creator, Astrid Lindgren. “A country which has got Alice in Wonderland, and which has got Winnie the Pooh, and other stories, they didn’t need Pippi Longstocking,” she says.

Corpo Celeste (Heavenly Body), Le Meravigile (The Wonders) and Lazzaro Felice (Happy As Lazzaro) director/screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher with Alba Rohrwacher Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Cannes Best Screenplay winner Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice), shot by Hélène Louvart, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring Adriano Tardiolo with Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani, Agnese Graziani, David Bennent, Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi López, and Tommaso Ragno, was the opening night film in The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher, organised by Museum of Modern Art Department of Film Curator Josh Siegel with Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero of Luce Cinecittà.

Alice Rohrwacher with Alba Rohrwacher: “I think fairy tales were very important for us. Especially the collection of Italian folktales done by Italo Calvino.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

The casting of David Bennent (Volker Schlöndorff’s adaptation of Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum), the magic of Italo Calvino (Italian Folktales), Astrid Lindgren, Angela Carter (The...

The beloved children’s book heroine is set to return to the big screen through StudioCanal and Heyday Films, the production duo that brought us Paddington. Next year will mark 75 years since the first appearance in literature of Pippi Longstocking, the iconic character created by legendary Swedish children’s author Astrid Lindgren and inspired by a series of bedside stories she told to her daughter Karin. The first three-chapter books about the red-haired freckled heroine were published from 1945 to 1948 and were soon followed by three short stories as well as numerous picture book adaptations. The stories of Pippi, the daughter of a pirate king and “the strongest girl in the world”, have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 77 languages. Pippi’s adventures have already been adapted to film and television multiple times, with the latest live-action being Ken Annakin’s 1988 film The New...

One of my favorite movies as a kid was the 1988 movie The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking. My mom recorded the movie onto a VHS tape for me, and I watched it repeatedly and imagined marching through the town raiding an ice cream stand with my friends and singing the theme song incessantly. So I was pretty excited to hear that we are getting a new Pippi Longstocking movie for the next generation.

Studio Canal and producer David Heyman, known for his work on the Harry Potter films, the Paddington films, and Gravity, are on board to make the film based on the children’s book by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.

Variety reports the following preliminary description for the project:

Longstocking, with her iconic red hair, freckles, strength and free spirit, is the main character in an eponymous series of children’s books by legendary Swedish author Lindgren. Pippi is...

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead child from the iconic eponymous book series, is headed to theaters in a new film adaptation. Studiocanal and David Heyman’s Heyday Films, who produced the recent Paddington movies, will team with the Astrid Lindgren Company for the upcoming project.

The character, a freckled nine-year-old described as the strongest girl in the world, first appeared in the beloved books from Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The franchise launched with a trio of titles in the 1940s — 1945’s Pippi Longstocking, 1946’s Pippi Goes on Board and...

A movie based on Pippi Longstocking is in early development from the team behind the two “Paddington” movies Studiocanal and Heyday Films, the production companies announced on Wednesday.

Studiocanal and Heyday are working with the Astrid Lindgren Company to develop a film based on the children’s books written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren that were first published between 1945 and 1948. Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison will also produce for Heyday.

The Pippi Longstocking character originates from bedside stories told by Lindgren to her daughter Karin about a girl with boundless energy, red hair, freckles, a free spirit and superhuman strength. The books preach girl power, confidence, kindness and generosity and have been translated into 77 languages with over 65 million copies sold worldwide.

Kirsten Howard Oct 2, 2019

Studiocanal and David Heyman are working on a new Pippi Longstocking movie.

Paddington producer David Heyman is once again teaming up with Studiocanal, this time to work on a new Pippi Longstocking feature film, according to Deadline. They're partnering with the Astrid Lindgren Company on the project, which will see the flame-haired girl bounce back into cinemas for a brand-new adventure.

Astrid Lindren wrote the original Pippi Longstocking books in the 1940s, and if you're of a certain age, you may remember that the last notable Pippi big screen offering, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, arrived all the way back in 1988. The film was directed by Ken Annakin (The Longest Day) and fared poorly with critics and audiences alike, bombing at the box office when it was released.

"I am thrilled to collaborate with Thomas Gustafsson, Olle Nyman, and their team at the Astrid Lindgren Company...

’Paddington’ collaborators are in early development on a film version of the classic children’s books alongside the Astrid Lindgren Company.

Studiocanal and Heyday Films, who previously collaborated on Paddington, are in early development on a film version of Pippi Longstocking, alongside the Astrid Lindgren Company.

Pippi Longstocking is the main character in the classic series of children’s books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, with the first book published in 1945. The books have been translated into 77 languages with over 65 million copies sold worldwide.

David Heyman is producing for Heyday with Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison.

The Stockholm-based Astrid Lindgren...

Pippi Longstocking is coming to the big screen. Studiocanal and Heyday Films, who partnered on the successful “Paddington” features, have joined forces with the Astrid Lindgren Company to work up the project.

Longstocking, with her iconic red hair, freckles, strength and free spirit, is the main character in an eponymous series of children’s books by legendary Swedish author Lindgren. Pippi is the strongest girl in the world and totally independent. She is also generous and kind, and she loves to have fun, qualities the producers said are more relevant than ever.

The first three Pippi chapter books were published from 1945 to 1948, followed by three short stories and a number of picture book adaptations. They have been translated into 77 languages and sold more than 65 million copies.

“In David Heyman, with his impressive track record of bringing great literary works to the screen, together with Studiocanal, we are confident that we...

Paddington duo Studiocanal and David Heyman are teaming with the Astrid Lindgren Company to develop a movie based on the classic Pippi Longstocking story. Jeffrey Clifford and Rosie Alison will also produce for Heyday.

Red-haired Longstocking is the main character in the eponymous series of children’s books by celebrated Swedish author Lindgren. She originated from bedside stories told to her daughter Karin about an anything-but-pious freckled little girl with boundless energy, strength and bravery.

The first three chapter books were published from 1945 to 1948, followed by three short stories and a number of picture book adaptations. They have been translated into 77 languages with more than 65 million copies sold world-wide.

There have been a number of film and TV series adaptations of the stories over the years, including Columbia Pictures’ 1988 movie The New Adventures Of Pippi Longstocking.

Harry Potter and Paddington producer Heyman said, “I am thrilled to collaborate with Thomas Gustafsson,...

StudioCanal and David Heyman's Heyday Films, which together produced the hugely successful features Paddington and Paddington 2, are reuniting for another iconic children's figure. 

The two have teamed with the Astrid Lindgren Company on a feature based on Pippi Longstocking, the famously super-strong, energetic and kind girl with the red pigtails. 

First seen in print in 1945 and based on bedside stories Swedish author Astrid Lindgren would tell her daughter, Pippi Longstocking books have since been translated into 77 languages with more than 65 million copies sold worldwide. There have already been several TV and film adaptations. ...

StudioCanal and David Heyman's Heyday Films, which together produced the hugely successful features Paddington and Paddington 2, are reuniting for another iconic children's figure.

The two have teamed with the Astrid Lindgren Company on a feature based on Pippi Longstocking, the famously super-strong, energetic and kind girl with the red pigtails.

First seen in print in 1945 and based on bedside stories Swedish author Astrid Lindgren would tell her daughter, Pippi Longstocking books have since been translated into 77 languages with more than 65 million copies sold worldwide. There have already been several TV and film adaptations. ...

Sf’s logo is one every Scandinavian is familiar with. A film production company, distributor and the owner of a movie theater chain across the Nordic and Baltic countries until recently, it is a cultural landmark not only in its native Sweden, but also across the Nordic countries.

Founded as Svensk Filmindustri in 1919, Sf played an instrumental role in what is known as the golden age of Swedish cinema. Ambitious productions by directors including Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, based on famous Nordic literary works, attracted international attention.

After a lull in the 1930s, Swedish cinema enjoyed a revival in the 1940s, partly thanks to the appointment of Sjöström, who had returned to Sweden after working in Hollywood, as artistic director of Sf. As the producer of most Ingmar Bergman films as well as the Astrid Lindgren adaptations, which remain hugely popular across Scandinavia to this day, Sf was firmly...

Becoming Astrid, a critically acclaimed feature detailing the life Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking), hits DVD and Digital March 9 via Music Box Films.

Featuring Alba August (Netflix’s The Rain) as Lindgren, the feature was inspired by Danish writer/director Pernille Fischer Christensen’s fateful glance at a picture. “One day I saw in a newspaper a photo [...]

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Danish co-writer/director Pernille Fischer Christensen's soothing and relaxed biopic Becoming Astrid (a.k.a. Unga Astrid) is a touching account of a youthful Astrid Lindgren, the woman that evetually would become a renowned author of children's books worldwide. Lindgren would be better known as the creator behind the immensely popular Pippi Longstocking book series. Christensen ("Someone You Love") spins a sedate, lyrical coming-of-age tale that showcases the turbulent times of a young girl whose written creativity in womanhood would ultimately shape the imagination and encourage the inspiration of children across the global landscape. Although devoutly conventional, Becoming Astrid is still rather spell-binding in its quieted account of a curious yet gently disillusioned rural youngster whose futuristic boundaries would be an adventurous window to countless kiddies in different...

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"What happens next in the story?" Music Box Films has debuted the official Us trailer for a Swedish-Danish drama titled Becoming Astrid, which first premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. The film tells the story of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (author of the world famous Pippi Longstocking series), who grew up in a small town, started working for the local newspaper there, fell in love with the much older editor of that newspaper, gets pregnant with him, and decides to leave him to raise the child on her own. This actually is the true story of Astrid, the film tells it with a great amount of elegance and sensitivity. Alba August stars as Astrid and she's easily the best part of this. The cast includes Björn Gustafsson, Trine Dyrholm, Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, and Henrik Rafaelsen. I first saw this at Berlinale and it's quite a good...

Music Box Films acquires Astrid Lindgren biopic.

TrustNordisk has announced that Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Berlinale title Becoming Astrid has been sold to Music Box Films for Us distribution.

Other new sales include Spain (Caramel Films), Poland (Aurora Films) and Israel (Shoval Film Production).

Becoming Astrid stars Alba August as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.

The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.

Anna Anthony...

Music Box Films has struck a deal with Scandi sales dynamo TrustNordisk for U.S. rights to Pernille Fischer Christensen's Berlin biopic Becoming Astrid. The well-received drama charts the early years of renowned children's author Astrid Lindgren, who went on to write the best-selling Pippi Longstocking stories. The film zones in on one seminal event that shaped the Swedish writer’s life and how, despite the expectations of her time and religious upbringing, she decided to…...

Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to Becoming Astrid, Pernille Fischer Christensen’s biopic about Swedish children's writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of Pippi Longstocking.

Becoming Astrid, which stars newcomer Alba August as the young Astrid Lindgren, premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival last month.

TrustNordisk, which is handling international sales for the film, also closed deals with Caramel Films for Spain, Aurora Films for Poland and Shoval Film Production for Israel. Becoming Astrid has already sold to multiple territories, including to Dcm for German-speaking Europe and Dd Dream for China.

Anna Anthony and Maria Dahlin...

This is the story of Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish woman who went on to write the massively popular series of books about Pippi Longstocking. Becoming Astrid is a feature film about the teenage years of Astrid's life in Sweden. She was born in 1907, and in her youth struggled to find her independence and place in the small town of Näs where she was raised. From the moment the film started, I had a good feeling about it, with the score and the opening scene of an elderly Lindgren reading cards that children have sent her at her home. The rest of the film takes place in the 1920s in Sweden, telling the true story of a young Astrid and her love for an older newspaper man. It's a lovely, engaging tale of an intelligent woman who strived to be different. Directed by Danish filmmaker Pernille Fischer Christensen, Becoming Astrid stars Alba August as Astrid.

The early adult life of Astrid Lindgren, the spiritual mother of such timeless children’s heroes as Pippi Longstocking and Karlsson-on-the-Roof, is explored in Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid). Pernille Fischer Christensen’s biopic might feel quite modern because of its fluid use of loosely handheld camerawork, but purely in terms of the narrative, this is a very conventional coming-of-age story about a young woman in pre-war Sweden. Though framed by a few scenes in the 1980s, the bulk of the film focuses on her youth in the first decades of the 20th century, as Lindgren transforms from a local newspaper editor’s secretary...