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The distribution arm of Viaplay, the Scandinavian streamer co-owned by France’s Canal+ Group, has secured global sales rights to a trio of Nordic series “Adults,” “Suburbia” and “Second Run.”

Handled by Viaplay Content Distribution, the three shows are produced by Sf Studios-owned Flx, the leading Swedish banner behind “Solsidan” and “Welcome to Sweden.”

Adults” is a dramedy created by Amanda Högberg (“Love & Anarchy”) and Daniel Karlsson (“My Father Marianne”); and directed by Felix Herngren (“Bonus Family”), Måns Herngren (“The Restaurant”), and Adam Pålsson (“Meaning of Life”). The cast is led by Carla Sehn (“Love & Anarchy”), David Dencik (“Prisoner”), Simon Reithner (“Beck”) and Rakel Wärmländer (“Limbo”).

The show follows the life of Mathilda, whose perfect life derails when her boyfriend drops a surprise marriage proposal, leading her to navigate mounting pressures and a secret affair.

“Suburbia,” which has been commissioned by Warner Bros. Discovery, tells the story of Anders,...

Julia Ragnarsson as Oliva Rönning and Kjell Bergqvist as Tom Stilton. Photo: Ulrika Malm

In the suspenseful crime drama , “Spring Tide (Springfloden): Season One”, Olivia is a student at the Swedish police academy is assigned to examine a cold case from 1990 to explore what technological advances might have produced a conviction had it occurred today. Coincidentally, the case is a particularly brutal murder of a young woman that her late father had worked on, forever after haunted by his inability to nail the killer(s). Another plot thread arises as a couple of young punks randomly attack homeless people, recording and posting their vicious beatings to titillate seekers of sadistic thrills.

In the early episodes we meet a slew of seemingly unrelated characters – so many that it requires extra concentration to keep up with the players and subplots while wondering how important any will become. One of the leads...

“Fitness advice, gig economy, binge watching Danish crime series, sustainability, sex when the kids watch cartoons, mobile bank ID, personal development 5:2 diet, anti-aging cream, Adobe updates, climate friendly travel, body activism,” Anders rants quietly to the camera, as he walks from his car to home in the equivalent of white picket fence Sweden at the beginning of Swedish Discovery Plus Original “Gotebia,” a half-hour dramedic psychological thriller.

“Exterior renovations, Roblox, mini Rodini hats, dinners from Fedora. Shared family calendar. Find us-time, life with kids, drainage pipes, hot yoga, performance review, changing the plumbing, pub crawls, doggy day care,” he goes on.

43, Anders is out of his depth at work where his company’s motivational speakers are no longer found in the newspaper or on TV but on YouTube, TikTok, Snap and Instagram. And suffering to keep up with the Joneses – in this case tennis player and neighbor Martin’s...

"You have to choose which side you're on." Signature Ent. from the UK has debuted an official trailer for a WWII espionage thriller titled The Spy, the latest from Swedish filmmaker Jens Jonsson. This premiered at the Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden earlier this year, and arrives on VOD in the UK this summer. Norwegian actress Ingrid Bolsø Berdal stars as Sonja Wigert, a diva and actress living in Stockholm when WWII breaks out. rapidly getting attention from the Nazi officer Josef Terboven. She's recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but she starts falling for the German officer she has been ordered to seduce. He orders her to spy on the Swedes. The Spy explores the murky field of love, espionage and double crossing. The cast includes Rolf Lassgård, Damien Chapelle, Alexander Scheer, Erik Hivju, Edvin Endre, Johan Widerberg, and Gitte Witt. Looks like another compelling WWII spy movie...

TrustNordisk has come on board to handle international sales on Jens Jonsson’s thriller “The Spy” (Spionen) about Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia’s acclaimed actress who turned into a double agent during World War II.

The film was produced by Karin Julsrud, Turid Øversveen and Håkon Øverås at 4½. “The Spy” toplines a prestigious Nordic cast, including Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (“Westworld”), Rolf Lassgård (“A Man Called Ove”), Alexander Scheer (“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Edvin Endre (“Vikings”), Gitte Witt Julsrud (“The Impossible”), Johan Widerberg (“Ocean’s Twelve”), Thomas Arnold (“Thor: The Dark World”), plus Ingrid Vollan and Anders T. Andersen (“Mammon”).

Written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Jan Trygve Røyneland (“Occupied”), the film charts the journey of famed Scandinavian actress Wigert who became a spy for Swedish intelligence after her father was imprisoned by the Germans. As she infiltrated deeper into the German spy network, threats and rumors...

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