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Netflix announced today that production of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole has wrapped after 113 days of shooting across 160 locations. The streaming service has shared a first-look video featuring Tobias Santelmann as Harry Hole and Joel Kinnaman as Tom Waaler in Harry’s shabby Oslo apartment.

From best-selling author Jo Nesbø, one of the leading crime writers in the world, the nine-episode series will launch on Netflix in 2026.

The streaming service also revealed that Anders Danielsen Lie, Ane Dahl Torp and pop singer Dagny (Home for Christmas) have joined the cast of the anticipated series.

Filming started on May 23, 2024, and has lasted over 113 days in Oslo, including iconic Harry Hole locations like Harry’s favorite hangout Restaurant Schrøder and Frognerbadet.

Created by one of the greatest storytellers in crime fiction, Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is a whodunnit serial killer mystery led by famed anti-hero Harry Hole. Underneath the surface, this...

Deadline reports that Netflix has announced the casting of 28 actors for the upcoming whodunnit mystery series Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole. The mystery’s plot is led by “famed anti-hero detective Harry Hole. Underneath the surface, this series is a nuanced character drama about two police officers — and supposed colleagues — operating on opposite sides of the law. Throughout the first season, Harry goes head-to-head with his long-time adversary and corrupt detective, Tom Waaler. Harry is a brilliant but tormented homicide detective who struggles with his demons. As the two navigate the blurred ethical lines of the criminal justice system, Harry must do all he can to catch a serial killer and bring Waaler to justice before it is too late.”

The series was previously reported to star Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman and Pia Tjelta. The series is now welcoming character actor Peter Stormare (Fargo) to the cast, as well as...

Exclusive: Peter Stormare (Fargo) is among 28 new additions to the cast of Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole, Netflix’s forthcoming crime series based on the novels from Norwegian author Jo Nesbø.

Others featuring in prominent secondary roles include Anders Baasmo (Power Play), Ellen Helinder (Exit), Simon J. Berger (Exit), Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Westworld) and Kelly Gale (Plane). Director Anna Zackrisson (Deliver Me) has also joined the production, which as previously reported, will star Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman and Pia Tjelta.

Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole is a whodunnit serial killer mystery led by famed anti-hero detective Harry Hole (Santelmann). Underneath the surface, this series is a nuanced character drama about two police officers — and supposed colleagues — operating on opposite sides of the law. Throughout the first season, Harry goes head-to-head with his long-time adversary and corrupt detective, Tom Waaler (Kinnaman). Harry is a brilliant but tormented homicide detective who struggles with his demons.

Iram Haq’s What Will People Say won best director, Norwegian film, actor and screenplay.

Iram Haq’s What Will People Say triumphed at the Amanda Awards on Aug 18, winning the Norwegian national awards for best director (Haq), best Norwegian film in theatrical release, best actor (Adil Hussain) and best screenplay (Haq).

The film, a hit at festivals including Toronto, Les Arcs, AFI Fest and Goteborg, is about a Norwegian teenage girl who clashes with her traditional Pakistan-born parents.

Erik Poppe’s Utoya story U-July 22 won best actress and best supporting actress for newcomers Andrea Berntzen and Solveig Koløen Birkeland.

Exclusive: France, Japan, Spain among deals for adventure-thriller.

Danish outfit LevelK has sold Norwegian action-thriller Cave to Spain (Film Buro), Japan (At Entertainment), France (Swift Distribution), China (Jetsen Huashi Cultural Media), Korea (JoyNCinema), Turkey (Sinema TV) and Iran (21st Century Pictures).

The deals follow the recently secured pact for North America and Latin America with California Filmes.

Writer-director-producer Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s third feature, shot on location in Norway and Mexico, follows a group of former elite military operatives who set out to explore an uncharted cave system.

Cast includes Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Eddie The Eagle), Benjamin Helstad (King Of Devil’s Island), Heidi Toini (Nobel) and Ingar Helge Gimle (Hotel Caesar).

Cave closed the Haugesund Film Festival and premiered in Norway on Sept. 2.

Exclusive: Companies to collaborate on slate from emerging Norwegian director.

Danish sales outfit LevelK is partnering with Norwegian production company FilmBros to work on a slate of films by 26-year-old rising director Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken.

The first film in the deal will be Dahlsbakken´s third feature Cave, an action-thriller shot on location in Norway and Mexico, which is currently in post-production and will be released theatrically in Norway on September 2 by Another World Entertainment.

Cave, which has a production budget of $500,000, is about a group of former military elites who set out to explore a terrifying uncharted abyss. Cast includes Mads Sjøgård Pettersen (Eddie The Eagle), Benjamin Helstad (King Of Devil’s Island), Heidi Toini (Nobel) and Ingar Helge Gimle (Hotel Caesar).

The film was pitched as a work in progress at this year’s Goteborg Film Festival and LevelK will show a promo in Cannes.

FilmBros is already in pre-production on a sequel, Cave 2, which...

We have a teaser and two clips to share with you from the Norwegian post-apocalyptic film Dawn, aka Morgenrøde, by filmmaker Anders Elsrud Hultgreen. The film stars Ingar Helge Gimle from Dead Snow 2. According to the official synopsis: Morgenrøde (English title: Dawn) is a mythological desert post-apocalypse film about faith, worldview, the beyond and the doomed delirious struggle against dehydration in a water polluted world years after a global fall. Check out the goodies below....

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A Thousand Times Good Night, Blind take spoils at Amanda Awards.Scroll down for full list of winners

Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s A Thousand Times Good Night, starring French actress Juliette Binoche, took home Best Norwegian Feature and two other prizes at Saturday’s (Aug 16) Amanda Awards in Haugesund.

The drama, which had already won the Special Jury Grand Prix in Montreal and Founders Award in Chicago, also scooped Norwegian national film awards for Best Cinematography (John Christian Rosenlund) and Best Score (Armand Amar).

Binoche stars alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as a war reporter torn between her job and her family.

The other big winner on the night was Eskil Vogt’s feature debut Blind which collected four awards, including Best Director and Best Actress (Ellen Dorrit Petersen).

Blind, about a woman coming to terms with blindness, previously took the World Cinema Scriptwriting award in Sundance and the Europa Cinemas Label in Berlin.

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Yeeee-ha it's Thanksgiving in the Us today and we'll do our best to pay tribute to our American cousins in subtle nods placed strategically throughout todays news clippings. First off its a new teaser trailer for Finn-Erik Rognan and Nils J. Ness' new Norwegian horror flick 'Dunderland'. You can check out the new trailer below these utterly sanctimonious statements which ultimately have no value or worth but hopefully keep you entertained for mere seconds in your hapless lives. 'Dunderland' stars Miriam Prestoy Lie, Reidar Sorensen, Sven Henriksen, Hanne-Marte Sorlie, Brage Bang, Marit Ostbye, Nils Utsi, Ingar Helge Gimle, Kai Ole Taule and Kaia Fransiska Lundenes (yes, we have no idea who they are either). The movie will hit theatres across its native homeland from 6 January 2012. The trailer itself is pretty creepy and utilises the sound of a tightening rope quite effectively I musy say!...

A new teaser poster has been released for Finn-Erik Rognan and Nils J. Ness' new Norwegian horror flick 'Dunderland'. It's certainly creepy in spite of the fact that the title of the movie is pretty damn difficult to read. But the beauty about the genre is that horror is universal so we can all get creeped out in equal measures no matter what language we speak. 'Dunderland' stars Miriam Prestoy Lie, Reidar Sorensen, Sven Henriksen, Hanne-Marte Sorlie, Brage Bang, Marit Ostbye, Nils Utsi, Ingar Helge Gimle, Kai Ole Taule and Kaia Fransiska Lundenes. Check out the full plot and the new teaser below....

Cologne, Germany – Swedish stand-up star Jonas Gardell has picked up $2 million in production support from the Norwegian Film Institute (Nfi) for a feature film based on his play "Manniskor I solan" (People in the Sun).

Theatrical and TV director Per-Olav Sorensn will helm "People in the Sun," dubbed a doomsday comedy, in his feature film debut. The story follows two couples left alone in a cottage while everyone else is out celebrating Midsummer Eve. What they don't know: the end of the world is nigh.

Gardell will star alongside Scandinavian actors Ingar Helge Gimle, Kjersti Holmen, Ane Dahl Torp, Jon Oigarden and Ghita Norby. Budgeted at $3.5 million, "People in the Sun" is set to begin shooting this August. Synnove Horsdal and Cornelia Boysen will produce for Maipo, the Norwegian firm behind the Oscar-nominated "Elling" (2001). Nordisk will release "People" locally in March 2011.