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The Couple Next Door is now streaming in the U.S., leading many to wonder how this gripping crime story ends. 

Based on the book Nieuwe Buren by renowned Dutch crime writer Saskia Noort, the British TV series recently released stateside as part of Starz's 2025 content slate. 

The series stars Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch, and Sam Heughan (who helps lead Starz's beloved Outlander series), following two sets of neighborly couples whose newly forged relationship has deadly consequences. 

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Netflix is dipping into the world of Dutch reality with a series following Yolanthe Cabau’s journey to LA, while the streamer is adapting Saskia Noort’s The Dinner Club.

The Spanish-Dutch An Egypt Affair star will be the focus of a show that was unveiled at a Next on Netflix event in Amsterdam this afternoon.

In the untitled reality series, cameras will follow Cabau as she leaves the Dutch capital for Tinseltown with son Xess Xava. As she faces her past, the audience discovers why Cabau, who used to be married to Dutch soccer star Wesley Sneijder, left the limelight, and which childhood secrets continue to haunt her.

“I made a conscious decision to step out of the spotlight for a while to focus on myself and Xess,” she said. “The past few years have been challenging, but I can confidently say that I am more empowered than ever.

Viaplay Sets True-Life Disaster Story ‘Roombeek’ As Latest Dutch Original Drama Series

Viaplay has ordered its latest Dutch original: a four-part drama from Banjiay Benelux label EndemolShine Scripted about the 2000 Enschede fireworks warehouse explosion titled Roombeek. The horrific tragedy killed 23 people and injured 950 and the series will explore its devastating human impact and aftermath. Casting for the series is underway, and production will begin in early 2023, with EndemolShine Scripted’s Gerd-Jan van Dalen and Viaplay Group’s Kennard Bos producing. Having launched in the Netherlands in March, Viaplay’s scripted original slate from the territory includes true crime drama The Hunt for Jasper S., produced by Willem Bosch and Pieter Kuijpers; dark comedy Something Stupid, created by novelist Saskia Noort; and Liesbeth Strik’s drama The Guilty. Filippa Wallestam, Viaplay Group Chief Content Officer, said: “We have very high ambitions for our Dutch Originals, and are committed to working with...

Exclusive: Nent streamer Viaplay has unveiled its debut duo of Dutch dramas as it prepares to launch in The Netherlands tomorrow, Deadline can reveal.

Something Stupid and The Guilty come from best-selling Dutch novelist Saskia Noort and Liesbeth Strik, as the streamer targets 60 originals this year and expands into the UK and U.S. as well as The Netherlands.

Noort, dubbed ‘The Dutch Queen of Suspense’, is behind Something Stupid, a dark comedy following three women seeking revenge on the man who betrayed them, which explores themes of equality and exploitation in the TV industry.

Meanwhile, Strik is behind The Guilty, a thriller about a mother attempting to keep her teenage son out of prison.

Nent Group Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam described the shows as “compelling, thought-provoking and above all unique.”

“Viaplay has rapidly become a major player in international drama and we have high ambitions for the Netherlands,...

Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Films & TV has locked worldwide distribution rights for Dutch thriller Renovation.

Tjitske Reidinga, known for her role as Claire in Endemol’s TV series Gooische Vrouwen, stars as an ambitious plastic surgeon who finds herself drawn into a dangerous world of adultery and extortion by a wealthy former lover.

Adapted from the Saskia Noort’s best-selling novel, Renovation is produced by Gijs van de Westelaken’s Amsterdam-based Column Film.

The pact marks the fourth title High Point has acquired from the company after Deal, 06/05 and Cool.

”Renovation is slick and compelling viewing for audiences looking for edge of the seat thrillers with a sexy twist of glamour,” said Fitzgerald.

The Renovation Trailer / De Verbouwing Trailer, De Verbouwing Poster. Will Koopman‘s The Renovation / De Verbouwing (2012) teaser trailer, movie poster stars Peter Blok, Terence Schreurs, Tjitske Reidinga, Nanette Drazic, and Mark Rietman. De Verbouwing‘s plot synopsis: based on a novel by Saskia Noort, “Tessa opens her luxurious clinic with a big party. She is smart, [...]

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Thanks to Quietearth for the news that Dutch crime-writer and freelance journalist Saskia Noort's thriller novel Back to the Coast (Terug naar de kust) has been made into a film called The Dark House, and there's a new trailer!

The film surrounds the stalking and attempted murder of a woman who chooses to have an abortion and escape her abusive boyfriend and an unknown assailant. Set in an isolated beach house, with brooding weather, the trailer looks like a really high-end Lifetime TV horror movie that has incredible acting and some awesome female characters facing the realities of modern women's reproductive choices (usually sans stalking.) Read on for official synopsis and trailer...

Soul singer Maria chooses to abort an unplanned pregnancy rather than bring a third child into her already chaotic life. This single action ends up destroying everything in her life as an unknown and increasingly malevolent stalker...

The Dark House is a new Dutch thriller based on a popular novel called "Back to the Coast" ("Terug naar de kust") written by crime-writer and freelance journalist Saskia Noort. No, we don't know much about this one, but since we were all immediately impressed by the photography in this first trailer we decided to help spread the word.

Synopsis:

Soul singer Maria chooses to abort an unplanned pregnancy rather than bring a third child into her already chaotic life. This single action ends up destroying everything in her life as an unknown and increasingly malevolent stalker harasses her for choosing an abortion. Fleeing her life and former boyfriend in Amsterdam, Maria returns to her family home on the desolate seaside to stay with her social-worker older sister, abandoning everything except her children in a desperate bid to escape.

The film is directed by quite a famous Dutch TV director...