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The Nightwatch Collection from Arrow Video

Nightwatch and Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever will be released on Blu-ray together as The Nightwatch Collection on July 22 via Arrow Video.

1994’s Nightwatch is a Danish horror-thriller written and directed by Ole Bornedal (who also helmed the 1997 American remake). Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen, and Ulf Pilgaard star.

Nightwatch special features include: commentary by Bornedal; an interview with director of photography Dan Laustsen; an appreciation by film critic Barry Forshaw; a making-of documentary; and the trailer

Bornedal also wrote and directed the 2023 sequel Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever. Coster-Waldau, Pilgaard, and Bodnia return to star with Fanny Leander Bornedal, Paprika Steen, and Sonja Richter.

Demons Are Forever...

Arrow Video, the video division of Arrow Films, is known for releasing horror and cult films on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K. Today, the company unveiled the new titles they’ll be releasing this July – and they have some great movies in the mix, including the Sylvester Stallone classic Cobra, the Larry Cohen cult film The Stuff, and Lucio Fulci’s Zombie! Let’s go over the list:

Get set for the deep heat of summer.

Nordic noirs, bold Americana, one of the best crime films of the 21st century, Sylvester Stallone thrills, a titillating treat from Larry Cohen, and Lucio Fulci's splatter-fest.

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The first release to be announced today was the double feature Blu-ray collection of director Ole Bornedal’s films Nightwatch and Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever.

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Nightwatch was Danish director Ole Bornedal's feature debut film after several years of television work. It was released in 1994, paving the way for Scandinavian thrillers to become an international phenomenon. The movie also jump-started the careers of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (it was his first role), Sofie Gråbøl and Kim Bodnia, as well as Bornedal's Hollywood career when he was recruited to make a US remake of his film. As debuts go, Nightwatch was perfect — bold and original, mixing thriller, horror and dark humor equally. It also didn't shy away from violence or disturbing topics like necrophilia. However, the most intriguing and original aspect of the film was its attention to a truly terrifying topic: how scary it is to enter adult life and bear responsibilities associated with it.

Why Did Nicolas Cage’s Wife Patricia Arquette Eat Garlic Before Kissing Ewan McGregor Onscreen? (Photo Credit – Wikipedia)

Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette were a power couple in the late ‘90s when both were reaching the heights of their careers. But in their golden era, a movie rarely lacked intimate scenes, making the presence of a smooching partner a given.

Cage and Arquette were no exception either. Like Hollywood relationships, they inevitably faced the awkwardness of filming intimate scenes with co-stars. However, they had a unique method to ensure professional boundaries remained intact — garlic.

While promoting the second season of the hit show Severance with Adam Scott, Arquette disclosed her peculiar agreement in a First We Feast video. The Boyhood actress recalled adhering to the pact when filming a kissing scene with Ewan McGregor in the 1997 thriller Nightwatch. “I’m so sorry, but I told my husband [Cage] I was going...

The chilling horror-thriller Nightwatch, starring Obi Wan Kenobi's Ewan McGregor, is making its way to streaming.

Starting January 1, 2025, Paramount+ subscribers can revisit the cult classic that continues to send shivers down audiences’ spines. Directed by Ole Bornedal, Nightwatch is a suspenseful tale of murder, mystery, and terror, following a night watchman who becomes entangled in a series of gruesome crimes. With its eerie atmosphere and nail-biting twists, the film remains a standout in the horror-thriller genre.

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What is Nightwatch About?

Released in 1997, Nightwatch became a favorite among horror fans for its gripping story and stellar cast. The film stars McGregor as Martin Bells, a law student working as a night watchman in a morgue, whose life takes a dark...

Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Fanny Leander Bornedal, Ulf Pilgaard, Casper Kjær Jensen, Vibeke Hastrup, Kim Bodnia | Written and Directed by Ole Bornedal

Thirty years after the original Nightwatch and twenty-seven years after the American remake, writer/director Ole Bornedal returns, rather literally, to the scene of the crime with Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, a standalone sequel to the original Danish film.

Martin survived the events of the first film and the suicide of his wife Kalinka. It’s taken its toll though, he’s dependent on prescription drugs to get through the day, and he’s even less likeable than he was back then. He also has a daughter, Emma, played by the director’s daughter Fanny Leander Bornedal who is in med school.

Early in the film, needing money, she takes her father’s old job, night watchman, or ward clerk as it’s called now, at the morgue. As...

Thirty years after introducing viewers to a sadistic serial killer in the Danish horror film Nightwatch (aka Nattevagten), writer/director Ole Bornedal has returned to the world of his harrowing film with the sequel Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever. Easily one of my favorite films of the year thus far, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is a relentlessly tense examination of the damaging effects of unresolved trauma on families, the painful healing of the grieving process, and how the past can literally come back to haunt you... with something sharp in its hands.

Featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia, and Ulf Pilgaard reprising their roles from the original Nightwatch alongside a talented roster of actors who are new to this franchise, Demons Are Forever is now streaming on Shudder, and Daily Dead caught up with writer/director Ole Bornedal to discuss continuing the story of Nightwatch 30 years later, exploring the aftereffects of violent trauma through his film's characters,...

30 years ago, in 1994, one of the most underrated horror films was released. Director Ole Bornedal's Danish fear-fest, Nightwatch, was instrumental in launching the career of its young lead, the then 24-year-old Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who would later go on to star in a little show called Game of Thrones. His co-star, Kim Bodnia, hasn't done so bad either, coming off of the hit series Killing Eve. Nightwatch got enough attention that it led to a 1997 Americanized reboot, made by Bordenal as well, and starring Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, and Patricia Arquette. Talk about star-studded! The reboot couldn't capture the imaginable of the original, but three decades later, Bordenal is back with Coster-Waldau, Bodina, and others for a true sequel to his Danish masterpiece. Sadly, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is another example of a sequel that exists just to reminisce on what came before without doing much new until it's nearly too late.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Game of Thrones superstar, didn’t start his career casually, huh? Ole Bornedal’s psychological thriller Nightwatch just got a sequel, and what better time to revisit the 1994 classic? The plot of Nightwatch is seamless, and the thrill it has managed to retain even after all these years since its release is something else. Better not lurk around in the morgue if you want to have a good career in academics, I guess.

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What happens in the movie?

Martin, a law student in Copenhagen, gets a job in a creepy mortuary (all of them are creepy; don’t fight me on this). His life isn’t that bad, as his girlfriend Kalinka and he have a pretty healthy relationship going on. Martin gets a tour of the morgue and starts the job, thinking he wouldn’t have much to do except sit the night away.

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever explores intergenerational trauma in a powerful and nuanced way. The film slowly reveals past characters with a creepy and unnerving atmosphere. Though lacking in humor, the sequel effectively adds to the themes of the original while remaining a worthy successor.

As a sequel made 30 years later, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever captures the spirit of the original Danish film as it powerfully explores how trauma can be passed through generations. With the focus shifting to Martins daughter as she drudges up past horrors in a quest to find out the truth of her familys history, writer and director Ole Bornedal has crafted a tense and unnerving horror thriller that pays homage to the past while modernizing the story for a new audience. With unnerving tension, this slow-burning horror gradually unveils its alarming context.

6/10 ProsNightwatch: Demons Are Forever explores intergenerational traumaThe sequel's story effectively builds on what came...

Plot: Thirty years after the events of the 1994 serial killer thriller Nightwatch, the daughter of two of the deeply damaged surviving characters takes her dad’s old job as night watchman at the Department of Forensic Medicine. Investigating the events that ruined her parents’ lives, she accidentally kicks off a new killing spree.

Review: Back in 1994, Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal brought the world a serial killer thriller called Nightwatch, about a young law student named Martin (played by future Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who takes a job as night watchman at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen and inadvertently gets mixed up in the investigation of the serial killer case that has been providing the morgue with a lot of fresh corpses. By the end of the film, Martin, his girlfriend Kalinka, and his best friend Jens have all had close calls with the killer, who is...

Shudder has been absolutely popping off with incredible content as of late. From Skinamarink to Late Night with the Devil, the streamer has something for every type of horror lover out there and soon, theyll bring audiences the second chapter of a fan-favorite film. On May 17, Shudder subscribers can tune in for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, the follow-up to the 1994 Danish cult classic which would later receive an English-language remake courtesy of the original movies director, Ole Bornedal. Now, Bornedal and a trio of members from that very first cast are at it again, and Collider has an exclusive sneak peek at a particularly emotionally gripping scene from the sequel. Featuring performances from the folks who started it all, the thriller stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Kim Bodnia (The Bridge), and Ulf Pilgaard (Body Switch).

Fanny Leander Bornedal and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever Image: Shudder Sequels may be commonplace throughout this summer’s release slate (an evergreen statement), but Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is probably the least expected. It’s been 30 years since Ole Bornedal’s mortuary thriller kickstarted Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s career,...

Fanny Leander Bornedal and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Nightwatch: Demons Are ForeverImage: Shudder

Sequels may be commonplace throughout this summer’s release slate (an evergreen statement), but Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is probably the least expected. It’s been 30 years since Ole Bornedal’s mortuary thriller kickstarted Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s career,...

Ole Bornedal follows up his 90s suspense thriller Nightwatch and goes back to the same creepy building

Thirty years ago, just before the Dogme 95 movement raised the profile of Danish film-making, Ole Bornedal’s suspense thriller Nightwatch was what success for the country’s cinema looked like. Basically a modest but moderately clever genre exercise, it starred a young chiselled-cheeked Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, later cast as Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones, as a student called Martin who gets a job as a nightwatchman at a municipal building that contains a morgue. Partly because of a dare by his reckless buddy Jens, Martin ends up becoming a suspect in that most 1990s of cinematic plot devices, a string of murders of sex workers by a serial killer. The last act is all Wtf-twists, blue-hued lighting and stabby strings on the soundtrack, but the cast, which also includes the always-great Sofie Grabol as Martin’s girlfriend Kalinka,...

Shudder is bringing the 1994 Danish thriller Nightwatch and its surprise sequel, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, to streaming this week, and we can exclusively reveal a clip from the upcoming sequel that introduces the film’s unsettling new villain.

Look for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever to arrive on May 17, 2024.

Watch the new clip below, which features a deranged interrogation scene with a copycat killer, Bent (Casper Kjær Jensen). Is Bent just emulating killer Wörmer, or is there something even more sinister happening?

Original cast members Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard, along with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, reunite and reprise their roles from the 1994 film, which inspired the 1997 U.S. remake starring Ewan McGregor.

About the sequel: “22-year-old medical student Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) has just taken a job as the night watch in the same forensic department where her parents were once almost killed by the famed psychopathic police inspector Wörmer. The events...

Back in 1994, long before he was cast to play Jaime Lannister in the hit series Game of Thrones, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau made his feature film debut in writer/director Ole Bornedal’s thriller Nightwatch, where he played a character named Martin, a law student who takes a job working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen just as the place starts filling up with the bodies of a serial killer’s victims. Now, thirty years after working on the original Nightwatch together, Bornedal and Coster-Waldau have re-teamed for a “30 years” later sequel called Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, which is set to be released through the Shudder streaming service on May 17th – and with that date just a month away, a trailer for the film has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever has the following synopsis: 22-year-old medical...

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is a Danish film written and directed by Ole Bornedal and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. With Ulf Pilgaard, Fanny Bornedal and Paprika Steen.

The film follows Emma, the daughter of the protagonists of the first film, who takes a job as a night watchman at the very same psychiatric hospital where her parents disappeared 30 years ago. As Emma delves deeper into the mystery of her parents’ disappearance, she unwittingly awakens a powerful demonic entity that had been imprisoned there.

It will be available on Shudder and AMC+ in the United States.

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Streaming on Shudder May 17th is Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, the chilling sequel to the Danish cult-classic Nightwatch (1994), which inspired the 1997 U.S. remake starring Ewan McGregor.

22-year-old medical student Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) has just taken a job as the night watch in the same forensic department where her parents were once almost killed by the famed psychopathic police inspector Wörmer. The events led to her mother’s suicide, and her father Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) has turned to tranquilizers to suppress the memories. Determined to investigate what exactly happened to them, Emma tracks down and confronts Wörmer, only to unintentionally reawaken his bloodthirst and ignite a violent revenge on everyone who sealed his destiny years ago.

Written and directed by Ole Bornedal (The Possession), 1994’s Nightwatch was a success in Denmark and was shown at the Fantafestival in 1995. An English-language remake of the film, also directed by Bornedal, was...

"Isn't that Wörmer's signature?" Shudder has revealed the official US trailer for the Danish horror mystery sequel Nightwatch 2, known as Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, from the same Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal. Not to be confused with the two Russian movies Night Watch and Day Watch, this is not related - it's a new sequel to Bornedal's 1994 movie Nightwatch, which was remade into Nightwatch in 1997 with Ewan McGregor. The original also starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who has become considerably more famous after "Game of Thrones". In this sequel, Martin's daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents almost thirty years ago. A meeting with Wörmer in his cell pulls the serial killer out of his coma and sets in motion a chain of fateful events. Starring Fanny Leander Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia, Sonja Richter, Ulf Pilgaard, Casper Kjær Jensen, Paprika Steen, and Nina Rask.

Shudder is bringing the 1994 Danish thriller Nightwatch and its surprise sequel, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, to streaming next month. A new trailer gives a closer look at the intense sequel, including the return of a familiar face in original Nightwatch star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Look for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever to arrive on May 17, 2024.

Check out the new trailer below, which ties back to the 1994 thriller to set up intense new thrillers and an unsettling psychopath on the loose.

Original cast members Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard, along with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, reunite and reprise their roles from the 1994 film, which inspired the 1997 U.S. remake starring Ewan McGregor.

About the sequel: “22-year-old medical student Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) has just taken a job as the night watch in the same forensic department where her parents were once almost killed by the famed psychopathic police inspector Wörmer. The events led to her mother’s suicide,...

AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles that will be available on the streaming service in May 2024. The upcoming slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.

May’s highlights include the Shudder original films Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever and Stopmotion, as well as new episodes of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.

The repertory titles include Blood and Black Lace, Combat Shock, Deathdream, Mother’s Day, The Stone Tape, The Toxic Avenger films, YellowBrickRoad, and more.

Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Shudder May 2024 Highlights

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (Shudder Original Film)

Streaming on Shudder May 17

In the sequel to the Danish horror classic, Martin’s daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents almost 30 years ago. A meeting...

Back in 1994, long before he was cast to play Jaime Lannister in the hit series Game of Thrones, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau made his feature film debut in the thriller Nightwatch, where he played a character named Martin, a law student who takes a job working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen just as the place starts filling up with the bodies of a serial killer’s victims. Nightwatch was so well-received that writer/director Ole Bornedal was given the opportunity to direct an English-language remake, which he wrote with Steven Soderbergh. Ewan McGregor played the Martin role in that 1997 film. Now, thirty years after working on the original Nightwatch together, Bornedal and Coster-Waldau have re-teamed for a “30 years” later sequel called Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, which is set to be released through the Shudder streaming service on May 17th!

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever has the...

Game of Thrones star, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, has been part of the cultural zeitgeist for some time but is returning to the film universe of his youth. Danish thriller, Nightwatch, is getting a sequel 30 years after the fact, with many returning actors reprising their roles. In 1994, Ole Bornedal helmed the film about a nightwatchman, Martin (Coster-Waldau), who becomes the target of a serial killer. The film topped the charts in Denmark and became adapted for Western audiences in a film starring Ewan McGregor.

Before “Game of Thrones” and Mama, actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau starred in eerie Danish horror thriller Nightwatch. Shudder is bringing the thriller and its surprise sequel, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, to streaming next month.

Look for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever to arrive on May 17, 2024.

Original cast members Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard, along with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, reunite and reprise their roles from the 1994 film, which inspired the 1997 U.S. remake starring Ewan McGregor.

About the sequel: “22-year-old medical student Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) has just taken a job as the night watch in the same forensic department where her parents were once almost killed by the famed psychopathic police inspector Wörmer. The events led to her mother’s suicide, and her father Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) has turned to tranquilizers to suppress the memories. Determined to investigate what exactly happened to them, Emma tracks down and confronts Wörmer, only to unintentionally reawaken...

2023 was a year of sustained gains year-on-year across the Nordics, although moviegoing is still down 23%-30% from pre-covid times. The summer was exceptional thanks to the “Barbenheimer” mania that boosted all five Nordic countries. Iceland was the only territory where “Oppenheimer” ranked third, after the local comedy “Wild Game” one of three Icelandic titles that enabled local fare to jump 123% in box office for a 14% market share.

Norway enjoyed a solid year and a 27% market share for domestic fare, led by three blockbusters based on popular IPs, including the top seller “Christmas at Cobble Street.”

In Finland, the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon was perhaps the strongest among the Nordic nations, making July the biggest ever in Finnish cinema history. Also notable was the success of Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” the fourth biggest hit of the year, which helped local titles secure a 23.4% share.

Less glorious were results in Denmark where overall...

The thriller has sold to Germany and Austria (Capelight Pictures); Hungary (Vertigo Media); Benelux (September) and Middle East (Oceana).

TrustNordisk has closed a raft of deals on Ole Bornedal’s psychological thriller Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever.

The thriller has sold to Germany and Austria (Capelight Pictures); Hungary (Vertigo Media); Benelux (September) and Middle East (Oceana).

The story follows a young medical student who is on the nightwatch at a forensic department; she is haunted by her parents’ troubled past and the psychopath who destroyed their lives. She decides to wake the psychopath from his coma and awakens bloody revenge.

The...

The award comes with 38,000, making it one of the world’s largest film prizes.

Goteborg’s lucrative Dragon Award for best Nordic film has gone to Danish director Malou Reymann’s second feature Unruly.

The drama premiered at Toronto and had its Swedish premiere at Goteborg. TrustNordisk handles sales and the Danish cinema release is planned for spring 2023.

Reymann previously directed Rotterdam Big Screen winner A Perfectly Normal Family.

Unruly is about the Sprogø Women’s Institution in the 1930s, when “morally feeble” girls and women were sent to the island to become more compliant. The story focuses on Maren,...

Seasoned helmers Ole Bornedal, Erik Poppe, Mikael Håfström, newcomers Mika Gustafson, Sara Gyllenstierna and rising talent Ulaa Salim are some of the 15 Nordic helmers set to pitch their feature projects in post-production at this year’s Nordic Film Market.

The leading Nordic film confab is due to run Feb. 2-5 in a hybrid version, parallel to Sweden’s 46th Göteborg Film Festival (Jan.27-Feb. 5), the biggest film-tv event in Scandinavia.

For its first full-scale outing post-covid and first year under the helm of industry chief Josef Kullengård, the Nordic Film Market is set to draw a record 500 delegates on-site, on top of nearly 60 on-line visitors. “The interest from the international industry is amazing! It will be a record year for us, even compared to pre-pandemic times,” boasts. Kullengård, a habitué of the event’s backstage gigs who took over from Cia Edström in October to allow her to focus on...

The Göteborg Film Festival has unveiled the 53 Nordic Films that will take part in the latest edition of the Nordic Film Market, running February 2 – 5. Scroll down for the list.

The line-up consists of 17 completed feature films, 15 works in progress, 11 films in development presented at the market’s co-financing platform Discovery, and another 10 features in development from up-and-coming Swedish creators at Talent to Watch.

The 2023 edition of Nordic Film Market will comprise a full on-site event in Göteborg alongside digital screenings on the festival’s dedicated industry platform. This year the festival has said close to 500 invited buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, and other key industry delegates from 32 countries are expected to attend.

Elsewhere, the 17th edition of the TV Drama Vision summit will run February 1–2.

Göteborg will run January 27 – February 5. As previously announced, Holy Spider breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi will head the jury of the festival’s Nordic Competition.

Korsgaard has been at TrustNordisk since 2003.

TrustNordisk has promoted Nicolai Korsgaard to sales director, meaning he will work in even closer partnership with managing director Susan Wendt to shape the future of the Danish sales powerhouse.

Korsgaard is a company veteran, starting as an intern back in 2003 and joining the sales team in 2008. He had most recently been executive sales manager.

“Entering the new position, Nicolai will play an even stronger part in scouting new exciting talents and projects and shaping an even sharper line and image for the company,” said the company in a statement.

Wendt said: “After so...

TrustNordisk has picked up international sales rights to Ole Bornedal’s psychological thriller sequel Nightwatch — Demons Are Forever, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

The flick started shooting in Denmark earlier this week and is a sequel to Bornedal’s 1994 Nightwatch film, which followed a student who took a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders. The film played a host of international festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin. A US remake was also made with Ewan McGregor and Nick Nolte.

The sequel will also follow a young student called Emma who has taken the job as the night watch in a forensic department and tries to investigate the dark past of her parents.

“We are excited to be onboard this highly anticipated successor to the world-renowned psychological thriller Nightwatch, which took the global audience by storm,...

Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever is now shooting in Denmark with a cast led by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

TrustNordisk has boarded international sales for Ole Bornedal’s thriller sequel Nightwatch – Demons Are Forever. The sequel to the hit 1994 film is now shooting in Denmark with a cast led by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

The original Nightwatch had more than 465,000 admissions in Denmark and played in Cannes Critics’ Week, Toronto and Berlinale. A US remake starred Ewan McGregor and Nick Nolte. The original story was about a serial killer and a young law student (Coster-Waldau) working the night shift at a Copenhagen hospital.

Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) again stars,...

Danish editor Molly Malene Stensgaard, best known for her decades-long collaboration with Lars von Trier, won’t be returning for the third season of his cult series “The Kingdom,” she confirmed at Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, where she also joined the Crystal Globe jury.

“It will be strange,” she admitted. Ghita Norby, Soren Pilmark and Peter Mygind will reprise their original roles.

“I did [‘The Kingdom’] less than a year after graduating from film school, where I learnt all sorts of rules. The first thing I heard from Lars was: ‘Forget them.’ It felt odd to stop this work relationship after almost 25 years. But it also felt right.”

After “The Kingdom,” which premiered in 1994 – with Jacob Thuesen and Pernille Bech Christensen also on editing duties – they went on to work on, among other films, “The Idiots,” “Dancer in the Dark” and “Melancholia,” with 2018 “The House That Jack Built” marking their final collaboration,...

After three weekends in theaters, an unexpectedly early release of “Dog” (United Artists/$19.99) received a strong initial response with three #1 slots on charts ranked by revenue (Vudu) and by total transactions (iTunes and Google).

The Channing Tatum-co-directed and -starring film is #4 in theaters this weekend, down only 13 percent and approaching $50 million. That made it seem like a prime candidate for extended exclusive play and its studio has not been particularly aggressive on early PVOD. “No Time to Die” did appear after 30 days, but since then both “House of Gucci” and “Licorice Pizza” had two month windows before going to home platforms. It is one of two new PVOD releases from UA: “Cyrano” ($19.99) came out after only its second weekend.

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony/$19.99) debuts on Tuesday, a week ahead of the previously announced release date. It is certain to displace “Dog” and dominate the charts, as it did in theaters.

Nordic production powerhouse Miso Film, which looks to make a splash at the Berlinale Series with its daring HBO Max show “Lust,” is developing high-end international dramas with Scandinavian creatives such as Pilou Asbæk (“Borgen”), Ole Bornedal (“Nightwatch”) and Fenar Ahmad (“Darkland”). The company is part of Fremantle.

Ahead of the Berlinale, Miso founders Peter Bose and Jonas Allen discussed with Variety their ambition to find new voices and original ways to tell stories.

The banner, which just started shooting the third season of “Those Who Kill” and is about to begin filming Season 3 of “Face to Face” with Lars Mikkelsen, recently shot Norwegian sci-fi comedy “Blasted,” for Netflix. “Streamers have opened up new possibilities for genre,” said Allen.

“‘Blasted’ is now in post and is a mix of science fiction and comedy with a lot of CGI,” added Allen. He and Bose said working with streaming series has also...

2021 was another annus horribilis for cinemagoing in the Nordics, due to on-going and strict Covid restrictions that halved admissions compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Released late September/early October when cinemas for once ran at full capacity, “No Time to Die” literally saved the film year, and even ranked No. 1 among all James Bond movies ever released in Denmark.

Aside from Sweden, strong homegrown offers such as “Checkered Ninja 2” in Denmark, “Class Reunion 3” in Finland, “Cop Secret” in Iceland, “Three Wishes for Cinderella” in Norway enabled the Nordic nations to secure bullish market shares.

Denmark

In 2021, “No Time to Die” smashed all B.O. records for a James Bond movie in Denmark. That, however, didn’t prevent overall ticket sales from plummeting 45% from 2019, due to the pandemic.

The Danish film year opened and ended with closed cinemas, and faced a record 138 days of full cinema lockdown, according to the cinema association Danske biografer.

The Danish Oscar committee has selected Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee, an animated documentary, to represent the country as its contender for the 2022 Academy Awards in the best international feature category.

Flee beat out the other two Danish films on the committee’s shortlist: Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen of the North and The Shadow in My Eye by director Ole Bornedal.

The documentary is an intimate account of the life of Amin, a close friend of Rasmussen, who arrived in Denmark as a young refugee from Afghanistan 25 years ago. His story is told via animation, with sections of real-life footage woven ...

The Danish Oscar committee has selected Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee, an animated documentary, to represent the country as its contender for the 2022 Academy Awards in the best international feature category.

Flee beat out the other two Danish films on the committee’s shortlist: Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen of the North and The Shadow in My Eye by director Ole Bornedal.

The documentary is an intimate account of the life of Amin, a close friend of Rasmussen, who arrived in Denmark as a young refugee from Afghanistan 25 years ago. His story is told via animation, with sections of real-life footage woven ...

The Danish Oscar committee has selected Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee as its entry for this year’s international Oscar race.

The animated documentary tells the true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.

The film beat out Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen of the North and Ole Bornedal’s The Shadow in My Eye to be chosen.

The decision was made by Danish Film Institute CEO Chairman Claus Ladegaard, Jacob Jarek (Danish Producers), Tea Lindeburg (Danish Directors), Mette Heeno (Danish Screenwriters), Jan Weincke (Danish Cinematographers), Nanna Frank Rasmussen (Danish Film Critics), Søren Søndergaard (Danish Cinema Owners) and Marianne Moritzen.

Flee was selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s virtual edition last year. It screened physically in Sundance, winning the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize.

Fremantle has promoted Andrea Scrosati, expanding his current group COO role with the additional role of CEO for continental Europe, increasing the markets he will be in charge of within the growing Rtl-owned production and distribution giant.

Scrosati will continue reporting to Jennifer Mullin, who is Fremantle’s group CEO. He will now have the added responsibility for Fremantle’s businesses in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Nordics and Poland. These markets join Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Israel, which already report to him.

Scrosati will continue to oversee Fremantle’s global drama unit, its mergers and acquisitions strategy, plus marketing and communications, as well as the increasingly integrated constellation-like group’s newly established global docs unit.

Fremantle owns a panoply of companies across continental Europe, comprising German studio UFA and Fiction Valley and Blue Circle in the Netherlands; several companies in the Nordics, including Miso Film in Denmark, Sweden and...

Paramount+ Buys Oasis Concert Doc

Concert film Oasis Knebworth 1996 will head to Paramount+ in the US, UK, Latin America, Australia, the Nordics and Canada following its worldwide theatrical release. Dates are yet to be scheduled. Those outside of those markets will be able to watch the pic on MTV Worldwide. The film is told through the eyes of the concertgoers and features extensive and never-before-seen archive concert and backstage footage, plus interviews with the band and event organizers. “ViacomCBS has a long and storied history with Oasis dating back to their infamous performance on MTV Unplugged and unforgettable appearances on MTV’s The Jon Stewart Show and 120 Minutes,” said Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming and Events, ViacomCBS and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+. “This film will give Paramount+ and MTV audiences an all-access pass into these iconic concerts that defined an era and catapulted Oasis to legendary status.

Denmark is the current holder of the award with ‘Another Round’.

Denmark has announced a trio of films shortlisted for its submission for the international Oscar race.

The three finalists are:

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee, the animated documentary about an Afghan refugee’s journey to Denmark - winner of the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section at Sundance, with Neon handling North American distribution. Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete - Queen of the North – a epic drama starring Trine Dyrholm as Margrete the First, who ruled Scandinavia in the early 1400s; Samuel Goldwyn will release in the US.

Fremantle, which is at Venice with two films in competition –– Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” and “America Latina” by Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo –– is ramping up its film side.

The Rtl Group-owned company “that everyone used to associate with [TV franchise] ‘Got Talent’ is becoming one of the biggest independent film production studios in Europe” says its COO Andrea Scrosati.

It’s rising power in feature films isn’t being noticed because of Fremantle’s model of owning a panoply of indie companies, many of which are in Europe, including two in Italy, 12 in the Nordics, German studio UFA and Fiction Valley in the Netherlands.

But “nobody is connecting the dots,” Scrosati says.

Fremantle, besides having some 60 TV series in the works, in 2021 produced 14 movies. Most of these are being made through its Italian labels The Apartment and Wildside; others are via several other European outfits that Fremantle...

Based on the 2012 American genre film “The Possession” from Ole Bornedal, director Jay K. attempts a Malayalam-centered effort on the same premise for this supernatural spookfest. Focusing heavily on the Jewish culture of Kerala where it was filmed, the overall effect is a slight downgrade from the American original but is still quite enjoyable and features a few merits of its own.

After moving into a new city due to work, Ranjan Mathew (Prithviraj Sukumaran) and his wife Priya Raghuram (Priya Anand) try to adjust to the differences in culture but are unable to do so. When she decides to go shopping one day in order to help acclimate herself to the city, she takes an interest in a special box from an antique store and brings it home, only to immediately find themselves inundated with a series of paranormal encounters. Ranjan’s uncle Father Samuel (Vijayaraghavan...

Netflix unveils new Nordic deals at Stockholm’s Industry Days.

Peruvian director Melina Leon’s debut feature Song Without A Name won the bronze horse for best film at the 30th Stockholm International Film Festival. The film, about baby trafficking in 1980s Peru, also won for best cinematography by Inti Briones.

The jury said Song Without A Name (which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight) is “a visual and challenging portrayal of society characterized by both a low and impactful intensity. A quiet and untamable anger can be sensed below the surface. In this film we meet a director with a sharp,...

Netflix is ramping up activity in Scandinavia with the commission of two local film projects, Swedish feature Red Dot and Norwegian pic Cadaver.

The news was announced today at the Stockholm Film Festival.

Red Dot is an action thriller produced by Nordic major Sf Studios. It focuses on two characters, a couple in their late twenties who are struggling with their marriage. When the woman becomes pregnant they make an attempt to rekindle their relationship by travelling to north Sweden for a hiking trip. After a quarrel with two local hunters however, their romantic trip slowly turns into a nightmare.

Alain Darborg is directing and also wrote the script with Per Dickson.

Cadaver is a horror movie produced by Oslo-based Motion Blur Films. Set in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, it follows a family who are invited to a local hotel to attend an interactive theater play with a free meal included.

Netflix is moving into original movies in the Nordic region for the first time. Action thriller “Red Dot” out of Sweden, and “Cadaver” from Norway were announced as Netflix Films at the Stockholm Film Festival on Thursday. The streaming giant also announced that it had scooped the global rights to Danish feature film “Shadows in My Eyes.”

The news comes hot on the heels of Netflix partnering with local players on its first Dutch movie, “The Battle of the Scheldt,” as the Svod giant goes deeper into original film in Europe.

“We are very happy to be taking this exciting step in offering our members in the Nordics more local content, as well as bring more great content from the Nordic region to our global members,” said Lina Brouneus, director of licensing and co-productions for Netflix in Northern Europe.

Sf Studios-produced “Red Dot” is an action thriller following David and Nadja,...

Ole Bornedal's Small Town Killers is now available on VOD, Digital HD, DVD & Blu-ray from Rlje Films and Shudder. We have two iTunes codes to give away to two lucky Screen Anarchy readers in the U.S. In Small Town Killers, two best friends become fed up with their marriages and make the rash decision to hire a hitman to kill their wives. It’s not until they meet Igor, a Russian contract killer who prefers drinking shots to firing them off, that they immediately regret their decision and try to cancel the hit. Unfortunately, Igor won’t be dissuaded, and things get even worse when the wives find out what their husbands have done and decide to hire a hitman of their own. As...

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Tagline: "Sometimes a Hitman is Cheaper than a Divorce." Small Town Killers is a Danish language film. Originally released in 2017 in various formats, Small Town Killers is set to show on North American Blu-ray, this month. The film is a blend of horror and comedy as two friends turn against their wives. Determined to end their marriages one way or the other, the two men hire a Russian contract killer. However, the wives hear of their plan and turn-the-tables. This release is currently on Shudder platforms. But, home entertainment collectors might be looking to add something to their library, with this upcoming release. Ole Bornedal is a Danish filmmaker. This film fan knows him from his work on The Substitute (2007), a film which involves an alien invasion. Others may have heard of him from his feature Deliver Us from Evil (2009). This film is much lighter in tone, compared to these earlier titles.