Copenhagen-based TrustNordisk has inked multiple deals on the Danish thriller “Boundless,” based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Department Q” novel, which is currently dominating the Danish box office.
Ahead of the pic’s market screening Feb 17 at the Berlin European Film Market, the title, helmed by Ole Christian Madsen has sold to Wild Bunch Distribution for France, Vértigo Films for Spain, Frenetic Films for Switzerland, Film Europe Slovakia for Czech Republic, Vertigo Media for Hungary and Contents Panda for Korea.
“Boundless” is the second of six Department Q thrillers produced by Nordisk Film Production Denmark, after “The Marco Effect,” headlining Ulrich Thomsen as maverick detective Carl Mørck.
“It’s such a pleasure to handle this amazing ‘Department Q’ saga for Vértigo, and “Boundless” confirms again the power and seduction of this perfect thriller,” said Spanish distributor Andres Martín from Vértigo Films, who also acquired “The Marco Effect” from TrustNordisk.
In “Boundless,...
Ahead of the pic’s market screening Feb 17 at the Berlin European Film Market, the title, helmed by Ole Christian Madsen has sold to Wild Bunch Distribution for France, Vértigo Films for Spain, Frenetic Films for Switzerland, Film Europe Slovakia for Czech Republic, Vertigo Media for Hungary and Contents Panda for Korea.
“Boundless” is the second of six Department Q thrillers produced by Nordisk Film Production Denmark, after “The Marco Effect,” headlining Ulrich Thomsen as maverick detective Carl Mørck.
“It’s such a pleasure to handle this amazing ‘Department Q’ saga for Vértigo, and “Boundless” confirms again the power and seduction of this perfect thriller,” said Spanish distributor Andres Martín from Vértigo Films, who also acquired “The Marco Effect” from TrustNordisk.
In “Boundless,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has revealed the cast for “Department Q” from showrunner Scott Frank (“The Queen’s Gambit”).
The cast is led by Matthew Goode (“The King’s Man”), Chloe Pirrie (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Alexej Manvelov (“Jack Ryan”) Kelly Macdonald (“Line of Duty”) and Leah Byrne (“Call The Midwife”). It also includes Mark Bonnar (“Napoleon”), Shirley Henderson (“Harry Potter”), Jamie Sives (“Guilt”) and Kate Dickie (“Inside Man”).
“Department Q” is an adaptation of the novels of the same name from Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. They have spawned a successful Danish film series with more in production.
Written by Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane, the series revolves around Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead.
Goode plays Morck. Upon his return to work, he is tasked with setting...
The cast is led by Matthew Goode (“The King’s Man”), Chloe Pirrie (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Alexej Manvelov (“Jack Ryan”) Kelly Macdonald (“Line of Duty”) and Leah Byrne (“Call The Midwife”). It also includes Mark Bonnar (“Napoleon”), Shirley Henderson (“Harry Potter”), Jamie Sives (“Guilt”) and Kate Dickie (“Inside Man”).
“Department Q” is an adaptation of the novels of the same name from Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen. They have spawned a successful Danish film series with more in production.
Written by Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane, the series revolves around Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead.
Goode plays Morck. Upon his return to work, he is tasked with setting...
- 2/6/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Department Q, the popular Danish crime novel, has seen a film series adaptation since 2013’s Danish film, Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes. It would then be followed by 2014’s Department Q: The Absent One. Then, that installment would be followed by 2016’s Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith. Those would then proceed with 2018’s Journal 64, 2021’s The Macro Effect and the upcoming Boundless. Additionally, Netflix will be producing a series based on the crime novels.
Deadline has just unveiled the cast for the upcoming Department Q Netflix show. The series, which is based on author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s popular works, is currently filming in Scotland. Matthew Goode, who is known for Antony Armstrong Jones in season two of Left Bank’s regal drama The Crown, has been cast as Dci Carl Morck, along with Chloe Pirrie, who you may know from The Queen’s Gambit, plays ruthless and ambitious prosecutor Merrit Lingard.
Deadline has just unveiled the cast for the upcoming Department Q Netflix show. The series, which is based on author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s popular works, is currently filming in Scotland. Matthew Goode, who is known for Antony Armstrong Jones in season two of Left Bank’s regal drama The Crown, has been cast as Dci Carl Morck, along with Chloe Pirrie, who you may know from The Queen’s Gambit, plays ruthless and ambitious prosecutor Merrit Lingard.
- 2/6/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Department Q has staffed up. Cameras are rolling in Scotland on the upcoming series adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s hugely popular crime novels.
Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne and Kelly Macdonald are all on board Netflix’s English-language series Deadline can reveal.
The project comes from showrunner Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit). It has been written by Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane. Frank directs the first two of the eight instalments. Filming is taking place in Edinburgh, where the series will be set.
Goode will play Dci Carl Morck. After a violent incident turns Morck’s life upside down, the emotionally scarred detective is charged with setting up cold case unit, Department Q, upon his return to work. At first, the disillusioned cop is happy to waste his days away, but his detective instincts are ultimately reawakened and his new department becomes...
Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne and Kelly Macdonald are all on board Netflix’s English-language series Deadline can reveal.
The project comes from showrunner Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit). It has been written by Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane. Frank directs the first two of the eight instalments. Filming is taking place in Edinburgh, where the series will be set.
Goode will play Dci Carl Morck. After a violent incident turns Morck’s life upside down, the emotionally scarred detective is charged with setting up cold case unit, Department Q, upon his return to work. At first, the disillusioned cop is happy to waste his days away, but his detective instincts are ultimately reawakened and his new department becomes...
- 2/6/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
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...
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...
- 2/2/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The career of Scott Frank got a lengthy deep dive courtesy of a profile in The New Yorker that revealed the writer-director has a $300,000 weekly fee as a Hollywood script doctor. Frank acknowledges this fee is “insane,” but being a script doctor is how he’s made a life for himself despite being a credited screenwriter on films by Steven Soderbergh (“Out of Sight”), Barry Sonnenfield (“Get Shorty”), James Mangold and more. He’s also the Emmy-winning writer and director of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.” Plus, $300,000 a week feels earned after putting the finishing touches on nearly 60 films, including “Saving Private Ryan,” “Night at the Museum,” “Unfaithful,” “The Ring,” “Gravity” and “a lot of the X-Men movies.”
A “script doctor” is the term given to a screenwriter hired to punch up or reshape a pre-existing script, be it smoothing out a messy third act or overhauling the dialogue to make a character more memorable.
A “script doctor” is the term given to a screenwriter hired to punch up or reshape a pre-existing script, be it smoothing out a messy third act or overhauling the dialogue to make a character more memorable.
- 12/29/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix growth in the UK Market has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, having recently revealed their commitment to the UK creative industry with a $6 billion investment.
Speaking on stage at See What’s Next, Anne Mensah, Vice President, Content, Netflix UK shared news of new productions for Netflix. Created and written by Joe Barton the Keira Knightley led ‘Black Doves. From Left Bank Pictures, ‘Department Q,’ an 8-part series, lead directed by multi-award-winning Scott Frank and adapted by Chandni Lakhani, based on the novels of the same name from Danish author, Jussi Adler-Olsen. Shooting will take place in Edinburgh, where the story is set. They will also deliver a ‘Bank of Dave’ sequel.
Netflix is known for its gems, and coming up over the next year it certainly looks like it’s the streamer is certainly going to deliver from documentaries on British Icons to...
Speaking on stage at See What’s Next, Anne Mensah, Vice President, Content, Netflix UK shared news of new productions for Netflix. Created and written by Joe Barton the Keira Knightley led ‘Black Doves. From Left Bank Pictures, ‘Department Q,’ an 8-part series, lead directed by multi-award-winning Scott Frank and adapted by Chandni Lakhani, based on the novels of the same name from Danish author, Jussi Adler-Olsen. Shooting will take place in Edinburgh, where the story is set. They will also deliver a ‘Bank of Dave’ sequel.
Netflix is known for its gems, and coming up over the next year it certainly looks like it’s the streamer is certainly going to deliver from documentaries on British Icons to...
- 5/2/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Keira Knightley is heading to the small screen for a new Netflix drama. She's starring in the intriguing-sounding Black Doves.
The new show hails from Giri/Haji and The Lazarus Project showrunner Joe Barton, and the drama will see Knightley as Helen, a woman with a secret identity who embarks on a passionate affair.
When her lover falls victim to London’s shadowy underworld, Helen’s employers send an old friend, Sam, to protect her. The two of them soon embark on a high octane adventure set against a backdrop of diplomatic tension and Christmas.
This is just one of a slew of new projects announced by the streaming service for production in the UK; other titles including Department Q, an adaptation of a Danish novel series of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which and tells the story of an Edinburgh detective on the hot pursuit of a cold case.
The new show hails from Giri/Haji and The Lazarus Project showrunner Joe Barton, and the drama will see Knightley as Helen, a woman with a secret identity who embarks on a passionate affair.
When her lover falls victim to London’s shadowy underworld, Helen’s employers send an old friend, Sam, to protect her. The two of them soon embark on a high octane adventure set against a backdrop of diplomatic tension and Christmas.
This is just one of a slew of new projects announced by the streaming service for production in the UK; other titles including Department Q, an adaptation of a Danish novel series of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which and tells the story of an Edinburgh detective on the hot pursuit of a cold case.
- 4/26/2023
- by James White
- Empire - TV
New projects include UK series ‘Black Doves’, ‘Department Q’ and ‘Bank Of Dave: The Sequel’
Netflix has outlined its investment in the UK creative economy since 2020, totalling £4.8bn from making series and films.
Almost £1.2bn a year is now spent, an increase of nearly 50% each year between 2020 and 2023.
The US streamer has also set details of three new UK commissions. Rory Kinnear-led Bank Of Dave is getting a sequel, produced by Tempo Productions and Future Artists, and directed once again by Chris Foggin. It sees Dave Fishwick take on a new and more dangerous adversary in the shape of payday lenders,...
Netflix has outlined its investment in the UK creative economy since 2020, totalling £4.8bn from making series and films.
Almost £1.2bn a year is now spent, an increase of nearly 50% each year between 2020 and 2023.
The US streamer has also set details of three new UK commissions. Rory Kinnear-led Bank Of Dave is getting a sequel, produced by Tempo Productions and Future Artists, and directed once again by Chris Foggin. It sees Dave Fishwick take on a new and more dangerous adversary in the shape of payday lenders,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has invested nearly $6 billion in United Kingdom programming in the past four years, the streamer revealed on Wednesday.
The company noted that it has invested almost $1.5 billion per year producing films and television series across the United Kingdom – up half a billion dollars each year.
“It’s no secret that the UK produces some of the world’s most iconic entertainment,” Netflix’s vice president of UK Content Anne Mensah said in a statement. “This is true for Netflix, too – from ‘Top Boy’ to ‘The Crown,’ ‘Heartstopper’ to ‘The Tinder Swindler’ – our productions are some of the buzziest, most watched and zeitgeist defining in the world.”
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The company noted that it has invested almost $1.5 billion per year producing films and television series across the United Kingdom – up half a billion dollars each year.
“It’s no secret that the UK produces some of the world’s most iconic entertainment,” Netflix’s vice president of UK Content Anne Mensah said in a statement. “This is true for Netflix, too – from ‘Top Boy’ to ‘The Crown,’ ‘Heartstopper’ to ‘The Tinder Swindler’ – our productions are some of the buzziest, most watched and zeitgeist defining in the world.”
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Netflix boasts a total of 232.5 million subscribers globally as of the first quarter of 2023, including 77.37 million in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) region. Emea...
- 4/26/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Netflix has announced three new U.K. commissions while also trumpeting its — somewhat sizeable — spend in the British creative economies.
At an event in London, the streamer unveiled two new series and a feature film. Black Doves comes from in-demand writer Joe Barton (Sky’s The Lazarus Project and the untitled Cloverfield sequel) and production company Sister (Chernobyl, The Power) and will see Keira Knightley play a woman whose secret identity becomes endangered when she embarks on a passionate affair. Meanwhile, Department Q — from The Crown banner Left Bank Pictures — is an eight-part detective series based on the novels of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, with Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) set as lead director.
On the feature front, Netflix also announced Bank of Dave: The Sequel, a follow up to last year’s popular comedy-drama — based on a true story — about a British businessman (played by 007 star Rory Kinnear) who...
At an event in London, the streamer unveiled two new series and a feature film. Black Doves comes from in-demand writer Joe Barton (Sky’s The Lazarus Project and the untitled Cloverfield sequel) and production company Sister (Chernobyl, The Power) and will see Keira Knightley play a woman whose secret identity becomes endangered when she embarks on a passionate affair. Meanwhile, Department Q — from The Crown banner Left Bank Pictures — is an eight-part detective series based on the novels of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, with Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) set as lead director.
On the feature front, Netflix also announced Bank of Dave: The Sequel, a follow up to last year’s popular comedy-drama — based on a true story — about a British businessman (played by 007 star Rory Kinnear) who...
- 4/26/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has greenlit a Keira Knightley-starring thriller, the latest series from The Crown producer Left Bank and a Bank of Dave sequel.
Unveiled at a showcase in London, the streamer introduced Black Doves from Chernobyl producer Sister, which is written by Joe Barton and counts Knightley as EP. The show stars Knightley as Helen, who embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. Caught in the crosshairs when her lover falls victim to the dangerous and shadowy London underworld, Helen’s employer’s call in Sam to protect her.
Giri/Haji scribe Barton is creator and writer and his Noisy Bear indie is producing alongside Sister. Knightley is EP with Barton, Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry.
Meanwhile, Left Bank, which is currently shooting The Crown Season 6, is behind Department Q, an adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. The series centres around Carl,...
Unveiled at a showcase in London, the streamer introduced Black Doves from Chernobyl producer Sister, which is written by Joe Barton and counts Knightley as EP. The show stars Knightley as Helen, who embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. Caught in the crosshairs when her lover falls victim to the dangerous and shadowy London underworld, Helen’s employer’s call in Sam to protect her.
Giri/Haji scribe Barton is creator and writer and his Noisy Bear indie is producing alongside Sister. Knightley is EP with Barton, Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry.
Meanwhile, Left Bank, which is currently shooting The Crown Season 6, is behind Department Q, an adaptation of Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels. The series centres around Carl,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Keira Knightley is set to star in Netflix series “Black Doves,” the streamer unveiled today.
Written by “Giri/Haji” showrunner Joe Barton, the drama will see Knightley star as Helen, a woman with a secret identity who embarks on a passionate affair. When her lover falls victim to London’s shadowy underworld, Helen’s employers send an old friend, Sam, to protect her. The two of them soon embark on a high octane adventure set against a backdrop of diplomatic tension and Christmas.
“‘Black Doves’ is the story of two old friends coming back together, finding trust in one another in a world where trust can get you killed and, ultimately, changing the course of each other’s lives forever,” reads the logline.
The show will be produced by Barton’s production company Noisy Bear and Sister (“Chernobyl”). Barton and Knightley will exec produce alongside Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry for Sister.
Written by “Giri/Haji” showrunner Joe Barton, the drama will see Knightley star as Helen, a woman with a secret identity who embarks on a passionate affair. When her lover falls victim to London’s shadowy underworld, Helen’s employers send an old friend, Sam, to protect her. The two of them soon embark on a high octane adventure set against a backdrop of diplomatic tension and Christmas.
“‘Black Doves’ is the story of two old friends coming back together, finding trust in one another in a world where trust can get you killed and, ultimately, changing the course of each other’s lives forever,” reads the logline.
The show will be produced by Barton’s production company Noisy Bear and Sister (“Chernobyl”). Barton and Knightley will exec produce alongside Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry for Sister.
- 4/26/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk has snapped up international sales rights to the new Danish crime thriller “Boundless,” based on fiction guru Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Den Grænseløse,” his sixth novel in the Department Q series.
Danish helmer Ole Christian Madsen, credited for the HBO series “Banshee” (2013-16) and WWII drama “Flame & Citron” starring Mads Mikkelsen, has taken up the challenge of bringing Adler-Olsen’s suspenseful universe to the silver screens, working from a script by Jakob Weis.
Christian Madsen will reunite with his “Banshee” actor Ulrich Thomsen. The latter reprises the role of detective Carl Mørck, which he played in Nordisk Film Production’s previous Department Q film version, “The Marco Effect”.
The helmer said he has “a profound respect for the world built in Adler-Olsen’s novels, that he finds both “intriguing and fascinating.” “I do believe ‘Boundless’ the movie could expand that world even more,” he asserted.
In this new thriller,...
Danish helmer Ole Christian Madsen, credited for the HBO series “Banshee” (2013-16) and WWII drama “Flame & Citron” starring Mads Mikkelsen, has taken up the challenge of bringing Adler-Olsen’s suspenseful universe to the silver screens, working from a script by Jakob Weis.
Christian Madsen will reunite with his “Banshee” actor Ulrich Thomsen. The latter reprises the role of detective Carl Mørck, which he played in Nordisk Film Production’s previous Department Q film version, “The Marco Effect”.
The helmer said he has “a profound respect for the world built in Adler-Olsen’s novels, that he finds both “intriguing and fascinating.” “I do believe ‘Boundless’ the movie could expand that world even more,” he asserted.
In this new thriller,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The Norwegian comedy-drama premiered at Berlinale’s Generation 14plus.
TrustNordisk has closed a slew of new deals on Yngvild Sve Flikke’s Norwegian festival hit Ninjababy.
Deals have been done for the US (Soro Films), Canada (Mongrel Media), the UK and Ireland (Curzon Artificial Eye), France (Wild Bunch Distribution), Germany (Koch Films), Austria (Filmladen) and Switzerland (Xenix).
The film previously sold to Lithuania (Scanorama); Taiwan (CatchPlay); and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Group).
The Norwegian comedy-drama premiered at Berlinale’s Generation 14plus and then won the audience award in SXSW’s Global section.
TrustNordisk has closed a slew of new deals on Yngvild Sve Flikke’s Norwegian festival hit Ninjababy.
Deals have been done for the US (Soro Films), Canada (Mongrel Media), the UK and Ireland (Curzon Artificial Eye), France (Wild Bunch Distribution), Germany (Koch Films), Austria (Filmladen) and Switzerland (Xenix).
The film previously sold to Lithuania (Scanorama); Taiwan (CatchPlay); and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Group).
The Norwegian comedy-drama premiered at Berlinale’s Generation 14plus and then won the audience award in SXSW’s Global section.
- 6/23/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Nordisk has moved up the film’s Danish release from a planned January 21 to November 26 instead.
TrustNordisk has closed a fresh round of deals on Danish thriller The Marco Effect, selling to France (Wild Bunch Distribution), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Switzerland (Impuls), Russia (Capella) and Greece & Cyprus (Rosebud/Odeon).
Ahead of the AFM, the film had also sold to Spain (Vertigo), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Aero Films), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (Vertigo Media), South Korea (Contents Panda) and Taiwan (Deepjoy).
Nordisk has moved up the film’s Danish release from a planned early February to January 21 instead. With international blockbusters still on hold,...
TrustNordisk has closed a fresh round of deals on Danish thriller The Marco Effect, selling to France (Wild Bunch Distribution), Japan (Culture Entertainment), Switzerland (Impuls), Russia (Capella) and Greece & Cyprus (Rosebud/Odeon).
Ahead of the AFM, the film had also sold to Spain (Vertigo), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Aero Films), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (Vertigo Media), South Korea (Contents Panda) and Taiwan (Deepjoy).
Nordisk has moved up the film’s Danish release from a planned early February to January 21 instead. With international blockbusters still on hold,...
- 11/26/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The film is part of the Department Q series of films, based on the bestselling crime novels of Jussi Adler-Olsen.
Ahead of the AFM, TrustNordisk has closed several deals on Danish thriller The Marco Effect, which is now in post-production.
Sales have been made to Spain (Vertigo), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Aero Films), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (Vertigo Media), South Korea (Contents Panda) and Taiwan (Deepjoy).
The film was already shooting in the Czech Republic in March 2020 when the pandemic started; after a break, the team was able to successfully and safely finish the shoot in Denmark this summer.
Ahead of the AFM, TrustNordisk has closed several deals on Danish thriller The Marco Effect, which is now in post-production.
Sales have been made to Spain (Vertigo), Slovakia and Czech Republic (Aero Films), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (Vertigo Media), South Korea (Contents Panda) and Taiwan (Deepjoy).
The film was already shooting in the Czech Republic in March 2020 when the pandemic started; after a break, the team was able to successfully and safely finish the shoot in Denmark this summer.
- 11/6/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
TrustNordisk has picked up international sales rights to Martin Zandvliet’s next crime-thriller “The Marco Effect” which is based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestselling novel by the same name.
The screenplay for “The Marco Effect” is written by Anders F. August (“A Fortunate Man”) and was co-written by Thomas Porsager. The film follows 14-year-old Marco, a homeless gipsy boy, who is arrested at the Danish boarder control for possession of a missing public servant’s passport. But the traumatized Marco refuses to talk to them and runs away from those who intend to kill him because of what he knows.
The film, which just started shooting, stars Ulrich Thomsen (“The Young Pope”), alongside upcoming talents Zaki Youssef (“Sons of Denmark”) and Sofie Torp (Wildland”). Zandvliet is a very well-established director whose made his feature debut with “Applaus.” Zandvliet credits also include “Land of Mine” which competed the prestigious Platform section...
The screenplay for “The Marco Effect” is written by Anders F. August (“A Fortunate Man”) and was co-written by Thomas Porsager. The film follows 14-year-old Marco, a homeless gipsy boy, who is arrested at the Danish boarder control for possession of a missing public servant’s passport. But the traumatized Marco refuses to talk to them and runs away from those who intend to kill him because of what he knows.
The film, which just started shooting, stars Ulrich Thomsen (“The Young Pope”), alongside upcoming talents Zaki Youssef (“Sons of Denmark”) and Sofie Torp (Wildland”). Zandvliet is a very well-established director whose made his feature debut with “Applaus.” Zandvliet credits also include “Land of Mine” which competed the prestigious Platform section...
- 2/6/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
TrustNordisk Boards Crime Thriller ‘The Marco Effect’ From Oscar-Nominated Director Martin Zandvliet
Scandi major TrustNordisk will handle world sales on The Marco Effect, which is based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestselling crime-thriller novel of the same name.
Danish filmmaker Martin Zandvliet, whose credits include the Oscar-nominated war pic Land Of Mine, is helming the project, which is budgeted at $8.1m (€7.4m) and began shooting this week.
Written by Anders F. August (A Fortunate Man) with co-writer Thomas Porsager, the movie stars Ulrich Thomsen (The New Pope), Zaki Youssef (Sons Of Denmark), and Sofie Torp (Wildland) in the story of a homeless boy who is arrested at the Danish boarder control for possession of a missing public servant’s passport.
A police inspector is tasked with finding the connection, but the case contains several suspicious elements: The public servant was accused of pedophilia shortly before he disappeared, and his case was closed unusually quickly. The silent, traumatized Marco refuses to talk to them,...
Danish filmmaker Martin Zandvliet, whose credits include the Oscar-nominated war pic Land Of Mine, is helming the project, which is budgeted at $8.1m (€7.4m) and began shooting this week.
Written by Anders F. August (A Fortunate Man) with co-writer Thomas Porsager, the movie stars Ulrich Thomsen (The New Pope), Zaki Youssef (Sons Of Denmark), and Sofie Torp (Wildland) in the story of a homeless boy who is arrested at the Danish boarder control for possession of a missing public servant’s passport.
A police inspector is tasked with finding the connection, but the case contains several suspicious elements: The public servant was accused of pedophilia shortly before he disappeared, and his case was closed unusually quickly. The silent, traumatized Marco refuses to talk to them,...
- 2/6/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Zandvliet to direct Ulrich Thomsen and Zaki Youssef in fresh adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels.
After a hugely successful run of four films produced by Zentropa, the Department Q crime thriller series is moving to Nordisk Film.
Director Martin Zandvliet and producer Mikael Rieks – both Oscar nominated for Land Of Mine – reunite on the project after also working together on Applause and A Funny Man.
Ulrich Thomsen and Zaki Youssef are confirmed to star in The Marco Effect as Carl Mørck and Assad; they take over from the previous pairing of Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in the first four films,...
After a hugely successful run of four films produced by Zentropa, the Department Q crime thriller series is moving to Nordisk Film.
Director Martin Zandvliet and producer Mikael Rieks – both Oscar nominated for Land Of Mine – reunite on the project after also working together on Applause and A Funny Man.
Ulrich Thomsen and Zaki Youssef are confirmed to star in The Marco Effect as Carl Mørck and Assad; they take over from the previous pairing of Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in the first four films,...
- 6/4/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Nordisk Film and Land of Mine director Martin Zandvliet have set the cast for upcoming Scandi detective thriller The Marco Effect.
Ulrich Thomsen (In a Better World) and Zaki Youssef (Sons of Denmark) will star in the feature, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s fifth novel in the bestselling Department Q series. Nordisk Film Production’s Mikael Rieks is producer.
In the Danish-language crime thriller, Thomsen will play detective Carl Mørck and Youssef will portray his assistant Assad. The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Marco who is on the run and who also happens to be the key to uncovering a story of multinational corruption within government funds earmarked for development aid in Africa.
The adaptation is the first in a series of six Department Q films planned by Nordisk Film in co-production with Peter Nadermann’s Nadcon Film from Germany. Script is from Anders August (A Fortunate Man) and newcomer Thomas Porsager.
Ulrich Thomsen (In a Better World) and Zaki Youssef (Sons of Denmark) will star in the feature, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s fifth novel in the bestselling Department Q series. Nordisk Film Production’s Mikael Rieks is producer.
In the Danish-language crime thriller, Thomsen will play detective Carl Mørck and Youssef will portray his assistant Assad. The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Marco who is on the run and who also happens to be the key to uncovering a story of multinational corruption within government funds earmarked for development aid in Africa.
The adaptation is the first in a series of six Department Q films planned by Nordisk Film in co-production with Peter Nadermann’s Nadcon Film from Germany. Script is from Anders August (A Fortunate Man) and newcomer Thomas Porsager.
- 6/4/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Already the highest-grossing Danish film ever — with each of its predecessors following closely behind — “The Purity of Vengeance” is the fourth adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s hugely popular “Department Q” novels about a Copenhagen cold-case police unit. It will also be the last in this particular series, as the screen rights have now transferred from Zentropa to Nordisk, with any future “Q” movies unlikely to retain the same cast or behind-scenes staples.
However lamented that baton-passing may be, there’s not much room for sentimental reflection in this high-gloss thriller, which is undeniably entertaining yet whose pleasures have the guilty edge of a particularly lurid airport read. The modern Scandinavian mysteries that have swept the globe (led by Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” books) often have a heart-of-darkness willingness to address social and historical wrongs. But here, hot-button issues of anti-immigrant prejudice, forced sterilization, sexual abuse and more feel reduced to...
However lamented that baton-passing may be, there’s not much room for sentimental reflection in this high-gloss thriller, which is undeniably entertaining yet whose pleasures have the guilty edge of a particularly lurid airport read. The modern Scandinavian mysteries that have swept the globe (led by Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” books) often have a heart-of-darkness willingness to address social and historical wrongs. But here, hot-button issues of anti-immigrant prejudice, forced sterilization, sexual abuse and more feel reduced to...
- 2/12/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Last year, Danish, Icelandic and Norwegian films triumphed with local audiences, fueling general attendance. In Sweden, local fare also upped their share of an overall sluggish market, while Finland had a quieter year after a record 2017. Everywhere “Mamma Mia-Here We Go Again” was number one except in Denmark where local films were back in favor.
Denmark
After two years of slide, Danish films were back in favour with local crowds, and boosted general admissions to 13 million (up 4.6%) and box office to Dkk 1.1 billion ($173 million). With 3.8 million admissions (up 34.2% from 2017), representing Dkk 290.9 million ($44.5 million) in revenue, local titles claimed a 29% market share, the success target just set in new Danish Film Agreement for 2019-2023.
“In a country like Denmark with a relatively small feature film production [21 films in 2018], the box office will inevitably vary from one year to the next,” commented Claus Ladegaard, CEO at the Danish Film Institute. The latter welcomed the...
Denmark
After two years of slide, Danish films were back in favour with local crowds, and boosted general admissions to 13 million (up 4.6%) and box office to Dkk 1.1 billion ($173 million). With 3.8 million admissions (up 34.2% from 2017), representing Dkk 290.9 million ($44.5 million) in revenue, local titles claimed a 29% market share, the success target just set in new Danish Film Agreement for 2019-2023.
“In a country like Denmark with a relatively small feature film production [21 films in 2018], the box office will inevitably vary from one year to the next,” commented Claus Ladegaard, CEO at the Danish Film Institute. The latter welcomed the...
- 1/28/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The fourth and final Department Q film The Purity Of Vengeance has become the highest-grossing Danish film at the local box office.
The Zentropa-produced film, released in early October by Nordisk Film Distribution, has made $11.1M (72.5M Dkk), surpassing the second instalment in the Department Q series, The Absent One. The film now ranks eleventh on the all-time box office chart and sits narrowly behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It has sold 730,380 tickets to date.
The four parts of the hugely popular crime-thriller series now rank first, second, fourth and fifth on the Danish box office chart for national films. The latest instalment, based on the fourth book in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s book series about crime unit Department Q, charts how a series of mysterious disappearances in 1987 are all eerily connected to the same person. Script comes from Bo Erhard Hansen while the series’ ever-present actors are Nikolaj Arcel...
The Zentropa-produced film, released in early October by Nordisk Film Distribution, has made $11.1M (72.5M Dkk), surpassing the second instalment in the Department Q series, The Absent One. The film now ranks eleventh on the all-time box office chart and sits narrowly behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It has sold 730,380 tickets to date.
The four parts of the hugely popular crime-thriller series now rank first, second, fourth and fifth on the Danish box office chart for national films. The latest instalment, based on the fourth book in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s book series about crime unit Department Q, charts how a series of mysterious disappearances in 1987 are all eerily connected to the same person. Script comes from Bo Erhard Hansen while the series’ ever-present actors are Nikolaj Arcel...
- 11/22/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Revolver Amsterdam is working up a 10-part adaptation of “Takeover,” the thriller from Jussi Adler-Olsen, the Nordic crime writer behind the “Department Q” series. Adler-Olsen has sold over 20 million books globally. Several of his “Department Q” books have been successfully adapted for the big screen in the author’s native Denmark.
Dutch director Hanro Smitsman, whose previous credits include Berlin Golden Bear-winning short film “Raak,” is attached and will helm the series. The producers are at Afm with the package to meet with potential partners.
“Takeover” follows a cynical businessman who specializes in bringing down major businesses. He finds himself in hot water when the Syrian intelligence service assigns him to bring down a great a large corporation.
The TV series will be produced by Raymond van der Kaaij and Germen Boelens of Revolver Amsterdam. Jointly, their producer credits include Sundance audience award-winner “I Dream in Another Language,” and “Love & Friendship” by Whit Stillman.
Dutch director Hanro Smitsman, whose previous credits include Berlin Golden Bear-winning short film “Raak,” is attached and will helm the series. The producers are at Afm with the package to meet with potential partners.
“Takeover” follows a cynical businessman who specializes in bringing down major businesses. He finds himself in hot water when the Syrian intelligence service assigns him to bring down a great a large corporation.
The TV series will be produced by Raymond van der Kaaij and Germen Boelens of Revolver Amsterdam. Jointly, their producer credits include Sundance audience award-winner “I Dream in Another Language,” and “Love & Friendship” by Whit Stillman.
- 11/2/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Christoffer Boe’s thriller “The Purity of Vengeance,” the fourth and final opus of the hit “Department Q” franchise, has scored the best opening for a local film at the Danish box office.
Produced by Zentropa, “The Purity of Vengeance” has sold more than 215,052 admissions since opening on Oct.4, underscoring the ever-lasting appeal of the Nordic Noir genre.
Louise Vesth, who produced the film at Zentropa, said that “considering the total Danish population counts about 6 million people, an opening with more than 215,000 admissions sold is incredible.”
“The Purity of Vengeance” was written by Bo Erhard Hansen (“The Art of Crying”), Nikolaj Arcel (“The Dark Tower”) and Mikkel Nørgaard (“The Absent One”), based on the fourth book of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Department Q” collection.
The movie brings back Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in their respective roles of chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. “The Purity of Vengeance...
Produced by Zentropa, “The Purity of Vengeance” has sold more than 215,052 admissions since opening on Oct.4, underscoring the ever-lasting appeal of the Nordic Noir genre.
Louise Vesth, who produced the film at Zentropa, said that “considering the total Danish population counts about 6 million people, an opening with more than 215,000 admissions sold is incredible.”
“The Purity of Vengeance” was written by Bo Erhard Hansen (“The Art of Crying”), Nikolaj Arcel (“The Dark Tower”) and Mikkel Nørgaard (“The Absent One”), based on the fourth book of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s “Department Q” collection.
The movie brings back Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares in their respective roles of chief detective Carl Mørck and his assistant Assad. “The Purity of Vengeance...
- 10/10/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
With the adaptations of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q novels breaking box office records in Denmark - where previous entries The Keeper Of Lost Causes, The Absent One, and A Conspiracy Of Faith were all huge hits - it comes as no surprise to see stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares take on the parts of cold case cops once again for the upcoming Journal 64. Christoffer Boe takes over the director's chair this time with the story revolving around a series of disappearances in 1987. Boe brings some of his favorite supporting actors along for the ride - yep, that's Nicolas Bro tucked away in the trailer because it just wouldn't be a Boe movie without him -...
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- 9/5/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Other projects backed by June round of Nordisk Film & TV Fond include Liberty created by Asger Leth.
Danish director Christoffer Boe is lining up a hot cast for his new Danish crime TV series Warrior.
Dar Salim (A War, Game of Thrones, pictured) will play a former soldier and Danica Curcic plays the policewoman he loves, with the ensemble also including Lars Ranthe, Nicolas Bro, Søren Malling, Jacob Oftebro and Natalie Madueño.
Peter Bose and Jonas Allen of Miso Film produce the 6x48’ series, which Boe co-wrote with Simon Paternak. The project just received $356,000 (Nok 3m) in funding in the latest round from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
It is produced for Denmark’s TV2 with further funding from the Danish Film Institute. Shooting now, it will be delivered in autumn 2018 with FremantleMedia International handles sales.
It is described as “a modern-day character-driven crime drama about strong human bonds, loyalty and treachery among army veterans, gang members...
Danish director Christoffer Boe is lining up a hot cast for his new Danish crime TV series Warrior.
Dar Salim (A War, Game of Thrones, pictured) will play a former soldier and Danica Curcic plays the policewoman he loves, with the ensemble also including Lars Ranthe, Nicolas Bro, Søren Malling, Jacob Oftebro and Natalie Madueño.
Peter Bose and Jonas Allen of Miso Film produce the 6x48’ series, which Boe co-wrote with Simon Paternak. The project just received $356,000 (Nok 3m) in funding in the latest round from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
It is produced for Denmark’s TV2 with further funding from the Danish Film Institute. Shooting now, it will be delivered in autumn 2018 with FremantleMedia International handles sales.
It is described as “a modern-day character-driven crime drama about strong human bonds, loyalty and treachery among army veterans, gang members...
- 6/28/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Film i Vast launches title at Cannes slate presentation.
Christoffer Boe, who won the Cannes’ Camera d’Or in 2003 with Reconstruction, will direct Zentropa’s fourth and final instalment in the Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q thriller series.
The Purity Of Vengeance starts shooting in December and will again star Nikolai Lie Kass and Fares Fares as the mismatched detectives.
Nikolai Arcel, Bo Hr. Hansen and Mikkel Norgaard wrote the script. Nordisk will release theatrically in autumn 2018 and TrustNordisk handles sales.
The previous three films in the series – starting with The Keeper Of Lost Causes [pictured] – have been record-setting hits in Denmark. Producer Louise Vesth of Zentropa said, “there have been 2.2m million tickets sold for these films in Denmark, I hope the fourth one will be an ever greater success.”
The story centres on the discovery of a series of corpses connected to an old women’s institution that carried out medical experiments.
Boe, speaking...
Christoffer Boe, who won the Cannes’ Camera d’Or in 2003 with Reconstruction, will direct Zentropa’s fourth and final instalment in the Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Department Q thriller series.
The Purity Of Vengeance starts shooting in December and will again star Nikolai Lie Kass and Fares Fares as the mismatched detectives.
Nikolai Arcel, Bo Hr. Hansen and Mikkel Norgaard wrote the script. Nordisk will release theatrically in autumn 2018 and TrustNordisk handles sales.
The previous three films in the series – starting with The Keeper Of Lost Causes [pictured] – have been record-setting hits in Denmark. Producer Louise Vesth of Zentropa said, “there have been 2.2m million tickets sold for these films in Denmark, I hope the fourth one will be an ever greater success.”
The story centres on the discovery of a series of corpses connected to an old women’s institution that carried out medical experiments.
Boe, speaking...
- 5/21/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Award-winning Danish director Christoffer Boe (Reconstruction) has come on board to helm The Purity of Vengeance, the fourth and final film in the hit Department Q Scandi crime franchise.
Nicolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares will return to co-star in the film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen. The pair will reprise their roles as Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad, as they did in the first three Department Q films: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), The Absent One (2014) and A Conspiracy of Faith (2015), all of which were box office...
Nicolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares will return to co-star in the film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen. The pair will reprise their roles as Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad, as they did in the first three Department Q films: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013), The Absent One (2014) and A Conspiracy of Faith (2015), all of which were box office...
- 5/21/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nordisk takes reins on Department Q novel adaptations following Zentropa hits.
Nordisk Film has acquired the remaining Danish-language adaptation rights to crime author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestselling Department Q series of novels. Nordisk now has the rights from the fifth book (The Marco Effect) onwards and is expected to release (through Nordisk Film Distribution) as well as produce the film titles.
Adler-Olsen has written six books in the series and is currently writing the seventh of a planned ten volumes. Nordisk expects to produce up to six films.
Nordisk’s associated company Zentropa has the rights to the first four Department Qbooks, and the first three films — The Keeper of Lost Causes, The Absent One and A Conspiracy of Faith — have been significant box-office hits in Denmark.
Zentropa is planning to release a fourth film, an adaptation of The Purity of Vengeance, by 2018. The series is about two mismatched detectives investigating ‘cold’ cases.
“For a couple...
Nordisk Film has acquired the remaining Danish-language adaptation rights to crime author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s bestselling Department Q series of novels. Nordisk now has the rights from the fifth book (The Marco Effect) onwards and is expected to release (through Nordisk Film Distribution) as well as produce the film titles.
Adler-Olsen has written six books in the series and is currently writing the seventh of a planned ten volumes. Nordisk expects to produce up to six films.
Nordisk’s associated company Zentropa has the rights to the first four Department Qbooks, and the first three films — The Keeper of Lost Causes, The Absent One and A Conspiracy of Faith — have been significant box-office hits in Denmark.
Zentropa is planning to release a fourth film, an adaptation of The Purity of Vengeance, by 2018. The series is about two mismatched detectives investigating ‘cold’ cases.
“For a couple...
- 6/23/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The continued reverence for the pulpy wave of crime thrillers popularized as Nordic Noir continues with the imported The Department Q Trilogy, a series of three films based on novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen.
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- 6/16/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Denmark’s smash-hit Nordic noir series Department Q arrives in the Us… and this third chapter is menacing, creepy, and morbidly engaging. I’m “biast” (pro): loved the first two movies
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Copenhagen’s most miserable, most brilliant detective is back for his third big-screen outing with A Conspiracy of Faith… though the noirish adventures of Carl Mørck are hitting Us movie lovers all at once, with all three of his appearances — including also The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One — getting simultaneous releases. Mørck is the creation of novelist Jussi Adler-Olsen in his internationally bestselling crime novels, a stereotypical cynical cop given authentic depths of torment by actor Nikolaj Lie Kaas (A Second Chance). (The novel this film is based on is titled Redemption in...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Copenhagen’s most miserable, most brilliant detective is back for his third big-screen outing with A Conspiracy of Faith… though the noirish adventures of Carl Mørck are hitting Us movie lovers all at once, with all three of his appearances — including also The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One — getting simultaneous releases. Mørck is the creation of novelist Jussi Adler-Olsen in his internationally bestselling crime novels, a stereotypical cynical cop given authentic depths of torment by actor Nikolaj Lie Kaas (A Second Chance). (The novel this film is based on is titled Redemption in...
- 6/15/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Whether or not you've heard of the Department Q trilogy, the series of crime books -- written by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen -- have been huge bestsellers worldwide, and their respective film adaptations have caught fire at the box office in their native country. Now, the adaptations are coming to North American audiences courtesy of Sundance Selects/IFC Films, and HitFix is happy to debut the trailer and official one-sheets for the upcoming trilogy that is giving us serious Girl with the Dragon Tattoo vibes. The Department Q trilogy focuses on Copenhangen homicide detective Carl Mørck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) who is banished to run the department's cold case division following a tragic incident that results in the deaths of two of his fellow officers. With the assistance of his colleague Assad (Fares Fares), he digs in and begins investigating the unsolved disappearance of a liberal politician who was presumed dead...
- 6/8/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
To mark the digital only release of The Absent One on 30th May, we’ve been given Three copies of The Keeper of Lost Causes on DVD alongside three sets of the first three books from the Department Q series from Jussi Adler-Olsen to give away. In 1994 two young twins are found brutally murdered in […]
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- 5/30/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Grim treats, mining suspense and urgency from intensely plotted dual timelines of brutal criminality. A must for fans of rumpled, cynical, bitter detectives. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
What’s the biggest movie — by a long shot — in Denmark at the moment? It’s not Zootopia or Batman v Superman. It’s A Conspiracy of Faith, the third in the series based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s internationally bestselling Department Q crime novels… and that’s in its sixth week of release. Danish moviegoers love brooding, tenacious Copenhagen cop Carl Mørck so much that they made the first two films,The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) and The Absent One (Fasandraeberne), among the biggest hits the country’s film industry has ever seen.
I finally caught...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
What’s the biggest movie — by a long shot — in Denmark at the moment? It’s not Zootopia or Batman v Superman. It’s A Conspiracy of Faith, the third in the series based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s internationally bestselling Department Q crime novels… and that’s in its sixth week of release. Danish moviegoers love brooding, tenacious Copenhagen cop Carl Mørck so much that they made the first two films,The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) and The Absent One (Fasandraeberne), among the biggest hits the country’s film industry has ever seen.
I finally caught...
- 4/15/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
★★☆☆☆ From Borgen director Mikkel Nørgaard comes The Absent One, a lacklustre and cliché-ridden follow-up to 2013's Danish crime thriller The Keeper of Lost Causes which suggests that the trend for Scandinavian noir might have exhausted itself. Adapted from a novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the film tells the story of an investigation into a forgotten double homicide of a twin brother and sister in a country cottage. When the father of the murdered children commits suicide, he leaves the old case in the hands of Carl Mørck, played with Hamlet-like melancholy by Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
- 4/7/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
A Conspiracy of Faith shoot begins today and follows Danish box office hits The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One.
French distributor Wild Bunch and Spain’s Vertigo have picked up rights to the Department Q crime thrillers The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One as well new instalment A Conspiracy of Faith, which begins shooting today (May 5).
Shooting on A Conspiracy of Faith will continue over the next eight weeks on location in Denmark and Germany.
The dark crime thriller, based on the book by Jussi Adler-Olsen, has already been sold by TrustNordisk to more than 15 countries including North America (IFC Films), Benelux (Lumiere), Turkey (Medyavizyon), Poland (Kino Swiat) and Russia (Silverbox).
The two previous films in the series, The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One, were released in 2013 and 2014 respectively and have become the biggest local box office hits in Danish history.
In the third...
French distributor Wild Bunch and Spain’s Vertigo have picked up rights to the Department Q crime thrillers The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One as well new instalment A Conspiracy of Faith, which begins shooting today (May 5).
Shooting on A Conspiracy of Faith will continue over the next eight weeks on location in Denmark and Germany.
The dark crime thriller, based on the book by Jussi Adler-Olsen, has already been sold by TrustNordisk to more than 15 countries including North America (IFC Films), Benelux (Lumiere), Turkey (Medyavizyon), Poland (Kino Swiat) and Russia (Silverbox).
The two previous films in the series, The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One, were released in 2013 and 2014 respectively and have become the biggest local box office hits in Danish history.
In the third...
- 5/5/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Digital distribution operation inspired by innovative models of Us distributors Radius, A24 and IFC to go live next week.
Wild Bunch is set to officially kick off its new digital distribution operation e-Cinéma next week with the first film in Danish Mikkel Norgaard’s hit thriller Department Q franchise, The Keeper of Lost Causes.
The thriller, which topped the Danish box office at the end of 2013, will be released in France under new initiative on March 27.
Wild Bunch said the film would be available for download on a variety of VOD platforms including its own FilmoTV as well as Club Video Sfr, Google Play, iTunes, MyTF1VOD, Orange, Pluzz Vad, Videofutur and Wuaki.TV.
“The film is available on all the digital service providers — Bouygues, Free, Numéricable, Orange and Sfr – as well as most the Ott operators. It will be available in more than 80% of French households,” said Wild Bunch in a statement.
The second...
Wild Bunch is set to officially kick off its new digital distribution operation e-Cinéma next week with the first film in Danish Mikkel Norgaard’s hit thriller Department Q franchise, The Keeper of Lost Causes.
The thriller, which topped the Danish box office at the end of 2013, will be released in France under new initiative on March 27.
Wild Bunch said the film would be available for download on a variety of VOD platforms including its own FilmoTV as well as Club Video Sfr, Google Play, iTunes, MyTF1VOD, Orange, Pluzz Vad, Videofutur and Wuaki.TV.
“The film is available on all the digital service providers — Bouygues, Free, Numéricable, Orange and Sfr – as well as most the Ott operators. It will be available in more than 80% of French households,” said Wild Bunch in a statement.
The second...
- 3/18/2015
- ScreenDaily
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