Nordic Widescreen

01/07/2025

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Troll 2, the sequel to the global monster hit that became, to date, the most watched non-English film of all time on the streaming platform after its December 2022 debut, drawing a record-breaking 103 million views. Troll 2 will lauch globally on Netflix on December 1, 2025. With the stakes higher than ever and danger escalating to new heights, Nora (Ine Marie Wilmann), Andreas (Kim Falck), and Captain Kris (Mads Sjøgård Pettersen) reunite alongside fearless newcomer Marion (Sara Khorami)....

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Troll 2, the sequel to the global monster hit that became, to date, the most watched non-English film of all...

26/06/2025

Originally written for radio by Maria Gripe and Kay Pollak in 1976, and later adapted into a successful novel by Gripe in 1978, the beloved Swedish classic Tordyveln flyger i skymningen (The Beetle Flies at Dusk) now returns as a mini-series, premiering on SVT Play (streaming) in Sweden on July 11, and on SVT (broadcast) this fall....

Originally written for radio by Maria Gripe and Kay Pollak in 1976, and later adapted into a successful novel by Gripe in 1978, the beloved Swedish classic...

18/06/2025

Starring Anders W Berthelsen (Italian for Beginners) and Lene Maria Christensen (Dicte) as the archaeological power couple Ester and Michael Toksvig, the new six-part Danish drama series The Excavation (Danefæ) premiered on June 15, 2025, on TV 2 Play and TV 2 in Denmark....

Starring Anders W Berthelsen (Italian for Beginners) and Lene Maria Christensen (Dicte) as the archaeological power couple Ester and Michael Toksvig, the new...

13/06/2025

Set to make waves ahead of the Norwegian general election this August, the political satire No Comment (Ingen kommentar) directed by acclaimed Oscar-nominated filmmaker Petter Næss (Elling, Gone With the Woman), written by Ståle Stein Berg (Occupied), and produced by Synnøve Hørsdal (State of Happinness) for Maipo Film— offers a biting look behind the closed doors of political power, inspired by real events and headline-making scandals in Norway....

Set to make waves ahead of the Norwegian general election this August, the political satire No Comment (Ingen kommentar) directed by acclaimed Oscar-nominated

30/05/2025

Netflix has announced the upcoming Swedish comedy The Storm, written and directed by Josephine Bornebusch (Love Me, Orca), slated for a global realease on Netflix in 2026. Filming has wrapped, and the film is currently in post-production. Synopsis Filip (Gustav Skarsgård) is turning 45, and has invited his closest friends for dinner at his and his wife’s lavish and newly bought farm estate up north in Sweden....

Netflix has announced the upcoming Swedish comedy The Storm, written and directed by Josephine Bornebusch (Love Me, Orca), slated for a global realease on Netflix

21/05/2025

Less than a week after its May 15 debut on Netflix, the limited Danish crime thriller series Secrets We Keep (Danish title: Reservatet) has surged to the No. 1

16/05/2025

CANNES ANNOUNCEMENT – SF Studios-owned production company Paradox will launch production on Bad Moon Rising, a new feature film based on the debut screenplay by celebrated Nobel-prize winning Norwegian author and playwright, Jon Fosse. The film will be directed by acclaimed filmmaker Erik Poppe (The Emigrants, A Thousand Times Goodnight), marking a significant collaboration between two major creative forces in Norwegian storytelling....

CANNES ANNOUNCEMENT – SF Studios-owned production company Paradox will launch production on Bad Moon Rising, a new feature film based on the debut screenplay by

13/05/2025

Netflix has announced production of its first-ever Nordic medical drama, with a high-intensity character-driven series unfolding in a bustling Norwegian

13/05/2025

Netflix has announced production of its first-ever Nordic medical drama, with a high-intensity character-driven series unfolding in a bustling Norwegian emergency ward. Scheduled to premiere globally in fall 2026, the yet-to-be-titled 8-episode drama stars Sara Khorami (Nothing to Laugh About, Witch Hunt, and the upcoming Troll 2) in the lead role. “I'm incredibly excited to dive into this exciting material, together with this amazing group of highly skilled people.”...

https://nordicwidescreen.com/2025/05/12/sara-khorami-stars-in-netflixs-first-nordic-medical-drama-series/

07/05/2025

SkyShowtime has revealed an all-star ensemble cast for the highly anticipated upcoming Swedish dramedy, Where the Sun Always Shines, by Felix Herngren, set to premiere on the streaming platform on November 10, 2025. Filmed on location in Mallorca, the six-part series is created and directed by renowned Swedish filmmaker, writer, and actor Felix Herngren (Sunny Side…...

https://nordicwidescreen.com/2025/05/07/skyshowtime-unveils-full-cast-and-first-look-for-swedish-dramedy-series-where-the-sun-always-shines/

06/05/2025

Following the release of Beck – Vilhelm in December 2024, TV4 has announced that Beck – The Invisible Man (Beck – Den osynlige mannen), the 52nd installment

29/04/2025

TV4 has announced that Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgård (Oppenheimer, Vikings) will star as Kurt Wallander, Henning Mankell’s legendary detective in a new film trilogy based on his acclaimed crime novels Faceless Killers (Mördare utan ansikte), Sidetracked (Villospår), and One Step Behind (Steget efter). Filming starts after summer in Ystad, an atmospheric southern Swedish town central to Wallander’s world....

TV4 has announced that Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgård (Oppenheimer, Vikings) will star as Kurt Wallander, Henning Mankell’s legendary detective in a new film...