Prime Video Nordics has swooped to acquire nine scripted originals from Viaplay, which abandoned its high-end scripted commissioning drive last year.
The titles will now launch on Prime Video following the agreement, which Martin Backlund, Managing Director of Prime Video Nordics, called a “landmark deal.”
The shows comprise Bullshit, The Commoner, The Fortress, In the Name of Love, Jana – Marked for Life, Paradis City, Solo/Dancing Alone, Furia Season Two and Those Who Kill Season Four. We told you about several of them last year, when Viaplay was pushing ahead with an aggressive scripted originals strategy that was later scrapped.
Also included are library titles such as Couple Trouble, Furia Season One, Hammarvik, Honour and Occupied. This part of the agreement is non-exclusive and the shows will appear on both services.
The Nordics were recently identified as one of several European territories where Prime Video can grow, and was...
The titles will now launch on Prime Video following the agreement, which Martin Backlund, Managing Director of Prime Video Nordics, called a “landmark deal.”
The shows comprise Bullshit, The Commoner, The Fortress, In the Name of Love, Jana – Marked for Life, Paradis City, Solo/Dancing Alone, Furia Season Two and Those Who Kill Season Four. We told you about several of them last year, when Viaplay was pushing ahead with an aggressive scripted originals strategy that was later scrapped.
Also included are library titles such as Couple Trouble, Furia Season One, Hammarvik, Honour and Occupied. This part of the agreement is non-exclusive and the shows will appear on both services.
The Nordics were recently identified as one of several European territories where Prime Video can grow, and was...
- 2/8/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has unveiled 12 new unscripted reality and entertainment series coming to the Nordics, including an adaptation of the hit format “Lol: Last One Laughing” for Denmark and Norway.
The streamer has also renewed the Swedish version of “Lol: Last One Laughing” for a second season. All Nordic versions of “Lol: Last One Laughing” are filmed and produced in Sweden by Jarowskij in Sweden, Metronome in Denmark and Nordisk Banijay in Norway.
New Prime Video shows also include the Norwegian docu-reality series “Girls of Oslo,” a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of of well-known influencers Sophie Elise, Isabel Raad, Nora Haukland and Anniken Englund Jørgensen. “Girls of Oslo” is produced by Salto Film and will launch this Fall on Prime Video in Norway.
Other titles include “Bingo & Julia,” produced by Nexiko, about the luxurious life of Bingo Rimér and Julia Franzén; “Parneviks All In!,” an adventure show produced by ITV about Sweden’s popular couple,...
The streamer has also renewed the Swedish version of “Lol: Last One Laughing” for a second season. All Nordic versions of “Lol: Last One Laughing” are filmed and produced in Sweden by Jarowskij in Sweden, Metronome in Denmark and Nordisk Banijay in Norway.
New Prime Video shows also include the Norwegian docu-reality series “Girls of Oslo,” a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of of well-known influencers Sophie Elise, Isabel Raad, Nora Haukland and Anniken Englund Jørgensen. “Girls of Oslo” is produced by Salto Film and will launch this Fall on Prime Video in Norway.
Other titles include “Bingo & Julia,” produced by Nexiko, about the luxurious life of Bingo Rimér and Julia Franzén; “Parneviks All In!,” an adventure show produced by ITV about Sweden’s popular couple,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Prime Video’s unscripted originals push in the Nordics is continuing.
The Amazon-owned streamer has unveiled a 12-strong slate of unscripted shows that will launch this fall, including an expansion of the Lol: Last One Laughing format and new titles such as Girls of Oslo and Parneviks All In!.
Lol is getting new versions in Denmark and Norway following its launch in Sweden last year. Sweden is also getting a second season.
The format, in which comedians compete to keep a straight face to win a cash prize for a charity of their choosing, originated in Japan and is Prime Video’s best travelling entertainment titles with versions around the world. All Nordic versions are filmed and produced in Sweden by Jarowskij (Sweden), Metronome (Denmark), and Nordisk Banijay (Norway), respectively.
New to the service is Girls of Oslo, a docu-reality series looking into at the lives of Norwegian influencers Sophie Elise,...
The Amazon-owned streamer has unveiled a 12-strong slate of unscripted shows that will launch this fall, including an expansion of the Lol: Last One Laughing format and new titles such as Girls of Oslo and Parneviks All In!.
Lol is getting new versions in Denmark and Norway following its launch in Sweden last year. Sweden is also getting a second season.
The format, in which comedians compete to keep a straight face to win a cash prize for a charity of their choosing, originated in Japan and is Prime Video’s best travelling entertainment titles with versions around the world. All Nordic versions are filmed and produced in Sweden by Jarowskij (Sweden), Metronome (Denmark), and Nordisk Banijay (Norway), respectively.
New to the service is Girls of Oslo, a docu-reality series looking into at the lives of Norwegian influencers Sophie Elise,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Prime Video has been quietly ramping up its Nordic originals slate, and it’s now found its first documentary.
We can reveal the streamer’s Nordic arm has ordered Take a Chance, which will launch globally on May 19. You can watch a trailer for the program below.
The doc has “unique, unfiltered” access to Gert van der Graaf, an infamous stalker who reveals how a childhood crush on Abba superstar Agnetha Fältskog turned into an obsession that shaped the rest of his life. Experts, psychologists, friends and van der Graaf himself explore how compulsive fandom can become criminal obsession.
The 95-minute doc comes from Kreativ Inc., Sweden’s A Rabbit Hole and Banjiay Americas-owned U.S. producer Bunim-Murray Productions. Maria Thulin is the director and Banijay Rights has international distribution rights outside Europe.
The EPs are Swedish-born former Zodiak USA CEO Joel Karlsberg, who was an exec producer on...
We can reveal the streamer’s Nordic arm has ordered Take a Chance, which will launch globally on May 19. You can watch a trailer for the program below.
The doc has “unique, unfiltered” access to Gert van der Graaf, an infamous stalker who reveals how a childhood crush on Abba superstar Agnetha Fältskog turned into an obsession that shaped the rest of his life. Experts, psychologists, friends and van der Graaf himself explore how compulsive fandom can become criminal obsession.
The 95-minute doc comes from Kreativ Inc., Sweden’s A Rabbit Hole and Banjiay Americas-owned U.S. producer Bunim-Murray Productions. Maria Thulin is the director and Banijay Rights has international distribution rights outside Europe.
The EPs are Swedish-born former Zodiak USA CEO Joel Karlsberg, who was an exec producer on...
- 4/24/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exec delivered keynote address at annual TV market.
The series production “bubble” has burst, said Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh in a MipTV keynote address in Canes today (April 17).
“I do feel the bubble has burst. We were enjoying a really wonderful time of endless green lights after short development periods,” said Marsh, who is also deputy CEO of Canal+.
Marsh said that now “development periods are stretching out and productions aren’t getting greenlit as easily as they were in the past.” Plus, she added, “getting that second or third season isn’t as easy.”
Despite the challenges and the...
The series production “bubble” has burst, said Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh in a MipTV keynote address in Canes today (April 17).
“I do feel the bubble has burst. We were enjoying a really wonderful time of endless green lights after short development periods,” said Marsh, who is also deputy CEO of Canal+.
Marsh said that now “development periods are stretching out and productions aren’t getting greenlit as easily as they were in the past.” Plus, she added, “getting that second or third season isn’t as easy.”
Despite the challenges and the...
- 4/17/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
Backlund previously held the post of head of content for Prime Video UK and Nordics.
Amazon executive Martin Backlund, the former London-based head of content for Prime Video UK and Nordics, has taken up the newly-created position of managing director for Prime Video Nordics.
He will work with the Nordics Originals team, headed up by Karin Lindström, the content acquisitions team, led by Andreas Hjertø, the channels team and future customer features.
Backlund will oversee investment, programming, marketing, and partnerships for Prime Video Nordics content offering, including both acquisitions and local originals. He will continue to be based in London.
Amazon executive Martin Backlund, the former London-based head of content for Prime Video UK and Nordics, has taken up the newly-created position of managing director for Prime Video Nordics.
He will work with the Nordics Originals team, headed up by Karin Lindström, the content acquisitions team, led by Andreas Hjertø, the channels team and future customer features.
Backlund will oversee investment, programming, marketing, and partnerships for Prime Video Nordics content offering, including both acquisitions and local originals. He will continue to be based in London.
- 4/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Long-serving Amazon exec Martin Backlund has become MD for Prime Video Nordics, we’ve learned.
He is exiting his post as Prime Video’s Head of Content for the UK and Nordics to take the post. Replacing him in the UK is Tushar Jindal, who is being upped from his Head of Movies for Prime Video UK role.
Backlund now has a remit to lead the Prime Video teams across the Nordics in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland. He’ll work closely with Karin Lindström’s Nordics originals team, Andreas Hjertø’s content acquisitions division and Amazon’s channels business, and on future customer features.
He’ll have control of investment, programming, marketing and partnerships. Prime Video Nordic’s line up includes U.S. titles such as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys and The Grand Tour and Nordic originals.
Prime Video Nordics has been...
He is exiting his post as Prime Video’s Head of Content for the UK and Nordics to take the post. Replacing him in the UK is Tushar Jindal, who is being upped from his Head of Movies for Prime Video UK role.
Backlund now has a remit to lead the Prime Video teams across the Nordics in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland. He’ll work closely with Karin Lindström’s Nordics originals team, Andreas Hjertø’s content acquisitions division and Amazon’s channels business, and on future customer features.
He’ll have control of investment, programming, marketing and partnerships. Prime Video Nordic’s line up includes U.S. titles such as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys and The Grand Tour and Nordic originals.
Prime Video Nordics has been...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video Nordics is pushing heavily into the Scandinavian unscripted originals market, unveiling a handful of reality shows at a splashy event in Sweden today. The streamer has also struck a multi-territory movie output deal with Nordisk Film for the likes of John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Hunger Games prequel, we can reveal.
Last week, Amazon Studios execs were out in force at Mipcom striking deals and today at a star-studded Prime Video Presents event in Stockholm’s Hotel At Six, where it revealed a Swedish version of Prime Video reality format Lol: Last One Standing, along with Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish versions of new commissions Pranked, Good Luck Guys and Sweathearts. This brings its local originals slate to a total of 18, including the previously announced competition series The Bridge and scripted comedy series Toppen.
The Swedish version of Japanese format Lol, in which 10 comedians compete to keep...
Last week, Amazon Studios execs were out in force at Mipcom striking deals and today at a star-studded Prime Video Presents event in Stockholm’s Hotel At Six, where it revealed a Swedish version of Prime Video reality format Lol: Last One Standing, along with Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish versions of new commissions Pranked, Good Luck Guys and Sweathearts. This brings its local originals slate to a total of 18, including the previously announced competition series The Bridge and scripted comedy series Toppen.
The Swedish version of Japanese format Lol, in which 10 comedians compete to keep...
- 10/27/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has unveiled 18 new local productions in the Nordics as well as a multi-territory Nordisk Film movie deal.
The news was announced at a Prime Video Presents event today (Oct. 27) in Stockholm attended by Prime Video’s head of Nordic originals, Karin Lindström, head of Nordic content, Andreas Hjertø and an array of talent from some of the upcoming productions.
Among the new unscripted shows announced were “Lol: Last One Laughing,” a competitive game show with comedians (pictured above) hosted by Eva Röse, “Pranked,” a hidden-camera, practical-joke celebrity series, dating show “Sweethearts” and “Good Luck Guys,” which takes a bunch of influencers and reality stars out to see how they survive in rural Thailand.
The event in Stockholm also offered the audience a sneak peek at scripted comedy series “Toppen” and iconic reality competition “The Bridge.”
Local versions of “The Bridge,” “Pranked,” “Good Luck Guys,” and “Sweathearts” have been made for Sweden,...
The news was announced at a Prime Video Presents event today (Oct. 27) in Stockholm attended by Prime Video’s head of Nordic originals, Karin Lindström, head of Nordic content, Andreas Hjertø and an array of talent from some of the upcoming productions.
Among the new unscripted shows announced were “Lol: Last One Laughing,” a competitive game show with comedians (pictured above) hosted by Eva Röse, “Pranked,” a hidden-camera, practical-joke celebrity series, dating show “Sweethearts” and “Good Luck Guys,” which takes a bunch of influencers and reality stars out to see how they survive in rural Thailand.
The event in Stockholm also offered the audience a sneak peek at scripted comedy series “Toppen” and iconic reality competition “The Bridge.”
Local versions of “The Bridge,” “Pranked,” “Good Luck Guys,” and “Sweathearts” have been made for Sweden,...
- 10/27/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has locked UK and Ireland rights to the forthcoming British remake of hit French series Call My Agent!
As Deadline revealed John Morton (W1A) is writing and directing the first two episodes and executive producing the series, which will star Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed Prasanna Puwanarajah, Jim Broadbent, and more.
Today, Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams have been confirmed as joining the cast for cameo appearances. Filming is now underway in London.
The original series, which was broadcast on French network France 2 and found global success on Netflix, chronicled how a Parisian talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder. The remake’s Anglicisations will include a greater focus on Transatlantic industry relationships, and include nods to Brit obsessions such as the class system.
“It’s...
As Deadline revealed John Morton (W1A) is writing and directing the first two episodes and executive producing the series, which will star Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed Prasanna Puwanarajah, Jim Broadbent, and more.
Today, Kelly Macdonald, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams have been confirmed as joining the cast for cameo appearances. Filming is now underway in London.
The original series, which was broadcast on French network France 2 and found global success on Netflix, chronicled how a Parisian talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder. The remake’s Anglicisations will include a greater focus on Transatlantic industry relationships, and include nods to Brit obsessions such as the class system.
“It’s...
- 5/21/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lioness, the feature documentary about Olympic boxing champions Nicola Adams that Deadline first revealed in February, will be launched by Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland this summer.
The project will chart Adams’ rise from the streets of Leeds to being a boxing champion as well as a notably rare LGBT sports figure. Adams has been a full participant. It comes from producers Salon Pictures, the company behind McQueen, and director Helena Coan, whose credits include Audrey. Nick Taussig and Annabel Wigoder are producing with Laure Vaysse of Rep Productions (Billie). Film Constellation is handling international sales.
“Nicola is a trailblazer and her story is one that will inspire audiences of all backgrounds,” said Martin Backlund, Head of Content, UK Prime Video. “Lioness examines Nicola’s life spent fighting fierce competitors, prejudice and adversity and her determination to never give up. We couldn’t be happier to share her story,...
The project will chart Adams’ rise from the streets of Leeds to being a boxing champion as well as a notably rare LGBT sports figure. Adams has been a full participant. It comes from producers Salon Pictures, the company behind McQueen, and director Helena Coan, whose credits include Audrey. Nick Taussig and Annabel Wigoder are producing with Laure Vaysse of Rep Productions (Billie). Film Constellation is handling international sales.
“Nicola is a trailblazer and her story is one that will inspire audiences of all backgrounds,” said Martin Backlund, Head of Content, UK Prime Video. “Lioness examines Nicola’s life spent fighting fierce competitors, prejudice and adversity and her determination to never give up. We couldn’t be happier to share her story,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 6Am: Deadline understands Amazon is not currently bidding for rights to rugby union’s Six Nations Championship, despite a report in The Times saying that it was making a play for the sporting event. The Times is now reporting that Amazon has prioritized securing rights to international matches in the fall.
Previous, 3Am: Amazon is set to double down on its sports output in the UK by taking rights to rugby union’s Six Nations Championship in a shared deal with the BBC and ITV, according to British newspaper The Times. The news emerged on the same day as Amazon announced it will premiere gay rugby film Steelers on April 16 in the UK and Ireland.
The Times reported that Amazon Prime Video will be the first pay-tv partner for the Six Nations, a showpiece rugby tournament between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Italy. The streamer will take on rights from next year,...
Previous, 3Am: Amazon is set to double down on its sports output in the UK by taking rights to rugby union’s Six Nations Championship in a shared deal with the BBC and ITV, according to British newspaper The Times. The news emerged on the same day as Amazon announced it will premiere gay rugby film Steelers on April 16 in the UK and Ireland.
The Times reported that Amazon Prime Video will be the first pay-tv partner for the Six Nations, a showpiece rugby tournament between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Italy. The streamer will take on rights from next year,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon is serving up a documentary following British tennis superstar Andy Murray.
The Svod service will launch feature-length doc Andy Murray: Resurfacing on its platform on November 29.
The film will follow Murray’s painstaking rehabilitation from injury with access to his life and the inner sanctum of surgical theaters.
The Wimbledon champion has been dealing with a chronic hip injury over the last couple of years and it follows his comeback. As well as access to Murray, the doc features interviews with his family, team members and rivals including Federer, Nadal and Djokovic
Andy Murray: Resurfacing is produced and directed by Olivia Cappuccini and produced by John Battsek for Searching For Sugar Man and One Day in September producer Passion Pictures, in collaboration with Pitch Productions and Scenes of Reason.
“I knew I was at a critical point in my career. At times it felt like I was letting people...
The Svod service will launch feature-length doc Andy Murray: Resurfacing on its platform on November 29.
The film will follow Murray’s painstaking rehabilitation from injury with access to his life and the inner sanctum of surgical theaters.
The Wimbledon champion has been dealing with a chronic hip injury over the last couple of years and it follows his comeback. As well as access to Murray, the doc features interviews with his family, team members and rivals including Federer, Nadal and Djokovic
Andy Murray: Resurfacing is produced and directed by Olivia Cappuccini and produced by John Battsek for Searching For Sugar Man and One Day in September producer Passion Pictures, in collaboration with Pitch Productions and Scenes of Reason.
“I knew I was at a critical point in my career. At times it felt like I was letting people...
- 11/7/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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