In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC announced more than 500 complaints about a Black Lives Matter tribute during this year’s New Year’s Eve fireworks; Lux Vide and Arrow Pictures make key appointments; the Nordisk Film & TV Fond announces this year’s prize jury and Mark Lazarus is named as this year’s NATPE opening keynote speaker.
New Years Eve
The BBC started 2021 with a televised bang as it took London’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display, traditionally held at the London Eye but reformatted for a TV audience this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, to the airwaves. The night didn’t pass without controversy however, as the broadcaster received 500 complaints from angry armchair warriors who were unhappy about a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.
As fireworks were launched, LED-lit drones flew nearby and formed iconic images from the past year including...
New Years Eve
The BBC started 2021 with a televised bang as it took London’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display, traditionally held at the London Eye but reformatted for a TV audience this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, to the airwaves. The night didn’t pass without controversy however, as the broadcaster received 500 complaints from angry armchair warriors who were unhappy about a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.
As fireworks were launched, LED-lit drones flew nearby and formed iconic images from the past year including...
- 1/8/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Snabba Cash (Easy Money), the Swedish Netflix original series that is being produced by Sf Studios, is underway in Stockholm.
Evin Ahmad, known from the feature film Dröm Vidare and two Netflix series Quicksand and The Rain season 2, is playing the lead. The show is a reboot of a trilogy of feature films based on the Stockholm Noir books by Jens Lapidus. Nordic major Sf Studios produced the features and is also behind the TV adaptation.
Covid safety procedures being taken on the pic include many team members wearing masks, regular temperature checks, a nurse available on set as well as an appointed coronavirus guard who will ensure people keep distance, and the production team being divided up into zones to avoid unnecessary contact.
Lapidus’ bestselling Stockholm Noir trilogy, set in the city’s underworld, have been adapted into more than 30 languages. Events in the series will take place ten years after the films,...
Evin Ahmad, known from the feature film Dröm Vidare and two Netflix series Quicksand and The Rain season 2, is playing the lead. The show is a reboot of a trilogy of feature films based on the Stockholm Noir books by Jens Lapidus. Nordic major Sf Studios produced the features and is also behind the TV adaptation.
Covid safety procedures being taken on the pic include many team members wearing masks, regular temperature checks, a nurse available on set as well as an appointed coronavirus guard who will ensure people keep distance, and the production team being divided up into zones to avoid unnecessary contact.
Lapidus’ bestselling Stockholm Noir trilogy, set in the city’s underworld, have been adapted into more than 30 languages. Events in the series will take place ten years after the films,...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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