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Shahid VIP moves into Nordic Noir with ‘The Killing’ remake in Egypt

Middle East-based streamer Shahid VIP has launched its local remake of Danish scripted classic, The Killing. The Arabic version (Monataf Khater, منعطف خطر) changes location from rainy and gloomy Copenhagen to sunny Cairo in Egypt, where the series is also filmed. The show is believed to be the first Nordic Noir drama to be remade in […]

AMC will no longer Feed the Beast

US cable channel AMC is not progressing with its freshman season drama Feed the Beast. The David Schwimmer-starring ten-episode series about a pair of troubled friends who attempt to make a success of a restaurant in the Bronx has been cancelled after one season. Feed the Beast comes from Clyde Phillips Productions, Lionsgate Television and […]

Berlin: Shine France discovers DR’s DNA

Shine France is set to board a new Danish drama from pubcaster DR. TBI understands the final elements of an agreement are being worked out, after which Shine France, part of the Endemol Shine Group, will coproduce the series with Warner Bros.-owned Eyeworks Scandi Fiction. Investigative crime drama DNA comes from writer Torleif Hoppe, whose […]

BBC Follows the Money with Danish drama deal

Follow the Money (Bedraget) has become the latest foreign-language drama acquired by UK public broadcaster the BBC for its high-end arts, culture and drama channel BBC Four channel. The show hails from Danish pubcaster DR and is sold by DR Sales, which struck the BBC deal. It was penned by Borgen co-writer Jeppe Gjervig Gram […]

News brief: DR Sales hires formats exec

The sales division of Danish pubcaster DR has hired a formats sales executive. Louise Juel Severin has joined DR Sales, which Anders Kjærsgaard and Helene Aurø run as managing director and deputy managing director, respectively. She will be at MIPCOM selling shows such as prime time entertainment format Quiz of the Year and children’s programme […]

Buyers descend on Scandinavian Screenings

More than 80 international buyers have this week travelled to Denmark to check out the latest wares of Scandinavian producers and broadcasters, according to the Nordisk Film & TV Fund. The three-day 2014 Scandinavian Screenings began in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Wednesday (June 4) at pubcaster DR’s headquarters. Around 130 documentaries, dramas, children’s series […]