Boutique co-producer and distributor About Premium Content (Apc) has agreed a raft of international sales for season one of its Cold War drama series “Shadow Lines,” including to AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
A second season of the 1950s Helslinki-set spy thriller has been commissioned by Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde and is currently in development.
As well the Sundance Now deal, Apc has also secured sales for the series to Sbs in Australia; Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel across Central and Eastern Europe, Baltics and Cis; RTP2 in Portugal; Proximus in Belgium; AMC’s Sundance TV in Spain; and in Switzerland both public broadcaster Rts and cable channel Upc.
Produced by Zodiak Finland for Elisa Viihde, “Shadow Lines” is a period spy thriller written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
A second season of the 1950s Helslinki-set spy thriller has been commissioned by Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde and is currently in development.
As well the Sundance Now deal, Apc has also secured sales for the series to Sbs in Australia; Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel across Central and Eastern Europe, Baltics and Cis; RTP2 in Portugal; Proximus in Belgium; AMC’s Sundance TV in Spain; and in Switzerland both public broadcaster Rts and cable channel Upc.
Produced by Zodiak Finland for Elisa Viihde, “Shadow Lines” is a period spy thriller written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
- 6/9/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
AMC streamer Sundance Now has acquired the first season of Finland’s 1950s Cold War drama Shadow Lines for the U.S., Canada and UK.
Co-producer and distributor About Premium Content secured the Sundance deal for the Zodiak Finland-produced show, alongside other sales in territories including Australia (Sbs), Central and Eastern Europe (Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel) and Spain (Sundance TV).
Shadow Lines was commissioned by Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde and a second season is now in development. It is written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
The Finnish, English and Russian language drama is set in 1950s Helsinki, where the Kgb and CIA battled for control of Finland. It centers on Helena, a student who returns home from America and is recruited by her godfather to help stop the U.S. and Russia meddling in...
Co-producer and distributor About Premium Content secured the Sundance deal for the Zodiak Finland-produced show, alongside other sales in territories including Australia (Sbs), Central and Eastern Europe (Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel) and Spain (Sundance TV).
Shadow Lines was commissioned by Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde and a second season is now in development. It is written by mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and Katri Manninen and directed by Aj Annila and Alli Haapasalo.
The Finnish, English and Russian language drama is set in 1950s Helsinki, where the Kgb and CIA battled for control of Finland. It centers on Helena, a student who returns home from America and is recruited by her godfather to help stop the U.S. and Russia meddling in...
- 6/9/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Finland’s leading streaming service Elisa Viihde has ordered “Sphere of Shadows” (working title), an international political thriller series which will be directed by Aj Annila, the up-and-coming helmer who recently won a Jussi Award (Finnish equivalent to the Oscar) with “The Eternal Road.”
The ambitious ten-part series will be produced by Teea Hyytiä and Sari Lempiäinen from Zodiak Finland, while international sales will be handled by About Premium Content (Apc), an co-production and distribution outfit boasting offices in London and Paris.
Set in the 1950s, “Sphere of Shadows” (“Nyrkki”) unfolds in Helsinki which at the time was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West.
“Sphere of Shadows” follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost. And with the upcoming presidential election in Finland,...
The ambitious ten-part series will be produced by Teea Hyytiä and Sari Lempiäinen from Zodiak Finland, while international sales will be handled by About Premium Content (Apc), an co-production and distribution outfit boasting offices in London and Paris.
Set in the 1950s, “Sphere of Shadows” (“Nyrkki”) unfolds in Helsinki which at the time was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West.
“Sphere of Shadows” follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost. And with the upcoming presidential election in Finland,...
- 7/8/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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