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January 28, 2026
Banijay Entertainment’s ‘Wallander’ Reboot, Starring Gustaf Skarsgård, Adds Further Key Cast (EXCLUSIVE)
Starring Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer,” “Vikings”), the anticipated – and highly modern – reboot of “Wallander,” set up at Banijay Entertainment’s Jarowskij/Yellow Bird and Swedish broadcast netw...
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January 28, 2026
Charades Boards ‘Almost There,’ the Debut Pic of Sundance Selected and Student Academy Award Winning Director Rikke Gregersen (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based sales-production Charades, a director-driven sales banner intent on bringing new voices to the world such as Gints Zilbalodis’ Oscar winner “Flow,” has boarded “Almost There,” the featu...
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January 27, 2026
Historical Epic ‘Royal Blood,’ From Fremantle’s Miso, Gets the Greenlight From the Scandi Alliance (EXCLUSIVE)
One of Scandinavia’s most ambitious – and anticipated – TV drama series, historical epic “Royal Blood” from Fremantle’s Nordic powerhouse Miso Film, has secured a production commitment from the Sca...
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January 27, 2026
Drag Queen ‘Amateur’ Crime Caper ‘Queen Heist’ and ‘Liberating’ Romcom ‘The Good Widow’ Added to Banijay Finland’s Burgeoning Scripted Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Banijay Finland, behind MHz Choice U.S. pick-up “The Hanko Murder” and popular procedural “Maria Kaillo,” is growing its scripted lineup adding drag queen caper “Queen Heist,” ordered by go-ahead F...
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January 27, 2026
‘Whiskey on the Rocks’ Creators Set Nordic Noir Actioner ‘Becker & Kempe,’ Cold War Heist Dramedy ‘Made in Sweden’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Patrick Nebout and Henrik Jansson-Schweizer, creators of the multi-prized “Whiskey on the Rocks” which smashed ratings records on Disney+/SVT, have unveiled two new premium projects from their bout...
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January 26, 2026
Globoplay, Fremantle Strike Distribution Deal for Brazil on World Sales Hit ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Globoplay, the top Brazilian streaming service and one of Latin America’s few domestic SVOD players to compete with the world’s global streamers in a big national market, has struck a deal with Fre...
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January 23, 2026
Inside Swedish Writer Karin Arrhenius’ Banijay Series ‘My Brother,’ a Psychological Mystery-Thriller of Elemental, Carnal Passions
“Maybe the Messiah will come back. Even you came back. That’s even more unbelievable,” twin brother Bror tells Jana in “My Brother” Episode 1. Any viewer of the four-part mystery thriller soon get...
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January 23, 2026
Brazilian Janaína Marques’ Berlinale Forum Player ‘I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival’ Swooped on by Patra Spanou (EXCLUSIVE)
Düsseldorf-based boutique outfit Patra Spanou Film has boarded international sales on Brazilian Janaína Marques’ debut feature “I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival” (“Fiz Um Foguete Imaginando ...
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January 23, 2026
Raabta International Launches as New Spanish Sales Player and Sets Berlin European Film Market Debut (EXCLUSIVE)
Raabta International is stepping into an increasingly crowded global marketplace as a new Spanish international sales outfit. The Madrid-based company has launched with a mandate to represent indie...
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January 21, 2026
‘Vigdís’ Co-Scribes on Staying True to Iceland’s Iconic Former President While Killing Their Darlings
One of five TV shows battling for Göteborg’s coveted Nordic Series Script Award, Iceland’s four-parter “Vigdís,” brings to global screens the inspiring true story of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir who made ...
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January 21, 2026
Inside Netflix Mega-Hit ‘Secrets We Keep’: Writer Ingeborg Topsøe on White Privilege and That Argued About Ending
The first Netflix Original battling for the coveted Nordic Series Script Award at Göteborg, Danish thriller “Secrets We Keep” (“Reservatet”) shot to No. 1 in 28 countries when it launched on the U....
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January 20, 2026
Content Americas Copro Pitch: Three Feel-Good Comedies, an Icelandic Narco Caper, a Bogota Noir and a True-Life World Cup Soccer Story
Could uplifting comedy prove a new international force from Latin America? The selectors of this year’s Content America’s Copro Pitch six finalists certainly think so. Three projects – “Dr. Sex,” ...
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January 20, 2026
MFF & Co, Globo Attach U.S. Writers for English-Language Adaptations for North America of Smash Hit Telenovelas (EXCLUSIVE)
L.A.-based international entertainment studio MFF & Co and Brazilian TV behemoth Globo, behind Oscar winner “I’m Still Here,” have attached U.S. writers Alexander Maggio, Jenny Lynn and Ted Sul...
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January 20, 2026
Spain Sets Content Americas’ Showcase With ‘The Maid’s Daughters,’ ‘Esperanza District,’ ‘Pure Bred’ as Highlights
Atresmedia Sales’ “The Maid’s Daughters,” RTVE’s “Esperanza District” and Mediterráneo’s “Pure Bred” are set to be among the Spanish highlights at Content Americas, anchoring the Jan. 21 main-ballr...
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January 20, 2026
Microdramas Help Drive Online Video Surge as Global M&E Heads Toward $1.2 Trillion, Omdia Announces at Content Americas (EXCLUSIVE)
Online video is now driving almost all growth in the global media and entertainment business, as advertising-supported models and mobile-first formats reshape how audiences discover and pay for con...
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January 20, 2026
‘Biggs,’ a Six-Part Bio of Extraordinary Celebrity Fugitive Ronald Biggs, Brought to Market by Brazil’s Mixer Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Ronald Biggs, the extraordinarily larger than life Great Train Robber turned media celebrity, will be the subject of a six-episode bio crime drama, “Biggs – the ‘Biggest’ Thief of the Century,” pro...
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January 19, 2026
Vertical Video Addiction, Retooling Novelas and Soccer Stories: How Latin America Is Reinventing Its TV Industry
Launched in 2023, few physical markets have come together so fast as Miami’s Content Americas. Attendance stood at 2,278 delegates in 2025. This year, all exhibition space has sold out. Yet just a...
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January 16, 2026
Göteborg Artistic Director Pia Lundberg on Swedish Pics and Politics, Challenging Truth, Alicia Vikander and Ruben Östlund’s Unwavering Support
In her second year as Artistic Director of Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival, the biggest film festival in the Nordic region, Pia Lundberg has curated another outstanding program, with 266 films incl...
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January 16, 2026
EO Media Brings Speciality Titles, Rom-Coms, Holiday Movies to Content Americas
Adding another wrinkle to an already eclectic slate targeting market segments still displaying demand, Ezequiel Olzanski has added 20 new titles to EO Media’s Content Americas 2026 sales slate, dra...
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January 14, 2026
Joaquín del Paso’s Berlin Panorama Title ‘The Garden We Dreamed’ Swooped on by M-Appeal for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Berlin-based M-Appeal will handle world sales on Joaquín’s del Paso’s “The Garden We Dreamed,” a lyrical portrait of family love and human resilience powered by a high-stakes drama set in Mexico’s ...
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January 12, 2026
Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival Introduces Lie Detector
Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival, the biggest film-TV event in the Nordic countries, is introducing a lie detector test, to point up the event’s central 2026 debating point: Truth. Inside an interr...
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