Lars von Trier’s ‘The Kingdom Exodus’ Heads to MUBI for Streamer’s First TV Release
27.07.2022 - 16:21
/ variety.com
Manori Ravindran International EditorMUBI has acquired the third and final instalment of Lars von Trier’s “The Kingdom” trilogy.The distributor, producer and streamer has snapped up the medical horror for North America, U.K. and Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
Presented by TrustNordisk and produced by Zentropa Entertainments, “The Kingdom Exodus” closes the controversial director’s TV series, which first premiered in 1994 on Danish public broadcaster DR.Season 3 will world premiere out of competition at the Venice International Film Festival in September, and land exclusively on MUBI in the fall, with episodes dropping on a weekly episodic basis. Variety understands that Scandinavian streamer Viaplay, which was originally announced as the streaming home for Season 3 this fall, still retains streaming rights for the Nordics.
The show follows the staff and patients of a neurosurgical ward in a Copenhagen hospital. In Season 3, sleepwalker Karen will seek answers to the unresolved questions of the series in order to save the hospital from doom.
Sound asleep one night, Karen wanders into the darkness and inexplicably ends up in front of the hospital. “The gate to the Kingdom is opening once more…” teases an official synopsis for the series.The new season’s cast includes Mikael Persbrandt, Lars Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Tuva Novotny and David Dencik, with Alexander Skarsgård and David Dencik guest-starring.MUBI has also acquired the first two seasons of “The Kingdom,” which have been newly restored in never-before-seen director’s cuts, which will be welcome news for fans of the show, who have often found it difficult to locate the previous seasons from 1994 and 1997.
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