NENT Group Boards Second Season of ‘The Truth Will Out’ With Banijay Rights

The Star Wars spin off series The Mandalorian is expected to star WWE superstar Sasha Banks. As per the latest media reports, the former women’s champion, Banks will make an appearance in the second season of Star Wars spin off titled The Mandalorian.

Steve Coogan confirmed that Alan will be returning to the BBC

By Peter White

Tonight, the ultimate search for love begins on M-Net as the second season of The Bachelor South Africa takes flight. In tonight’s debut episode, Marc Buckner will meet the 22 lovely ladies who are ready to potentially become the love of his life.

BBC Studios and Indian content studio Applause Entertainment are returning with the second season of the Indian version of BBC drama format “Criminal Justice” – the inspiration behind HBO’s “The Night Of.”

By Dade Hayes

Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund, winner of the 2017 Cannes Palme d'Or for The Square, has cast Woody Harrelson and newcomers Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson in his satire Triangle of Sadness.The feature film set against the world of fashion and the super rich also includes Henrik Dorsin, Zlatko Buric, Iris Berben and Sunnyi Melles.Triangle of Sadness is Ostlund’s first English language film, and his sixth feature after The Guitar Mongoloid, Involuntary, Force Majeure and The Square, another

A second season of the Japanese adaptation of hit drama show “Suits” has been green-lighted at leading broadcaster Fuji Television. NBCUniversal Formats, which handled the deal, says that it is the first time ever that a U.S. drama adaptation is renewed.

GÖTEBORG, Sweden —  Norway’s Stian Kristiansen (“Homeground”, “The Man Who Loved Yngve”) has signed on to direct “Doppler” for long-time production partners at Motlys (“Louder than Bombs”, Homeground”).

By Peter White, Nellie Andreeva

Lagardere Studios Distribution has boarded “The Machinery,” an action-packed thriller series headlined Kristoffer Joner (“The Revenant”) which was teased by Viaplay during a presentation at Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference on Thursday.

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), one of Scandinavia’s largest media groups, is set to pull out of non-scripted content, and focus on scripted drama and film production and distribution. The company is looking to bring a minority equity partner on board to bolster its scripted drama production business.

By Peter White

In physics the God Particle is an elementary particle whose existence physicists use to describes why all particles have mass. In a Wednesday masterclass at the Göteborg Film Festival, Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson’s God Particle is the push into acquiring global rights, the phenomenon whose existence is the driving factor behind many if nt most all current international TV industry trends.

GÖTEBORG, Sweden — Established Nordic prodco Sagafilm (“Stella Blómkvist”, “Case”) is producing Icelandic crime series “Sisterhood,” in association with Sky Studios, for commissioners NENT Group’s Nordic streamer Viaplay and Iceland’s OTT service Síminn.

Scandinavian major NENT Group has commissioned romantic drama “Harmonica” from Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden.

By Dade Hayes