Netflix Orders Norwegian Comedy Sci-Fi Film ‘Blasted’

Working from home required some creative solutions–something Julianne Moore knows all about.

British television producer and director Charlie Hanson has been removed from Netflix’s Ricky Gervais comedy After Life and he has been suspended by BAFTA amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix U.K. has fired a male producer working on one of its U.K.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has unveiled the trailer for “The North Sea,” the Norwegian disaster movie directed by John Andreas Andersen, and produced by the banner behind the Scandinavian blockbusters “The Quake” and “The Wave.”“The North Sea” was co-written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg, who also penned “The Quake” and “The Wave,” and Lars Gudmestad, whose credits include the Norwegian thriller “Headhunters.”The film opens on Christmas Eve in 1969 as the Norwegian

Netflix has picked up its first ever Russian drama series with Anna K.

Variety.Her character reportedly then gets amnesia after a skiing accident and “finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.”There is no word on other cast members or a production team behind the film yet.

Kate Aurthur editorLindsay Lohan, who has largely foregone acting in recent years, will soon star in a yet-to-be-titled Netflix holiday rom-com.

Luann de Lesseps — who will always be a countess to her fans — is listing her charming waterfront Hamptons home for rent this summer. “I want to travel after the pandemic,” she tells Gimme, adding that she will also be preparing for her cabaret shows, which are slated to begin again this fall.

which closed for $14.5 million last November. The stunning, waterfront modern home in Sag Harbor was listed by Compass’s Matthew Breitenbach.

Naman Ramachandran “A-ha The Movie,” a documentary feature on the iconic Norwegian pop band, is set to have its world premiere at Tribeca on June 12.The band’s hit “Take On Me,” accompanied by a pioneering sketch-animation video by Steve Barron, is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. The documentary follows the band over a period of four years, sharing the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of making it big.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios is joining forces with prolific Norwegian filmmaker Henrik M.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association has rejected a $2.5 million settlement offer from Kjersti Flaa, the Norwegian reporter whose lawsuit set off a controversy that led to the cancellation of next year’s Golden Globes.Flaa filed the suit last August after being twice denied membership in the tiny club of foreign journalists that votes on the Globes.

Netflix, Sky Team For Writing Fellowship Netflix and Sky have joined forces with Sex Education writer Bisha K Ali to launch a UK screenwriting fellowship for people from under-represented backgrounds. The scheme offers up to six successful applicants the chance to join a year-long program, during which they will receive £22,568 ($32,000) to write a spec script for an original idea, as well take on a placement in a Sky or Netflix writers’ room.

In an unprecedented move, streaming giant Netflix and Comcast-backed pay-TV operator Sky are teaming up with “Sex Education” and “Ms. Marvel” writer Bisha K Ali to create a screenwriting fellowship for six U.K. writers that will provide them with financial aid, a support network and ultimately a job in a writers’ room for either a Netflix or Sky program. For Variety, Anne Mensah, VP of U.K. Original Series, and Jane Millichip, chief content officer for Sky Studios, discuss their vision for

A “Bridgerton” spinoff limited series based on the origins of Queen Charlotte has been ordered at Netflix. Per Netflix, “While the series will center on the rise and love life of a young Queen Charlotte, it will also tell the stories of young Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury.

Naman Ramachandran Polish film “365 Days,” a 2020 global success for Netflix, is getting two sequels.The giant streamer has announced the start of production on “365 Days” part 2 and part 3. The original film follows Massimo, a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura, a sales director.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has renewed its hit Norwegian comedy-drama series “Pørni” for a second and third season. The comedy-drama was created by Henriette Steenstrup (“Lilyhammer”) who also stars.

Naman Ramachandran “Chernobyl” producer Sister is adapting the hit Audible original podcast “West Cork” for TV.Created by Sam Bungey and Jennifer Forde, “West Cork” is an investigation into the 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Du Plantier, a French film producer, was found near her holiday home around the West Cork town of Schull, a serene region on Ireland’s idyllic southern coast.