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Netflix has greenlit a five-part limited series, The Unlikely Murderer, based on the 2018 book by Thomas Pettersson about the infamous, and still unsolved, 1986 murder of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix has ordered “The Unlikely Murderer,” a Swedish limited series based on Thomas Pettersson’s eponymous 2018 award-winning book.The five-part drama series is a fictional interpretation of how Stig Engström, the graphic designer named as the suspected murderer of Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme, managed to elude justice right up to his death through a combination of audacity, luck and a perplexed police force.Engström’s murder was not planned

Netflix has greenlit a five-part Swedish-language series on Stig Engström, the man who was named as the probable murderer of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

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Production company BlackBox Multimedia has partnered with Italian producers Leader Produzioni and LatAm’s EO Media Distribution for the TV series adaptation of Luis Sepúlveda’s novel Diary Of A Sentimental Killer. The story follows an unnamed assassin who has been left by his lover the day before he is set to embark on a crucial assignment. Chilean writer Sepúlveda, who died from Covid-19 in April 2020, saw his books sell more than 6 million copies worldwide and be translated into 40 languages.

Venice Critics’ Week Names New HeadVenice Film Festival independent sidebar Critics’ Week has hired Beatrice Fiorentino as its new General Delegate, replacing Giona A. Nazzaro who left earlier this year to take the reins at Locarno.

Channel 4 Orders Follow-Up To Influential Princess Diana Film Channel 4 has commissioned Blink Films to make a follow-up to its explosive documentary on Princess Diana’s infamous Panorama interview with the BBC in 1995. The revelations in Blink’s first film, Diana: The Truth Behind The Interview, have sparked an independent inquiry at the BBC to get to the bottom of whether Diana was coerced into the Panorama conversation by reporter Martin Bashir through forged documents and misinformation.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefGlobal streaming giant Netflix has acquired three high profile feature films and added four new series from South Korea. The country is currently riding a cultural high with movies, TV dramas and K-pop music all finding wider international audiences.

ViacomCBS International & Morena Films Ink Dramedy Deal

Tom Grater International Film ReporterScorsese In StockholmMartin Scorsese made an appearance at Sweden’s Stockholm International Film Festival this weekend to receive the event’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented with the prize remotely due to ongoing pandemic restrictions, the filmmaker said that he had always had a “real love” for the country’s films.

Tom Grater, Jake Kanter Hubert Bals Fund GrantsThe Hubert Bals Fund, the Dutch funder run by International Film Festival Rotterdam, has unveiled its latest round of decisions. A joint initiative by the Netherlands Film Fund and Hubert Bals has granted €50,000 apiece to two films: Lucrecia Martel’s Chocobar, and Gabriel Mascaro’s Centre Of The Earth.

Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter Stephen Garrett’s Character 7 Options Thriller NovelsCharacter 7, whose founder Stephen Garrett (pictured) executive-produced thrillers The Night Manager and Spooks,  and is one of the producers behind current HBO drama The Undoing, has won rights to adapt Holly Watt’s thriller novels To The Lions and The Dead Line, which follow the life and adventures of globetrotting investigative journalist Casey Benedict.

Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter BAFTA Execs To Speak At British Urban Film FestivalEXCLUSIVE: The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) has set BAFTA Chair Krishnendu Majumdar and BAFTA Film Committee Chair Marc Samuelson for a 90-minute ‘in conversation’ session at this year’s festival, which is taking place later than usual and online as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Devon Sawa (Final Destination) and Michael Jai White (Spawn) have joined the cast of director Casey Tebo’s Black Friday.

Netflix will also air a new three-part documentary series about the life and murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier next year.The series is being made in collaboration with the du Plantier’s family and will feature their testimony as well as that of Ian Bailey.Simon Chinn, co-Founder of Lightbox and Executive Producer said: ‘This series will take viewers on a journey filled with unexpected twists and turns as we carefully unravel an extraordinary story from its beginning, 24 years ago, to the

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Personal History Of David Copperfield filmmaker Armando Iannucci and Escape From Pretoria director Francis Annan will be the recipients of the inaugural DDA Spotlight Award at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

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