TrustNordisk Signs International Sales Rights To Zentropa’s Danish Dramedy Series ‘Agent’ From ‘Riders Of Justice’ Star Nikolaj Lie Kaas

EXCLUSIVE: Clara Rugaard (I Am Mother) and Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones) are set to star in a new movie about the life and circle of Frankenstein scribe Mary Shelley.

Celebrity Big Brother star Kenzie looks worlds away from what he used to look like in the Big Brother House, after marking 17 years since being on the reality TV show. James Kenzie, now 36, became well-known as the youngest ever CBB housemate when he appeared on the show in 2005 at the age of 19. However, the former Blazin’ Squad member has continued to carve out a career in music since the band parted ways and now plays DJ gigs around the world.

fans want to know more about the men--and their families--on the team.In Game 4 of the series, which went down on Monday, Celtics player Al Horford scored a playoff career-high 30 points, which came after Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo received a technical foul for saying something in Horford’s direction.A post shared by Al Horford (@alhorford)“I didn’t make out what he said, but the way he looked at me didn’t sit well with me,” Al told ESPN after the game. “That got me going.”Following that big moment in Hortford’s career, fans are eager to know more about the NBA vet and his entire family.

EXCLUSIVE: TriCoast Worldwide has locked down international sales rights to the coming-of-age film Dear Zoe, starring Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink, with plans to screen the pic for potential buyers and festival reps at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

J. Kim Murphy Jake McDorman will star alongside Betty Gilpin in “Mrs. Davis,” Peacock’s upcoming drama series from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof.

EXCLUSIVE: Fabrication Films is headed to Cannes with international sales rights to Sean Patrick Flanery’s thriller Frank & Penelope.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) is set as the male lead opposite Jennifer Garner in Apple limited series The Last Thing He Told Me, based on Laura Dave’s bestselling novel. Angourie Rice also stars and Garner executive produces.

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Hounds Of War starring Frank Grillo, Robert Patrick, and Rhona Mitra, and directed by Isaac Florentine.

TrustNordisk has boarded suspense drama Birthday Girl, directed by Michael Noer and led by Danish star Trine Dyrholm. The company will handle international sales rights on the feature about a mother’s persevering quest for justice. 

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorNew Europe Film Sales has announced the first sales for Cannes Un Certain Regard-selected “Godland,” directed by Iceland’s Hlynur Pálmason.The film was picked up in France by Jour2Fete, and the movie was also acquired by three distributors that worked on Pálmason’s Cannes Critics’ Week title “A White, White Day” – Benelux rights were sold to Imagine, Poland was picked up by New Horizons Association and Australia/New Zealand was picked up by Palace.The film is set in the late 19th century, when a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.

JD Linville High in the north Atlantic, nestled between Iceland and Norway, lie the moss-covered basalt cliffs of the Faroe Islands: a Danish fishing archipelago and the perfect setting for Viaplay’s new original series “Trom.” Based on Danish writer Jógvan Isaksen’s bestselling crime novels, and adapted for screen by creator and head writer Torfinnur Jákupsson and Donna Sharpe, “Trom” is a six-episode Nordic Noir produced and distributed by Denmark’s REinvent Studios in co-production with Faroe Islands-based Kyk Pictures, Iceland’s Truenorth and Germany’s ZDF/Arte.In what has signalled a breakthrough for many Scandinavian series, the BBC acquired “Trom” in a deal announced just before the series’ premiere at February’s Berlinale Series Market Selects. Co-directed by Kasper Barfoed (“The Chestnut Man”), Davið Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”), and Peter Ahlén, “Trom”follows rogue journalist Hannis Martinsson, played by Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”).

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios has boarded “Maybe Baby,” a high-concept Danish comedy about pregnancy and fertility treatments which is directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg (“Loving Adults”). The movie starts shooting this month with Danish actors Mille Dinesen, Katinka Lærke Petersen, Lars Ranthe and Kasper Dalsgaard. SF Studios is producing with Marcella Dichmann and will handle Nordic distribution.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWell, that was fast. AMC has formally greenlit the dramedy series “Straight Man” starring Bob Odenkirk a little over two weeks after announcing the show as in development.The show is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Russo. It is described as a mid-life crisis tale set at Railton College in the Pennsylvania Rust Belt.

Germany’s Leonine Studios has acquired distribution rights to AGC Television’s Australian crime drama Troppo.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBritBox, the ITV and the BBC’s streaming service, is set to roll out across the Nordics with a raft of original programming on April 28. BritBox International will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and will include BritBox Originals, exclusive new series, as well as TV classics.