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NENT Group and Filmlance adapt Astrid Lindgren's 'Ronja the Robber's Daughter' as major Viaplay Original
- Swedish-language series produced by Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn (`Beartown') as producers for Filmlance, a Banijay company, and executive produced by Sara Askelöf for NENT Group
STOCKHOLM , Sept. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
`Ronja the Robber's Daughter' is one of the best-known books by Astrid Lindgren , who is among the world's most translated and best-selling authors with more than 75 books published. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and sold more than 165 million copies, and has been adapted for more than 70 feature films and TV productions. Alongside Ronja the Robber's Daughter, Lindgren's characters include Pippi Longstocking, Emil in Lönneberga and The Children of Noisy Village.
The series `Ronja' follows the adventures of a young girl born into a band of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian fortress. As Ronja grows up, she learns that the surrounding forest can be a magical and sometimes dangerous place filled with strange creatures. But when Ronja befriends the young boy Birk from a rival band, a vicious family feud ignites, at the same time as a notorious bailiff arrives to rid the area of robbers once and for all. Ronja and Birk flee into the forest and try to survive on their own.
Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: "Ronja's confidence and complexity make her one of my all-time favourite characters. This classic story of a strong and independent girl was always far ahead of its time, and its themes of friendship, closeness to nature and questioning one's assumptions are so relevant today. It is a privilege to work with such a top-class creative team to bring `Ronja' to Viaplay viewers around the world, and this project shows just how quickly our ambitions are growing. For a Nordic storyteller like NENT Group, adapting an Astrid Lindgren work is as big as it gets."
Cilla Nergårdh, CEO of The Astrid Lindgren Company: "Artistic quality is the number one priority for The Astrid Lindgren Company. We always strive to partner with the best creators, just as Astrid Lindgren did in her time. We have worked closely with the creative team on this project and have no doubt that this new version of `Ronja the Robber's Daughter' will fully live up to our high ambitions."
Mattias Arehn and Bonnie Skoog Feeney , producers for Filmlance: "We've grown up with Ronja just like so many others and we are extremely proud and humbled by this huge undertaking. The story of Ronja is a timeless story about the struggles to find your own place in the world, go your own way and be your own person. All of this in a world that is complicated, dangerous but also wonderful and magical. With the huge support we have received from NENT Group, we want to produce a series that is an epic and thrilling adventure, an homage to nature, for the entire family."
Casting for `Ronja' is ongoing and announcements will be made in due course. The Swedish-language series is executive produced by Sara Askelöf for NENT Group, with Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn (`Beartown') serving as producers for Filmlance International.
Every year, NENT Group will produce two major English-language films about Nordic figures and events, beginning with `Hilma', a biopic of the Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint written and directed by Lasse Hallström (Oscar-nominated for `The Cider House Rules' and ` My Life as a Dog') and starring Lena Olin (Oscar-nominated for `Enemies, A Love Story').
NENT Group is set to premiere at least 50 Viaplay Originals in 2021. In the past three months, `Two Sisters'; season two of `Face to Face'; `Threesome'; `A Class Apart'; `Home Invasion'; `Dystopia'; and ` Max Anger ' have premiered on Viaplay.
Recently announced originals include `Ida Takes Charge'; season two of `The Machinery'; `The Prize of Silence'; `Sort Of'; `The Uninhabitable Earth'; `Polish Murderesses', `Black Dog' and `Freedom of the Swallow'; season two of `Partisan'; season three of `Honour'; seasons three and four of `Hammarvik'; `The Holiday'; seasons two and three of `Pørni'; `Red Election'; `Hilma'; `Billy the Kid'; `Sisterhood'; `Who Shot Otto Mueller?'; a biopic of Börje Salming; `Fadime'; `Taylor's Island'; `Kin'; `What about Monica'; `Trom'; `THE KINGDOM EXODUS'; `Made in Oslo '; ` Estonia : The Last Wave'; `Suedi'; season two of `Stella Blómkvist'; season two of `Wisting'; `The Box'; `Furia'; `Close to Me'; `The Swarm'; season two of `The Truth Will Out'; `Harmonica'; `Perfect People'; and `Margeaux'.
NENT Group has established a UK-based joint venture with FilmNation Entertainment and invested in US studio Picturestart.
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