Netflix Announces The Killing Season 3 Coming Exclusively to Its Streaming Members Globally

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"We're excited to offer our members each new episode of Season 3 of within a week of its U.S. premiere on television," said Ted Sarandos , Chief Content Officer, Netflix.  " is a terrific serial drama and we know our members love these high-quality programmes."

David Madden , president of Fox Television Studios, said, "Our agreement with Netflix played an extremely significant part in the studio's strategy that enabled us to bring back for a third season. Our showrunner, Veena Sud , has plunged our principals into new and dangerous worlds, with wicked twists and a climactic end-of-season resolution, and our acclaimed cast, including Mireille Enos , Joel Kinnaman and new cast member Peter Sarsgaard, are already thrillingly bringing it to life.  We are delighted to be in business with Netflix to deliver Season 3, as well as past seasons of to a broader audience worldwide."

The critically acclaimed drama, based on the Danish series , follows various murder investigations led by homicide detectives Sarah Linden ( Mireille Enos ) and Stephen Holder ( Joel Kinnaman ). After the close of the Rosie Larsen case, covered over the first two seasons of the series, Season 3 picks up a year later, with Linden no longer a detective. When ex-partner Holder's search for a runaway girl leads him to discover a gruesome string of murders that connects to a previous murder investigation by Linden, she is drawn back into the life she thought she'd left behind.

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Fox Television Studios produces scripted and unscripted programming for US broadcast and cable networks, and international broadcasters. For the USA , the studio produces the hit series , going into season seven, and , going into season five, as well as the forthcoming . FTVS also produces for FX, starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys , recently renewed for season two, for A&E, in its fourth season, , in its third season on AMC, the half-hour comedy series, , to launch on IFC in spring 2013, and the forthcoming unscripted series , scheduled to premiere on TNT in early 2014.