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he filming of The Chestnut Man has just begun in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish psychological thriller has its roots in the Nordic noir genre and is based on the acclaimed novel ‘The Chestnut Man’ by Søren Sveistrup (The Killing) and stars award-winning actress Danica Curcic (The Mist, Equinox), Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (The Rain, A Royal Affair), David Dencik (Chernobyl, James Bond ‘No Time To Die’), Iben Dorner (Borgen) and Lars Ranthe (Ride Upon The Storm).
The Chestnut Man is a character-driven psychological thriller. It takes the viewer on a dark and unpredictable hunt for a killer who leaves chestnut figurines as a creepy calling card on the victims, and suddenly is one case linked to a high-profile missing-child investigation. The story is told over six episodes and will be produced by SAM Productions (Ragnarok) and directed by Mikkel Serup (The Killing).
The Chestnut Man is set in a quiet suburb of Copenhagen, where the police make a terrible discovery one blustery October morning. A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Above her hangs a small man made of chestnuts. The ambitious young detective Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) is assigned to the case, along with her new partner, Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard). They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man – evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and was presumed dead – the daughter of politician (DK: Socialminister) Rosa Hartung (Iben Dorner).
The cast includes Danica Curcic, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, David Dencik, Iben Dorner, Lars Ranthe, Esben Dalgaard, Morten Brovn, Thomas Hwan, Signe Egholm, Jens Jørgen Spottag, Camilla Lau, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Marie-Lydie Melono Nokouda and Anders Hove among others.
The Chestnut Man is based on Søren Sveistrup’s acclaimed debut novel by the same name and has been translated into 28 languages and published in 50 countries. The series is created for the screen by Søren Sveistrup, Dorte Høgh, David Sandreuter & Mikkel Serup.
The series is directed by Mikkel Serup (The Killing, Pros and Cons) and will be produced by SAM Productions who is also behind the successful Norwegian Netflix original Ragnarok and the new season of the newly announced Borgen. Producers are Stine Meldgaard and Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl, executive producers are Søren Sveistrup and Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen. The series is set to launch on Netflix worldwide. Launch date is still to be announced.
The Mist star Danica Curcic is to front Netflix’s Danish original Equinox.
Curcic, who played Mia Lambert in Spike TV’s adaptation of the Stephen King novella, is joined by Viola Martinsen (When The Dust Settles), Lars Brygmann (Dicte) and Hanne Hedelund (Borgen) in the six-part series.
The series is a remake of podcast Equinox 1985 and was created by Tea Lindeburg. It is exec produced by The Killing commissioner Piv Bernth and her ITV Studios-backed company Apple Tree Productions and produced by Dorthe Riis Lauridsen. It is directed by Søren Balle.
Filming has begun on the series, which is a character-driven supernatural thriller about young woman Astrid (Danica Curcic), who is very affected by the unexplainable disappearance of her sister and her school class in 1999. The series is set in Denmark and swipes back and forth between 1999, where it all started, and the present time.
Astrid is only 9 years old in the year 1999 when a class of graduating students inexplicably disappears without a trace. Astrid, who is the sister to one of the missing students becomes traumatized and plagued by horrific visions after her sister’s disappearance. In 2020 Astrid is peacefully living with her family when all of a sudden the nightmares come back and start haunting her. When the one survivor from 1999 mysteriously dies, Astrid is determined to find out what happened to her sister and the class, only to discover a dark and unsettling truth that involves her in ways she never imagined.
“We feel so lucky to have this talented team of actors. It’s exciting to see this story, which has been with me for so long, coming to life in such a beautiful way,” said Lindeburg.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to the drama “Out Stealing Horses,” starring Stellan Skarsgard and directed by Hans Petter Moland.
The film, based on Per Petterson’s award-winning novel, premiered in competition at the 2019 Berlinale and is Norway’s official Oscar entry for best international feature. Magnolia is planning a theatrical release for next year.
Skarsgard portrays a 67-year-old man who, after the death of his wife, retires to a desolate place in the east of Norway. As winter arrives he discovers he has a neighbor, a man he knew during the summer of 1948.
“Hans Petter Moland has delivered an incredibly well-shot and acted adaptation of a greatly loved novel,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles. “We look forward to bringing it to American audiences.”
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia’s Dori Begley and John Von Thaden with Susan Wendt of Trust Nordisk on behalf of the filmmakers.
Watch the trailer:
Source: Variety
Danica has another movie to be released in 2019. Besides The Exception (Undtagelsen), she is now filming The Mothers Group (Mødregruppen in Danish). Read the article below written by Cinema Scandinavia:
The Mothers Group is about a group of new mothers Line (Danica Curcic) takes comfort in after she returns to her hometown after some years spent living luxury in Hong Kong. She had moved there with her husband Bjørn (Anders W. Berthelsen) and they have a young son together, but when Line catches Bjørn having an affair with their nanny, she takes the son and leaves back to Denmark. While Bjørn threatens her into returning, Line adjusts to her live in rural Denmark and the mother’s group helps her out. The group is made up of unique characters, whom we get to know throughout the film.
The comedy is being produced by Zentropa, Lars von Trier’s production company. Their films are known for travelling abroad, so there is a chance that international audiences will see this film. However, it’s very rare that comedies are released abroad. We’ll have to wait and see!
This is also an interesting role for Curcic, who in recent years has played very serious women, whether it be in the Danish drama series Warrior (alongside Dar Salim), or in the Danish drama film Darling, which Curcic had the leading role of a ballet dancer forced to retire after injury. The Mother’s Group certainly sounds like a much more light-hearted role for Curcic.
Other cast members include Anders W. Berthelsen (Mifune, Klassefesten) as Bjørn, and the mothers group comprises of Marijana Jankovic, Lærke Winther, Martin Buch and Stephanie León. The cast also includes Martin Høgsted, Henning Valin, Henrik Birch and Ditte Hansen.
The Mother’s Group is directed by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup and produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen of Zentropa.
Filming began on the 16th of July around faaborg, Ringe and Aarup in Denmark, and the Danish release date will be the 7th of February 2019.
This past week it was released a podcast named Opus 73, which Danica recorded last April at Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen. It was recorded for the Danish radio station AKT1 Radiodrama. You can listen to it below (in Danish):
Check out the photos of the recording:
Jesper W. Nielsen directs from a script by Christian Torpe, an adaptation of the hit 2004 novel by Danish author Christian Jungersen, which sold more than 200,000 copies in Denmark and has been published in 20 countries worldwide.
Knudsen, whose credits also include Westworld and The Duke of Burgundy, is joined by a strong female cast that also includes Danica, Amanda Collin (A Horrible Woman), and Lene Maria Christensen (Terribly Happy).
The story follows two women, Iben and Malene (played by Danica and Amanda), working at a small NGO in Copenhagen that specialises in genocide and crimes against humanity. When they begin to receive death threats, they suspect a Serbian war criminal; but then they start suspecting and turning against each other.
“The Exception is a nerve-racking thriller that depicts how refined adult maturation can evolve into a terrible game about life and death”, said the press release.
“I am really impressed with those actresses and it’s been a dream for a long time to work with them,” said Danica.
Financiers are the Danish Film Institute, DR, West Danish Film Fund, Creative Europe Media, and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Sources: Screen Daily and Berlingske
This is an article from Cinema Scandinavia about Danica’s new series that will air in September.
Two Danish television series have been selected for the official competition at Series Mania, which is a major television festival and industry event that is held in France.
The first of the two series in the competition is The Rain, which is also Denmark’s first Netflix Original Series. Starring Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Alba August, the series is about two siblings who embark on a journey for safety after a virus wipes out most of the population.
The series will be released on Netflix on the 8th of May 2018.
The second series is Warrior, directed and co-written by Christoffer Boe.
Two Danish series produced by Miso Film will screen in the official competition. Warrior is a crime drama starring Dar Salim and Danica Curcic that explores loyalty and treachery among war veterans, bikers and the police force. The series was first pitched at Series Mania’s Co-Production Forum in 2016.
There are rumors that Danica Curcic will be on the film Ut og stæjele Hester (Out Stealing Horses) based on the namesake 2003 Norwergian novel by Per Petterson. The film is expected to have its premiere on February 10, 2019 and has received NOK 11.8 million from the Norwegian Film Institute.
According to IMDb, the filming has already started and Danica is part of the cast, which has Stellan Skarsgård and Bjørn Floberg confirmed.
We’re waiting for a confirmation from Danica herself or Lindberg Managenement.
“It’s been only five years since I left theater school, so I hadn’t imagined that I would be in that category. It’s so wild”, said Danica Curcic, when she had received Lauritzen Prisen of 250,000 Danish krones on Sunday afternoon (Sep. 10).
The talented actress is used to it with awards.
At home in her house at Amager, she has both a Bodil and a Robert standing for the movie ‘Silent Heart’. Along with the Nordic Film Prize and Ove Sprogøe Prize. She also has a Shooting Star from Berlin Film Festival in 2014.
“It’s a huge recognition and a big blow on my shoulder that motivates me to get even better,” said Danica Curcic, full of film and television career. Both here [in Denmark] and abroad.
“I’m waiting to see if I’m going to the United States if there’s another season of ‘The Mist’,” she says about the Stephen King series on Netflix, which she has a leading role on season 1, where she played Mia Lambert.
In Denmark, she plays the lead role in the “Darling” feature film, which will premiere later in the fall, and next year she will play the female lead role as a politician in a new Danish television series.
“It’s Christoffer Boes’ mini series ‘Warriors’, which will be premiere for next fall on TV2. And it has been insane exciting with Dar Salim in the male main role and a lot of cool new players, “says Danica Curcic.
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