Miriam Margolyes & Stephen Fry Set For UK Short; Nordisk Film Production Hire; Federation Lands Latest Series From ‘Bad Sisters' Co-Creator
Miriam Margolyes & Stephen Fry Set For LGBTQ+ Short
EXCLUSIVE: Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter franchise) will lead upcoming British short film A Friend of Dorothy, with Stephen Fry (Wilde), Alistair Nwachukwu and Oscar Lloyd (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) also starring. The film, which shot at The Charterhouse in London and a private home in Kensington & Chelsea, follows the titular Dorothy (Margolyes), an elderly woman living alone who unexpectedly strikes up a friendship with young neighbor JJ (Nwachukwu) when his football lands in her garden. It explores themes of loneliness in old age, intergenerational friendship and LGBTQ+ issues. Pic is the writing and directorial debut of actor Lee Knight, who also serves as executive producer. He is best known for appearing opposite to Ian McKellen in Prime Video's Hamlet and for roles in two Harry Potter films. His Filthy Gorgeous Productions is making the short, in association with A Marlow's Production, Double Dice Films and Namesake Films. James Dean, Scottie Fotré and Max Marlow are producing. Vanessa Whyte is leading cinematography, Amanda Bernstein on production design and Francisco Rodriguez-Weil on costume design. Exec producers are Harry Burnett Rae, Charles Gordon, Nicky Hale, Soumia Majumdar, Nichola Martin, Elliott Linger and Ingrid Tarrant.
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Nordisk Film Production Expands Swedish Team
Nordisk Film Production has hired film and TV producer Emma Nyberg for its team in Sweden. Nyberg is known for producing the likes of 2017 Swedish blockbuster Sunny Side and Emmy-nominated series Riding in Darkness. She is currently in post-production on Netflix series Diary of a Ditched Girl, which is based on Amanda Romare's novels and was part of a large Nordic slate unveiled a year ago. Nordisk is framing her hire as in line with its strategy further increase its status as a major producer in Sweden. With her hiring and the recent addition of Lejla Bešić, Nordisk now employs 23 producers in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. 'A dream came true when Emma finally decided to join us at Nordisk Film Production,' said Johanna Bergenstråhle and Marike Muselaers, co-managing directors of Nordisk Film Production Sweden in a statement. 'Her talent for finding the right projects, her experience, her network of top Swedish writers and her great personality will be a great contribution to our Swedish office.' Nordisk's slate includes the upcoming Brace Your Heart, Bamse and the Secret of the Sea and The Girl with the Needle.
Federation Grabs Sales On Malin-Sarah Gozin Dramedy
France's Federation Studios is heading into Canneseries with international sales rights to Dead End, the dark comedy-thriller from Malin-Sarah Gozin. The six-part series is in competition at the Cannes event, and will screen on Monday, April 28 at 3 p.m. local time. We previously reported that Caviar was selling the show, but Federation has confirmed it now has worldwide rights. Gozin – known as the creator of the Belgian series that Bad Sisters was based on, and as an exec producer on the Apple TV+ – will attend the fest as creator, screenwriter and director, alongside fellow director Hans Vercauter and actors Peter Van den Begin, Elise Schaap, Emilie De Roo, Marjan De Schutter and Ward Kerremans. The series follows Van den Begin as Ed Bex, a man who has the peculiar ability to see flashes of the past when he tastes something. He runs an unconventional one-man business, which gives grieving families a reconstruction of their loved ones final moments by sucking on their toothbrush or tasting their lipstick. When police come across a corpse in an airtight bag, they turn to Ed for help and request he tries out his gift on human flesh. Per the synopsis, 'As Ed 'sinks his teeth' into the case, he finds himself caught in a whirlwind of bizarre events, family trouble and mid-life struggles.' Series launched earlier this year on Play Media and Streamz in Belgium. Gozin, Brett Baer, Dave Finkel, Bert Hamelinck and Dimitri Verbeeck are the exec producers.
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