Cineflix Rights Boards Nordic Blue Crime ‘Hildur,’ Toplining Ebba Katrín Finnsdóttir, Lauri Tilkanen, Rick Okon (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Annika Pham London-based Cineflix Rights has snapped up international rights to the premium crime series “Hildur” which just started filming in Iceland for production partners Take Two Studios, Sagafilm, Nelonen Media’s streamer Ruutu in Finland, Simínn in Iceland and private funder IPR.VC.

The six-part series, primarily in the English-language, is based on Satu Rämö’s literary phenomenon “Hildur,” which sold nearly one million copies worldwide and put the “Nordic Blue” genre on the global map. “‘Hildur’ is the perfect example of the increasingly popular ‘Nordic Blue’ genre, a thriller with strong characters unravelling a complex case, but combined with warmer themes of love and friendship, humor and mysticism, all set against the beautiful backdrop of one of the world’s most scenic locations,” said James Durie, Cineflix Rights head of scripted who looks forward to bringing “Hildur”’s story to life for her many fans around the world.” Adapted by seasoned scribe and head writer Matti Laine (“The Paradise, “Bordertown”) together with Margret Örnolfsdottir (“Trapped,” “Prisoners”), the show is set in the remote and stunningly picturesque Westfjords region of Iceland, and the small town of Ísafjörður.

Ebba Katrín Finnsdóttir (“Vigdís,” “The School of Housewives”) plays the titular character of Hildur, a female detective from the Ísafjörður police, who takes to surfing to try to forget the trauma of the disappearance of her two sisters 25 years earlier.