Lionsgate Television Boards Dublin-Set Drama Series ‘Northern Lights’ Starring Elva Trill & Stephen Jones
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television is on board Irish-Belgian drama series co-production Northern Lights. The North American studio will handle all global sales (except Ireland) for the series, which is set in Dublin and billed as a “compelling saga of grief, human connection and the power of hope and humor in the face of darkness and adversity.” Itruns to six episodes and is for Irish national broadcaster TG4 and Belgian VoD service Streamz, in association with Screen Ireland.
Elva Trill, who appeared in Jurassic World: Dominion and BBC drama Line of Duty, stars opposite writer and creator Stephen Jones (Red Rock).
Tom Hall, who directed episodes of Prime Video’s romcom series Modern Love is lead director, with Ruth Meehan (The Bright Side) and Anthony Schatteman (Panna/L’homme inconnu) also directing.
Northern Lights tells the story of two grieving strangers whose worlds collide on a rainy night in Dublin and revelations, confessions, secrets and lies follow.
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