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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios is set to co-produce and distribute “The Riot,” a Norwegian historical action film chronicling a miners’ uprising at the start of the 20th century.Produced by Storyline NOR, the epic film is directed by Nils Gaup (“The Kautokeino Rebellion”), and stars Swedish actors Otto Fahlgren (“Beartown”) and Simon J. Berger (“Margrete – Queen of the North”).Inspired by a true story, “The Riot” follows workers in copper mines located in the Arctic mountains, in a place nicknamed Lapland’s Hell, who rebelled against the powerful industrial company and its ruthless leader.

Antony Root, the long-serving HBO Max EMEA original programming chief, is to exit his role at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and retire from the industry.

The Beartown Brewery has paid tribute to last week’s viral smash Big Jet TV by getting straight into the lab to brew a new beer.

EXCLUSIVE: Todd McFarlane, the comic book creator behind Spawn, a filmmaker and entrepreneur, has launched a dedicated television development and production arm of his McFarlane Films, which has a first-look television deal with wiip (Mare of Easttown).

Annika Pham Mikko Pöllä and Roope Lehtinen, seasoned Finnish showrunners and co-founders of Fire Monkey (“White Wall,” “Bad Apples”), are bringing to market a handful of premium dramas in post and development.Headlining their production slate under REinvent’s sales banner is the thriller “Enemy of the People,” from “Man in Room 301” helmer Mikko Kuparinen, currently in post.Co-created by Lehtinen and Timo Varpio (“Easy Living”), the eight-part TV show boasts a stellar cast, including Kreeta Salminen (“All the Sins,” “Man in Room 301”), Mikko Nousiainen (“Peacemaker”), Tobias Zilliacus (“Beartown”), and Johannes Holopainen (“All the Sins”).Co-penned by Varpio and Fire Monkey’s in-house writer Laura Suhonen, the thriller explores

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“The Bridge” creator Hans Rosenfeldt is set to adapt Astrid Lindgren’s bestselling book “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” into a fantasy series for NENT Group. The Swedish-language series will be directed by Lisa James Larsson (“Victoria”), and produced by Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn (“Beartown”) at Filmlance, a Banijay company.

Naman Ramachandran Production has commenced on Netflix’s untitled scripted series about Spotify, the Swedish start-up that revolutionized the music industry and evolved into one of the world’s leading music services.The six-part limited series revolves around the young Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and his key partners who shook up the music industry by offering free and legal streamed music around the world.Starring in the series are Edvin Endre (“Vikings”) as Daniel Ek; Ulf Stenberg (“Beartown”) as Per Sundin; Gizem Erdogan (“Caliphate”) as Petra Hansson; Joel Lützow (“Gåsmamman”) as Andreas Ehn; and Christian Hillborg (“The Last Kingdom”) as Martin Lorentzon.The fictional series is inspired by the book “Spotify Untold” by Sven

No, you're not imagining things. There have been a whole lot of coaches on your TV and/or laptop screens over the past year — a boon for a captive audience desperately craving inspiration to avoid getting bogged down in society's bleakness.

Haley Bosselman editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Fox announced the premiere dates for “The Masked Singer” Season 5 and “Game of Talents,” and Variety obtained an exclusive first look at Christopher Meloni on “Finding Your Roots.”HBO Max will debut its new reality competition series, “The Bridge,” on Feb. 11.

Two dramas that are about to premiere on HBOEurope, part of AT&T's WarnerMedia, will next year make their way to HBO and streaming service HBO Max in the U.S., the company said on Friday. Beartown, which premieres this Sunday, acrossHBOEuropeterritories will become available in the U.S.