Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNENT Group, the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has ordered an English-language original biopic series about Börje Salming, one of Sweden’s biggest ice hockey stars.
The series is created and directed by Amir Chamdin, whose latest show, “Partisan,” won the top prize at Canneseries in 2020.
Valter Skarsgård (‘Arn’) stars in the biopic as Salming. Written by Martin Bengtsson (‘Agent Hamilton’), the Viaplay Original will chart Salming’s journey from his humble roots north of the Arctic Circle to become an NHL legend.
Filming will begin in 2022, and the series, which is produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production, will premiere exclusively on Viaplay.
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