NENT Group CEO Talks Launching Nordic Streamer Viaplay In The U.S. & English-Language Film Commitment

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NENT Group, the company that operates leading Scandi streaming service Viaplay, announced today that it is committing to finance and produce two English language features films per year as it ramps up its international expansion strategy.The outfit is already ploughing a significant amount of money into its TV productions, which will reach an impressive 50 originals per year by 2022, and its commitment to film is designed to precede its launch in the U.S.

at the end of this year. The titles will be all based on Nordic true stories, but will be shot in English and made with a wide range of cast and crew.

The first will be Hilma, a biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, written and directed by Oscar