EXCLUSIVE: Snabba Cash author Jens Lapidus and star Alexander Abdallah are combining on a Viaplay TV adaptation of the former’s novel Paradis City.
Abdallah is leading alongside Julia Ragnarsson (End of Summer) and Lapidus, who penned the Stockholm Noir trilogy that includes Snabba Cash, is an exec producer on the six-parter.
Paradis City, which has sold more than 5M copies globally, follows a Home Secretary who delivers a speech in a deprived area and is kidnapped by masked men.
Security Service agent Fredrika (Ragnarsson) then turns to Emir (Abdallah), a former MMA fighter facing a life sentence in prison, with an ultimatum – go undercover in Paradis City and find the Home Secretary if you want to see your daughter again.
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