Studiocanal Boards ‘Borgen’ Creator Adam Price’s ‘Orchestra’ As TV Series Boss Françoise Guyonnet Talks ‘The Wicker Man’ & Breaking Down Barriers Between TV & Film – Mipcom Cannes
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal has boarded Borgen creator Adam Price’s Danish workplace comedy Orchestra and will be shopping the show at Mipcom Cannes, as TV series boss Françoise Guyonnet talks The Wicker Man and breaking down barriers between TV and film.
Orchestra aired earlier this year on Danish pubcaster DR and Guyonnet is hopeful the French powerhouse producer-distributor will find a multitude of buyers in Cannes next week.
Produced by SAM Productions, the show, which is in development on season two, follows Jeppe Nygren, the sous-conductor of the Copenhagen Symphonic Orchestra who has to deal with a range of difficult characters in his musical collective. “This addictive workplace comedy is a perfect examples of what Studiocanal can bring to the market,” said Guyonnet. “All our usual partners will be interested to watch and acquire.” Studiocanal has also sold anthology series The Collapse‘sremake rights to Latin American platform TelevisaUnivision for Spanish-speaking U.S.
and LatAm, Guyonnet revealed. The show focuses on what would become of society if essential resources become scarce and the sale is testament to the in-demand nature of non-English-language shows, she added. “I remember starting out in the U.S.
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