Viaplay Behind ‘Jana – Marked For Life’ Adaptation Of Emelie Schepp Novel From Felix Herngren & Erik Barmack
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Felix Herngren, director and writer of Oscar-nominated The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, is directing a Viaplay adaptation of Emelie Schepp’s novel Jana – Marked for Life, with Erik Barmack exec producing amongst others.
Herngren is pairing with Henrik Björn (Jordskott) on the six-part adaptation, which tells the story of public prosecutor and former child soldier Jana Berzelius.
During an investigation into the murder of a high-ranking official at the Swedish Migration Agency, the main suspect is also found dead, and Jana immediately recognizes something on his scarred body.
To understand her own traumatic past, Jana must reach the killer ahead of the police. According to Viaplay, the book has sold more than 3M copies across 30 countries.
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