NENT Group launches first-ever Faroese original drama ‘Trom’
- ‘Trom’ is the first-ever original drama production from the Faroe Islands
- Series stars Ulrich Thomsen (‘The Blacklist’; NENT Group’s ‘Face to Face’)
- NENT Group to premiere at least 40 original productions in 2021
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has launched the first-ever original drama production from the Faroe Islands, the Nordic noir crime series ‘Trom’. The internationally renowned Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen (‘The Blacklist’; ‘The New Pope’; ‘The World is Not Enough’; NENT Group’s ‘Face to Face’) will star in the groundbreaking show, which will premiere on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in 2022.
The six-part series follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, a young Faroese woman who claims she is Hannis’ daughter and that her life is in danger. Reluctantly returning home to the Faroes to investigate, Hannis discovers Sonja’s body in the bloody waters of a whale hunt. His search for answers soon brings him into conflict with the local detective chief inspector, Karla Mohr (Maria Rich; ‘Follow the Money’) as he uncovers a web of secrets in the close-knit community – but how far is he willing to go to learn the truth?
Ulrich Thomsen: “For me personally it will be an amazing experience since I have never been to the Faroe Islands. I will also reunite with director Kasper Barfoed together with whom I did ‘Summer of ´92’. Besides that, it will be a thrilling series which is politically very relevant right now in a country which is fairly unexploded in the film and series market. I am really excited to get started.”
Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “The first-ever Faroese drama series is a landmark in so many ways. Incredible creative talents, a murder mystery that weaves spiritual and folk-tale elements into a fascinating tapestry, and a uniquely bleak and beautiful Atlantic backdrop. We can’t wait to bring such a special show to Viaplay and finally put Faroese drama on the map.”
‘Trom’ is written by Torfinnur Jákupsson and Donna Sharpe (‘West of Liberty’) and is based on the bestselling novels by award-winning Faroese author Jógvan Isaksen. The series is directed by Kasper Barfoed (‘Dicte: Crime Reporter’) and is produced by REinvent Studios in co-production with Kyk Pictures, True North and ZDF/ARTE. The series is supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Faroese Film Institute and the Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union. REinvent handles International Sales. Filming starts in the Faroe Islands in March 2021.
About NENT Group’s original productions
NENT Group is set to premiere at least 40 original productions in 2021. In the past three months; season two of ‘Hammarvik’; ‘The Defeated’; ‘The Head’; ‘Happily Married’; ‘Professionals’; season two of ‘Pros and Cons’; ‘Orca’; season two of ‘The American Runestone’; and ‘Cryptid’ have premiered on Viaplay.
Recently announced originals include; ’Glacier’; ‘We Children from Bahnhof Zoo’ ‘THE KINGDOM EXODUS’; ‘Made in Oslo’; ‘Estonia: The Last Wave’; ‘A Class Apart’; ‘Threesome’; ‘Suedi’; season two of ‘Stella Blómkvist’; season two of ‘Wisting’; ‘The Box’; ‘Two Sisters’; ‘Thunder in My Heart’; ‘Furia’; ‘Close to Me’; ‘Try Hard’; ‘Max Anger’; ‘Dystopia’; ‘Suck It Up’; ‘The Swarm’; ‘Delete Me’; season two of ‘The Truth Will Out’; ‘Harmonica’; ‘Perfect People’; season two of ‘Face to Face’; ‘Huss’; season two of ‘Those Who Kill’; season three of ‘Fixi in Playland’; season two of ‘Honour’; ‘Home Invasion’; and ‘Margeaux’.
NENT Group’s ‘Wisting’ has been shown on BBC Four and Sundance Now; ‘ALEX’ has been sold in Europe, Asia and the US; ‘Veni Vidi Vici’ has premiered on Hulu and is set for a US remake with Lionsgate; ‘Pros and Cons’ has been picked up by Canal+ and Topic; ‘Honour’ has been sold to RTL and VRT; ‘Those Who Kill’ is available on the BBC and ARTE; and ‘Mia’s Magic Playground’ has launched on Sky Kids.
NENT Group has established a UK-based joint venture with FilmNation Entertainment and invested in US studio Picturestart.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
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