NENT Group renews hit original series ‘Honour’ for second season
- First season holds Viaplay record for most watched original premiere weekend
- ‘Honour’ sold to broadcasting partners across Europe
- NENT Group to premiere at least 20 original productions every year
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has commissioned a second season of its hit original series ‘Honour’. Created by a stellar line-up of Sweden’s leading creative talents, the show explores urgent contemporary themes such as injustice and inequality, and set a Viaplay record for the most watched original premiere ever on its opening weekend in autumn 2019. ‘Honour’ season two will premiere exclusively on Viaplay across the Nordic region in 2021.
In the second season of ‘Honour’, the four partners at Stockholm law firm Heder (Honour) intensify their struggle on behalf of society’s most exploited and disadvantaged people. But the ideals that brought them together are increasingly brought into question by adversity, guilt and, above all, a deadly shared secret.
‘Honour’ season one has been sold to RTL in Germany and VRT in Belgium by Eccho Rights, who will also distribute season two internationally.
Alexandra Rapaport (‘Gåsmamman’), Julia Dufvenius (‘Modus’), Anja Lundqvist (NENT Group’s ‘ALEX’) and Eva Röse (‘Maria Wern’) return in their leading roles and serve as executive producers. ‘Honour’ season two is produced by Birgitta Wännström (‘Gåsmamman’) at Bigster. The show is created by Sofia Helin (‘The Bridge’) together with Rapaport, Lundqvist and Dufvenius. Filming starts in spring 2020.
Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “This unsettling and exciting series began as a personal project for four of Sweden’s most talented actresses and has now become a huge success on Viaplay across the Nordic region as well as internationally. The themes explored in ‘Honour’ are very relevant today and clearly appeal to a broad audience, so we are looking forward very much to the next season. This is great local Nordic storytelling by an amazing creative team, which is exactly what Viaplay is all about.”
About NENT Group’s original productions
NENT Group has now launched 59 original productions and is set to premiere a minimum of 20 every year. In the past 12 months, season one of ‘Love Me’; ‘Fixi in Playland’; ‘Honour’; ‘Manson’s Bloodline’; season two of ‘ALEX’; ‘Swedish Sin’; ‘Straight Forward’; season one of ‘Saga’s Stories’; ‘Wisting’; ‘The Inner Circle’; ‘Darkness – Those Who Kill’; ‘Hidden’; season two of ‘The Great Escape’; ‘The Truth Will Out’; ‘Four Hands Menu’; and ‘Pros and Cons’ have premiered.
Recently announced originals include ‘The Last Journey of the Vikings’; ‘Hammarvik’; season three of ‘Thicker than Water’; season two of ‘The Lawyer’; season two of ‘Love Me’; ‘The Machinery’; season three of ‘The Great Escape’; season two of ‘Saga’s Stories’; ‘Food & Fire’; ‘First Responders’; ‘Seizure’; ‘Partisan’; season three of ‘Occupied’; ‘American Runestone’; ‘Home Invasion’; ‘The Professionals’; ‘Shadowplay’; ‘Box 21’; season two of ‘Rig 45’; ‘The Ambassador’; ‘Margeaux’; ‘Cryptid’; ‘Commando’; ‘Face to Face’; and ‘Cold Courage’.
As well as breaking Nordic viewing records, NENT Group’s originals are increasingly reaching audiences around the world. Amongst others, ‘ALEX’ has been sold to broadcast and streaming partners in Europe, Asia and the US; ‘Veni Vidi Vici’ has premiered on Hulu and is set for a US remake in partnership with Lionsgate; ‘Swedish Dicks’ has featured on Pop TV in the US; ‘Black Lake’ has been shown on BBC Four and AMC Networks-backed Shudder; and ‘Honour’ has been sold to RTL in Germany and VRT in Belgium.
In January 2019, NENT Group announced a UK-based joint venture with award-winning independent studio FilmNation Entertainment to develop, produce and finance premium scripted television content for global audiences.
In May 2019, NENT Group invested in a minority stake in the new US production company Picturestart together with a range of high-profile industry partners. Based in Los Angeles and founded by renowned producer Erik Feig, Picturestart will create, co-finance and produce premium scripted content for young adult viewers around the world.
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