NENT Group reveals ‘The Truth Will Out’ season two as next original series
- Kristallen-winning Robert Gustafsson to star in new season of acclaimed crime drama
- Season one sold internationally to Acorn TV and Canal+
- NENT Group to premiere at least 30 original productions in 2020
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, will bring a second season of its acclaimed Swedish crime drama ‘The Truth Will Out’ to viewers across the Nordic region. Kristallen award-winning actor Robert Gustafsson returns to headline the new series, which is based on an idea by renowned Swedish criminologist and author Leif G.W. Persson. ‘The Truth Will Out’ season two will premiere exclusively on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in early 2021.
In the second season, detective Peter Wendel (Robert Gustafsson: ‘The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’) continues to struggle to hold together his fractured mind – and his mismatched cold case team – while unravelling a mystery based on one of Sweden’s most notorious real-life criminal cases. Ia Langhammar (NENT Group’s ‘Love Me’) also reprises her role from season one.
Gustafsson won the Best Actor prize at Kristallen, Sweden’s most prestigious TV awards, in 2019 for his performance in the first season of ‘The Truth Will Out’ (Swedish title: ‘Det som göms i snö’), which was also nominated in two additional categories. The series has been sold to Acorn TV in North and South America, Europe, Oceania and Africa, as well as to Canal+ in Poland.
Season one writers Aron Levander (‘Jordskott’) and Hans Jörlind will script ‘The Truth Will Out’ season two, which will be directed by Kristian Petri (‘The Atlantic’) and Daniel di Grado (NENT Group’s ‘Hidden’) and is produced by Alexia Wennberg and Eiffel Mattson (‘The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’) for Yellow Bird. Filming is set to start this spring and Banijay Rights will distribute the show worldwide.
The six-episode series is co-produced by Discovery Networks Sweden and will be shown on Discovery’s platforms in Sweden at a later date.
Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “Robert Gustafsson is a hugely gifted actor and his performance in the first season of ‘The Truth Will Out’ represents one of the high points of Nordic drama in recent years. Viewers and critics alike have embraced this thrilling, intelligent and engaging series, and the second season will take its compelling blend of psychological depth and thematic breadth to a new level.”
About NENT Group’s original productions
NENT Group has now launched 72 original productions and is set to premiere a minimum of 30 in 2020. In the past six months, ‘Box 21’; ‘The Art of Living’; season three of ‘Occupied’; season three of ‘The Great Escape’; ‘Food & Fire’; season one of ‘Face to Face’; ‘Aniara’; ‘Seizure’; season one of ‘Love Me’; season one of ‘Fixi in Playland’; and season one of ‘Honour’ have premiered.
Recently announced originals include ‘Harmonica’; season two of ‘Pros and Cons’; ‘Perfect People’; season two of ‘Face to Face’; ‘Huss’, season two of ‘Those Who Kill’; seasons two and three of ‘Fixi in Playland’; ‘Mia’s Magic Playground’; season two of ‘Honour’; ‘The Last Journey of the Vikings’; ‘Hammarvik’; ‘Thicker than Water’; season two of ‘The Lawyer’; season two of ‘Love Me’; ‘The Machinery’; season two of ‘Saga’s Stories’; ‘First Responders’; ‘Partisan’; seasons one and two of ‘American Runestone’; ‘Home Invasion’; ‘The Professionals’; ‘Shadowplay’; season two of ‘Rig 45’; ‘The Ambassador’; ‘Margeaux’; ‘Cryptid’; ‘Commando’; and ‘Cold Courage’.
As well as breaking Nordic viewing records, NENT Group’s originals are reaching audiences around the world. Amongst others, ‘ALEX’ has been sold to 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; ‘Pros and Cons’ has been picked up by Canal+ and Topic; ‘Honour’ has been sold to RTL and VRT; and ‘Those Who Kill’ is available on the BBC and ARTE.
In January 2019, NENT Group announced a UK-based joint venture with award-winning independent studio FilmNation Entertainment. 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.
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