NENT Group’s Danish hit original series ‘Face to Face’ set for second season

• Trine Dyrholm and Christoffer Boe return as star and director of second season
• Season one of ‘Face to Face’ set viewing record for a NENT Group original series when premiered in November
• 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 record breaking Danish original series ‘Face to Face’. The first season is the most watched NENT Group original series in November 2019. Season two of ‘Face to Face’ will premiere exclusively on Viaplay across the Nordic region in 2021.

In the new season of ‘Face to Face’ (Danish title: ‘Forhøret’; Swedish title: ‘Förhöret’), Susanne (Trine Dyrholm: ‘Face to Face’ season one; ‘Queen of Hearts’) continues to struggle with the loss of her daughter. Resuming her work as a psychologist, Susanne learns a shocking secret from a patient under hypnosis and then races across Copenhagen to prevent an appalling crime. But is Susanne herself as innocent as she seems?

Christoffer Boe (‘Face to Face’ season one; ‘Kriger’; ‘The Purity of Vengeance’) returns to write and direct ‘Face to Face’ season two, which is produced by Miso Film (NENT Group’s ‘Those Who Kill’) and starts filming in early 2020.

Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “The concept behind this record breaking series is simple and yet so effective. Each episode brings a new and increasingly intense encounter between two characters with very different motives, as the stakes and the suspense rise each time. The writing, acting and cinematography will continue to set new standards in the second season. A descent into the moral and physical underworld in the best traditions of classic film noir, ‘Face to Face’ is the next stage in the evolution of the Nordic crime genre.”

About NENT Group’s original productions

NENT Group has now launched 67 original productions and is set to premiere a minimum of 20 every year. In the past 12 months, season three of ‘The Great Escape’; ‘Food & Fire’; season one of ‘Face to Face’; ‘Seizure’; season one of ‘Love Me’; season one of ‘Fixi in Playland’; season one of ‘Honour’; ‘Manson’s Bloodline’; season two of ‘ALEX’; ‘Swedish Sin’; ‘Straight Forward’; season one of ‘Saga’s Stories’; ‘Wisting’; ‘The Inner Circle’; season one of ‘Those Who Kill’; and ‘Hidden’ have premiered.

Recently announced originals include ‘Huss’; ‘The Art of Living’; 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’; season three of ‘Occupied’; seasons one and two of ‘American Runestone’; ‘Home Invasion’; ‘The Professionals’; ‘Shadowplay’; ‘Box 21’; 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 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; ‘Honour’ has been sold to RTL in Germany and VRT in Belgium; 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 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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