NENT Group’s hit Norwegian series ‘Pørni’ renewed for two further seasons
- Season one of ‘Pørni’ set premiere record for a Norwegian Viaplay Original
- ‘Pørni’ creator and star Henriette Steenstrup returns for seasons two and three
- NENT Group to premiere at least 40 original productions in 2021
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has renewed its hit Norwegian comedy-drama series ‘Pørni’ for a second and third season. Created by and starring Henriette Steenstrup, the first season of ‘Pørni’ has been critically acclaimed as one of Norway’s best shows in recent years, and set a new record for the most successful premiere of a Norwegian Viaplay Original when launching on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in early May.
“A classic”, “a pearl of a show” and “a small work of art” are just a few of the accolades for NENT Group’s ‘Pørni’ from Norwegian reviewers. The two new seasons of the show will continue the bittersweet story of Pørni (Henriette Steenstrup: ‘Ragnarok’; ‘Lilyhammer’; winner of a Dragon Award at the 2020 Gothenburg Film Festival for ‘Beware of Children’), a middle-aged single parent who always puts others first – even though she wants more from life for herself.
Henriette Steenstrup: “The reception so far has been incredibly good and then suddenly the idea of making more ‘Pørni’ became extremely frightening, but of course it’s very exciting too. We have so many plans for the next two seasons.”
Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “Family life sometimes feels like one long dilemma, which might be why ‘Pørni’ has immediately struck a chord with audiences. This is a show about a women’s balancing act that itself gets the balance just right: ‘Pørni’ is at once comic and tragic, sometimes awkward but most of all incredibly charming. We trust talent and made Viaplay the home of Henriette Steenstrup’s first-ever series, so it’s very satisfying to see the series’ enormous success so far and to renew for two further seasons.”
‘Pørni’ season two is currently filming in Oslo and is set to premiere exclusively on Viaplay in 2022. Returning cast members from the first season include Jon Ranes (‘Out Stealing Horses’), Vivild Falk Berg, Gunnar Eiriksson (‘Twin’), Johanna Mørck and Nils Ole Oftebro, with Charlotte Blom (‘Pørni’ season one) continuing as director. The series is produced by Monster.
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 one of ‘Pørni’; season three of ‘Fixi in Playland’; ‘Glacier’; season two of ‘Honour’; season two of ‘Those Who Kill’; ‘Huss’; ‘Delete Me’; and ‘We Children from Bahnhof Zoo’ have premiered on Viaplay.
Recently announced originals include ‘Red Election’; ‘Hilma’; ‘Billy the Kid’; ‘Sisterhood’; ‘Who Shot Otto Mueller?’; a biopic of Börje Salming; ‘Fadime’; ‘Taylor’s Island’; ‘Kin’; ‘What about Monica’; ‘Trom’; ‘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’; ‘The Swarm’; season two of ‘The Truth Will Out’; ‘Harmonica’; ‘Perfect People’; season two of ‘Face to Face’; ‘Home Invasion’; and ‘Margeaux’.
NENT Group will produce two major English-language films every year. The company has also established a UK-based joint venture with FilmNation Entertainment and invested in US studio Picturestart.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Nordic Entertainment Group AB (publ) (NENT Group) is the Nordic region’s leading streaming company and our vision is to become the European streaming champion. Our Viaplay streaming service is available in every Nordic country and in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Viaplay will launch in Poland and the US in 2021, followed by five additional markets by 2023. We operate streaming services, TV channels, radio stations and production companies, and our purpose is to tell stories, touch lives and expand worlds. Headquartered in Stockholm with a global outlook, NENT Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘NENT A’ and ‘NENT B’).
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