NENT Group’s hit original drama ‘Those Who Kill’ returns for new season

• ‘Those Who Kill’ is one of the most viewed original series on Viaplay in 2019 
• Previous season of original Danish crime drama sold to BBC and ARTE 
• 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 new season of its hit original Danish crime drama series ‘Those Who Kill’. The previous season is one of the most viewed original series on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in 2019 and has been sold internationally to the BBC and European TV network ARTE. The new season of ‘Those Who Kill’ will be produced by Miso Film and premiere exclusively on Viaplay across the Nordic region in early 2021.

Psychological profiler Louise Bergstein (Natalie Madueño: ‘Follow the Money’; ‘The Rain’) is contacted by Alice, a terminally ill family friend desperate to find the murderer of her 18-year-old son, one of three young men killed in Denmark in recent months. Louise soon uncovers a pattern in the horrifying events, but not her personal connection to the killer, who is more intelligent and manipulative than she could ever have imagined.

The new season of ‘Those Who Kill’ (Danish title: ‘Den som Dræber’) is written by Ina Bruhn (‘Occupied’) with Per Daumiller, Tine Krull Petersen and Bo Hr. Hansen, and directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby. The production is supported by the FilmFyn regional film fund and filming will start in early 2020 in Odense. The eight episode series will be distributed internationally by Fremantle.

Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “It’s almost impossible to look away when watching ‘Those Who Kill’ – even if you sometimes want to. This unsettling but thrilling series has raised the bar for Nordic crime drama with production values, scripting and performances of the highest class. It has topped the Viaplay charts and been sold to major international broadcasters. I can’t wait to see the next chapter of this compelling series, which plumbs the darkest depths of the human psyche while taking the genre to a whole new level.”

About NENT Group’s original productions

NENT Group has now launched 64 original productions and is set to premiere a minimum of 20 every year. In the past 12 months, 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’; ‘Hidden’; season two of ‘The Great Escape’; ‘The Truth Will Out’; and ‘Four Hands Menu’ have premiered.

Recently announced originals include seasons two and three of ‘Fixi in Playland’; ‘Mia’s Magic Playground’; season two of ‘Honour’; ‘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’; seasons one and two of ‘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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