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Denmark has approved the launch of a tax incentive to lure international TV and films, joining the ranks of all other Nordic countries which each have a rebate program.

Denmark has been lagging behind other European countries such as France, Germany and Czech Republic due to its lack of tax incentive. In spite of its vibrant creative community and home to many critically acclaimed directors such as Susanne Bier, Lars van Trier, Nicolas Winding Refn and Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark is currently the only country in Europe, along with Luxembourg, to not have a rebate program in place.

The Danish incentive, which will kick off in 2026, will tap into an annual envelop of Dkk 125 million ($17.5 million) — twice the amount allocated to foreign productions in Sweden and significantly larger than in Norway. The rebate on eligible expenses is expected to be 25%.

The new head of the Danish Producers Association, Anna Porse Nielsen,...

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Great storytelling can come from anywhere and anybody who says that animation is only for children, are in my opinion a bit stupid. The time when animated shows were only created for children’s entertainment is long gone and today we have great storytelling in animated form in both movies and TV shows. So, we thought of compiling a list of the best adult animated shows you can watch on Netflix right.

Terminator Zero Credit – Netflix

Terminator Zero is a sci-fi action drama anime series created by Mattson Tomlin. Based on the Terminator films by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, the Netflix series is set in the Terminator Universe in 1977 Tokyo and it follows Malcolm Lee, who is developing an AI system that could fight against Skynet but the day before the Judgement Day, Lee and his...

For Zack Snyder, the 2D adult animated “Twilight of the Gods” series (currently streaming on Netflix) became his purest form of visual expression. In fact, his deep dive into Norse mythology was like a fever dream of sex and violence driven by the wild hand-crafted animation from French-based Xilam Animation.

“It was 100 percent like [a fever dream],” Snyder told IndieWire. “The amazing thing about it is the language of 2D adult animation fits so well within the context of Norse mythology, which is a bizarro world anyway. Digging down into it, you’re not going to break it with your own embellishments: We should have a sexy scene here, or we should have some gore here, or we should have some crazy relationships here. You can’t out-Norse it, right? So it was a really fun playground for me because I feel like my natural aesthetic is very close to what it was like reading Norse mythology.

Plot: After traveling to Jötunheimr in search of his brother Loki and finding the giants uncooperative, Thor lays waste to the entire population, save for the human-sized giant Sigrid and her fabled warrior lover, Leif. Together, they vow revenge against the gods, sparking a war that brings about the death of the Æsir and Vanir in the ultimate battle against evil.

Review: Have you ever watched superhero movies and thought, “Sure, those Norse gods seem cool, but I really expected them to be… I don’t know… bloodier?” Forget Chris Hemsworth’s jubilant quips and Mimir’s witticisms from Sony’s God of War: Ragnarok. The gods, born from humankind’s imaginations and stories, reflect our lust for power, carnal desires, and hubris. Whereas most of Hollywood’s portrayal of the gods offer tempered, toothless, and sanitized versions of literature’s all-powerful chess pieces made flesh, Twilight of Gods reminds us of how cruel,...

In the opening scene of Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods, Leif Völsung (Stuart Martin) tells his men how he met his betrothed, Sigrid (Sylvia Hoeks). The animated series cuts to a kinetic depiction of the Norse king’s story. At the height of a battle on a wintry field, a warrior tears her way through an invading army and, with a feat of preternatural skill, saves Leif’s life. Before long, only the pair of newfound comrades remain standing, the snow beneath them marred by streaks of blood that resemble the scribbles of a giant.

Once the fighting concludes, Hans Zimmer’s spirited score turns to grim quiet, but that calm is cracked by a lightning bolt that heralds the arrival of a valkyrie, descended from the heavens to take the valiant dead to Valhalla. “As it left us, the valkyrie bowed,” Leif recalls. “To my Sigrid. And I knew love.

Netflix has shared the official trailer and key art for Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods, which the streaming service describes as “an all-new daring and spectacular animated vision of Norse mythology.”

Consisting of eight episodes, the series will premiere on September 19, 2024.

In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds, and great despair, Leif, a mortal King, is saved on the battlefield by Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior with whom he falls in love.

On their wedding night, Sigrid and Leif survive a wrath of terror from Thor, which sets them – and a crew of crusaders – on an against-all-odds and merciless mission for vengeance.

This heroic story of love, loss, and revenge is a journey to Hell and beyond… across fantastical lands, battlefields fierce and bloody, and wars waged against Gods and demons.

Twilight of the Gods features the voices of Sylvia Hoeks as Sigrid, Stuart Martin as Leif,...

Later this month, on September 19, Zack Snyder will unleash his new animated epic Twilight of the Gods on Netflix. The ultra-violent odyssey brings the filmmaker’s stylish sensibilities to the battlefield for a sprawling love story fueled by vengeance and a desire to see the gods face down in the snow. The latest Twilight of the Gods trailer tones down the violence from the red-band trailer to focus on the over-arching mission to make Thor, the God of Thunder, pay for massacring a maiden warrior’s family.

Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods is an all-new, daring, and spectacular animated vision of Norse mythology. In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds, and great despair, Leif, a mortal King, is saved on the battlefield by Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior with whom he falls in love. On their wedding night, Sigrid and Leif survive a wrath of terror from Thor,...

Netflix released the official trailer for “Twilight of the Gods,“ Zack Snyder’s 2D adult animated series about the clash between Norse gods and mortals (premiering September 19). The mythic tale of vengeance and power unfurls amidst an abundance of choreographic violence and gore.

It’s a tragic love story that begins with badass warrior Sigrid (Sylvia Hoeks) heroically saving the life of mortal king Leif (Stuart Martin) — in slow-mo, of course, with beautiful streaks of blood. But their wedding day is destroyed by Thor (Pilou Asbæk), who slaughters her family, sending Sigrid on a vengeful rampage. With Leif by her side, she forms a band of rebels to kill Thor, with the support of Paterson Loki (Paterson Joseph), who wants to take over the world of the gods.

With gorgeous animation from Xilam Animation, Snyder explores a range of graphic styles culled from comics and anime. It’s like a...

After showing brief glimpses of Twilight of the Gods earlier this year, Netflix is offering a more extensive look at the animated series from Zack Snyder.

The streamer has released a full trailer for the series, which takes Norse mythology as its source material — featuring a vengeful, very much not Marvel-influenced Thor and a still-scheming Loki. The show centers on Sigrid (voiced by Sylvia Hoeks), a fierce warrior who saves King Leif (Stuart Martin) in battle. After they marry, the couple “survive a wrath of terror from Thor (Pilou Asbæk), which sets them and a crew of crusaders on an against-all-odds and merciless mission for vengeance,” per the show’s description. Watch the trailer below.

Snyder’s producing partner and wife, Deborah Snyder, told The Hollywood Reporter at a Netflix event in June that the streamer offered them creative freedom in making Twilight of the Gods: “We pitched them...

Norse gods and mortals clash in all their bloody glory in Zack Snyder’s 2D adult animated series, “Twilight of the Gods,” premiering on Netflix September 19. The streamer has released a red band teaser trailer that revels deliciously in all of the graphic gore.

The hardcore action-adventure, which looks like a cross between “300” and Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers” on acid, is set against a love story between badass warrior Sigrid (Sylvia Hoeks) and mortal king Leif (Stuart Martin), whom she saves on the battlefield. However, their wedding day is tragically destroyed by Thor (Pilou Asbæk), causing Sigrid to go on a vengeful rampage.

The series (from The Stone Quarry and Xilam Animation) is co-created by Snyder, Jay Oliva, and Eric Carrasco, with Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, and Oliva executive producing. Snyder, Oliva, Tim Divar, Andrew Tamandl, and David Hartman direct the eight episodes.

The voice cast also includes Rahul Kohli as Egill,...

Close your door, draw the curtains, and prepare for a brutal, bloody, and saucy preview as the red band trailer for Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods ushers you onto a ruthless battlefield of destruction. Today’s preview gives Heavy Metal vibes with its mature themes, fantasy action intensity, and beautiful warriors stripping themselves of armor to make love in the light of dragon fire.

Watch a brand-new preview of Zack Snyder's upcoming animated series Twilight of the Gods in all its bloody glory. Just… maybe not at your desk… pic.twitter.com/0rOIMprQ5P

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Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods is an all-new, daring, and spectacular animated vision of Norse mythology. In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds, and great despair, Leif, a mortal King, is saved on the battlefield by Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior with whom he falls in love. On their wedding night,...

Zack Snyder carves his own bloody path through Norse mythology with the upcoming Netflix animated series “Twilight of the Gods,” and the premiere date has been revealed.

“Twilight of the Gods” will premiere on Netflix September 19, 2024.

Watch the announcement trailer below for a sneak peek.

Zack Snyder presents “Twilight of the Gods,” an all-new daring and spectacular animated vision of Norse mythology. In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds and great despair, Leif, a mortal King, is saved on the battlefield by Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior with whom he falls in love. On their wedding night, Sigrid and Leif survive a wrath of terror from Thor, which sets them – and a crew of crusaders – on an against all odds and merciless mission for vengeance.

“This heroic story of love, loss and revenge, is a journey to Hell and beyond… across fantastical lands, battlefields fierce and bloody, and wars waged against Gods and demons.

The director’s cuts of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon movies will be available to watch on the Netflix streaming service as of August 2nd – and just one month later, we’ll be getting more entertainment from the Snyder / Netflix collaboration, as it has been announced that the anime series Twilight of the Gods is scheduled to premiere on September 19th. The date announcement video can be seen in the embed above.

Said to be a “daring and spectacular animated vision of Norse mythology,” Twilight of the Gods has the following synopsis: In a mythical world of great battles, great deeds and great despair, Leif, a mortal King, is saved on the battlefield by Sigrid, an iron-willed warrior with whom he falls in love. On their wedding night, Sigrid and Leif survive a wrath of terror from Thor, which sets them – and a crew of crusaders – on an against all...

“I am a mother of young kids but, boy, I hope I’m a very different kind of mother than Eva,” says Danish star Birgitte Hjort Sørensen about her character in the Danish psychological drama “Dark Horse,” showcased this week in Canneseries’ official competition.

The story about a mother-daughter toxic relationship, set against the backdrop of addiction, turns on 17-year-old Anna and her mother Eva who move back to Eva’s small provincial Danish town from Shanghai. Their abrupt arrival at Eva’s brother, who runs a veterinarian surgery, is awkward for everyone, as Eva has been silent for years, busy dragging her daughter around the world, in her restless pursuit of new adventures and relationships.

Soon, the unhealthy co-dependent and toxic relationship between Anna and the pill-popper Eva emerges. In an urge to fit in with her school friends and break free from her dominating mother, Anna takes risks.

One of the Nordic region’s biggest providers of premium series, Copenhagen-based REinvent International Sales, will make a splash at this week’s Canneseries festival and MipTV market.

For the second consecutive year, the sales, financing and packaging banner has two titles in competition: the Danish drama thriller “Dark Horse”, due to world premiere in the main competition, and the short form Swedish dramedy entry “Painkiller”, which initially bowed at the Göteborg Film Festival.

“Last year we had the Norwegian political drama “Power Play” which won best series, and the Swedish romantic dramedy “Out of Touch” in the short form section. Canneseries is a great platform to get the hype going on your series,” commented Helene Aurø, REinvent sales and marketing director.

Turning on this year’s competition candidates, Aurø points out that both “Dark Horse” and “Painkiller” deal with mother/daughter relationships.

The Danish drama thriller “Dark Horse,” ordered by TV2,...

Michael Douglas, Kyle MacLachlan, Ella Purnell and Daniel Brühl are among the high-caliber stars who will take part in the seventh edition of Canneseries. The robust lineup, unveiled today by Canneseries’ artistic director Albin Lewi at a press conference in Paris, boasts the world premiere of Apple TV+’s “Franklin,” starring Michael Douglas as one of the Founding Fathers, and Disney+’s “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” with Daniel Brühl as the acid-tongued designer.

“Franklin,” which will also close the event, is directed by industry veteran Tim Van Patten, behind “Boardwalk Empire” and “Games of Thrones.” Douglas won an Emmy for playing Liberace in “Behind the Candelabra.”

MacLachlan and Purnell will be on the ground to present the international premiere of “Fallout,” the much-anticipated Prime Video show that’s based on a massively popular video game. Both will be feted during the 7th edition of the event, picking up the Canal+ Icon...

Copenhagen-based sales and financing outlet REinvent has inked major deals on the Danish/German thriller “Oxen”, ahead of its screening Feb. 19 as part of the Berlinale Series Market Selects label.

The show, produced by Scandi major Sf Studios with Germany’s Square One for TV2 Denmark and Zdf, has been acquired by Gsn Networks for the UK, AMC for Spain/Portugal as well as Orion Group for Poland.

An earlier pre-sale was closed with Lumière for Benelux: Further deals are pending for the U.S. and Latin America according to REinvent.

Powered by a stellar creative team including helmer Jannik Johansen, Emmy-award winning duo Mai Brostrøm and Peter Thorsboe, who wrote the screenplay based on Jens Henrik Jensen’s best-selling book series, “Oxen” was one of the biggest series on Danish television in 2023. Launched late October, it averaged 1.3 million consolidated viewers on TV2 Denmark.

Jacob Lohmann plays the title role as veteran Niels Oxen,...

Dar Salim reprises his role from the 2017 action thriller.

Denmark’s TrustNordisk has announced sales at Hong Kong Filmart on action thriller sequel Darkland: The Return.

The film, directed by Fenar Ahmad and starring Dar Salim from Game Of Thrones, has been acquired by Leonine Distribution for German-speaking countries including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Following 2017’s Darkland, Dar Salim returns as a heart surgeon who sought revenge on his brother’s killers. After seven years in prison, he goes undercover in a violent gang for the police, while attempting to build a relationship with his estranged sonn, but eventually the two worlds collide.

In Danish political drama Borgen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen plays a fearless journalist holding power to account. In real life, she’s been calling out government plans to tax streamers and suggesting tax incentives.

The actress has joined a chorus of voices from the Danish production and creative communities condemning Denmark’s proposed Cultural Contribution Act. The legislation includes the demand streamers such as Netflix, HBO Max and Viaplay pay 6 of their local revenues to support local production and public broadcaster Dr.

Hjort Sørensen told local Berlingske podcast Østergaard’s Salon that rather than supporting the local production sector, it would undermine the foundations on which it is build and scare away streamers.

“It’s kind of bizarre to me that you don’t try to embrace market forces that would really benefit Danish culture,” she said.

“If the services are charged an extra payment, then it may be that they...

Netflix has set the launch date for “Borgen – Power & Glory,” the new version of the hit Danish political drama, for April 14 across the Nordics and on June 2 in the rest of the world.

Directed by Per Fly, “Borgen – Power & Glory” brings back Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) who has just been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs when a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland. The event sparks an international struggle for power in the Arctic.

“The series deals with some of the biggest political issues of our time, as well the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic – and not least, the climate crisis,” said Netflix, which described “Power & Glory” as “a stand-alone continuation of the previous seasons of ‘Borgen.'”

The streamer added that “the main story focuses on the struggle for power and what power does to...

Borgen – Power & Glory, a fresh continuation of hit Danish political drama Borgen, has been set for release on Netflix April 14 in the Nordic markets and June 2 in the rest of the world. Netflix has also dropped first-look photos (see above and below).

From creator/writer and executive producer Adam Price, Borgen – Power & Glory again follows Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), her staff and the media tasked with covering her, this time in her role as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The series tackles major political issues including the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic — and not least, the climate crisis.

When a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland, it marks the beginning of an international struggle for power in the Arctic, and one in which Nyborg must repeatedly accept that despite Denmark’s ‘big brother’ relationship with Greenland, when...

Update: The Spanish Academy has announced that the 2021 Goya nominations will now be announced on Monday, Jan. 18.

In today’s Global Bulletin, historic snowfall in Madrid delays Spanish Academy Award nominations, Sky announces members of its Diversity Advisory Council, Netflix reveals casting for the next season of “Borgen,” documentary “Daisy Maskell – Insomnia and Me” on the way from BBC Three, Endemol Shine Germany teams with Rainer Laux on a new reality production label, “Covid vs The World” documentary gets History Channel premiere dates across Asia, and Gaumont’s “Lupin” becomes Netflix’s first French series to break the Top 10 in the U.S.

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The 2021 Spanish Academy Goya Awards nominations, scheduled to be announced on Monday (Jan. 11), have been delayed after winter storm Filomena dropped 8”-12” of snow on Madrid, paralyzing the Spanish capital. The Academy has not yet stated when the nominations will take place, but record temperatures threaten...

Netflix has unveiled the cast for the new season of Borgen, the hit Danish political drama that is being relaunched on the streamer after almost a decade-long hiatus.

Borgen creator Adam Price is re-teaming with the series’ original stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, who will reprise their roles as Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg and television journalist Katrine Fonsmark, respectively, for the show’s fourth season.

Mikkel Boe Folsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen, actors from Netflix’s Danish sci-fi drama The Rain, have joined the Borgen cast, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Other ...

Netflix has unveiled the cast for the new season of Borgen, the hit Danish political drama that is being relaunched on the streamer after almost a decade-long hiatus.

Borgen creator Adam Price is re-teaming with the series’ original stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, who will reprise their roles as Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg and television journalist Katrine Fonsmark, respectively, for the show’s fourth season.

Mikkel Boe Folsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen, actors from Netflix’s Danish sci-fi drama The Rain, have joined the Borgen cast, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Other ...

Now TV Hires Former Universal Exec

Now TV has hired former Universal Pictures International and TWC exec Jamie Schwartz as Director of Brand, Marketing and Merchandising. He will report into Marina Storti, Managing Director of Now TV, and will be responsible for core brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy and campaigns, media planning, as well as PR, social, editorial and in-product merchandising. Schwartz was most recently EVP of Marketing for Focus Features and before that worked at TWC and Momentum.

Cast Set For Netflix & Dr’s Borgen

In April Netflix and Dr, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, announced that the hit series Borgen was returning, reuniting creator Adam Price with lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen (Birgitte Nyborg) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Katrine Fønsmark). Today, additional cast was announced, including Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Returning from the...

Netflix and Danish broadcaster Dr are partnering to revive political drama Borgen after it was last on television in 2013.

Sidse Babett Knudsen will reprise her role as Danish politician Birgitte Nyborg in the new series, which is slated to premiere in 2022 on Dr before dropping on Netflix internationally.

Netflix has also secured the rights to the first three seasons of the BAFTA-winning show and is planning to launch them globally later this year.

Borgen will be produced by Sam Productions and will reunite its creative team, including creator Adam Price, who will pen Season 4. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen also returns as Katrine Fønsmark.

The new season follows Nyborg in her role as Foreign Minister, as well as her staff and the media tasked with covering her. Fønsmark was her head of press, but returns to journalism in the new season.

Lina Brouneus, director of co-production and acquisition at Netflix, said: “Ten...

Hit political drama “Borgen” is not only gearing up for a fourth outing, but all seasons are coming to Netflix.

Following a deal between the streaming giant and Danish public broadcaster Dr, all three seasons of the show, which originally aired from 2010-2013, will land on Netflix later this year, followed by a new fourth season of the hit drama in 2022.

While terms of the co-production deal have not been disclosed, it is likely Netflix is contributing to some of the costs for the fourth season, and getting involved in the creative direction.

Dr revealed Wednesday that a new season will debut on the broadcaster, followed by a global premiere on Netflix. The show — which follows a centrist politician’s journey to become the first female Prime Minister of Denmark — reunites creator Adam Price as well as lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Katrine Fønsmark.

One of the worst fears “Game of Thrones” fans had going into the final season’s third episode, “The Long Night,” was that the Army of the Dead attacking Winterfell would include the resurrected zombie versions of such beloved characters as Kristian Nairn’s Hodor. While the writers fortunately did not go down that painful route, they did once discuss the potential for beloved dead characters to return as white walkers. Vanity Fair has published exclusive storyboards from the show’s main storyboard artist, William Simpson, that reveal there was a plan at some point in early development to revive dead characters and have them join the Army of the Dead.

Per Simpson’s art, the seventh season premiere “Dragonstone” was originally set to feature the zombie version of the dead wildling Karsi (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen). The character became a fan favorite after her appearance in the battle episode “Hardhome,...

What happened with Vinyl? Executive producer Martin Scorsese recently discussed the cancelled HBO TV show, notes The Hollywood Reporter.

The drama is set in New York in the 1970s and revolves around the music business of that era — a time of sex and drugs, at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. The cast includes Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, and Juno Temple. The series was cancelled by HBO in 2016 after one season.

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Scandinavian terror thriller Greyzone is heading to the UK after Walter Presents acquired the ten-part series from distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

The Channel 4-backed foreign-language drama service will air the Cosmo Film-produced series later this year. The show, set in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Frankfurt, stars Borgen’s Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Victoria, a drone engineer who is taken hostage by terrorists in her own home but manages to get a message to the secret services, who desperately try to prevent an attack on Scandinavian soil.

Co-created by Oskar Sӧderlund, Morten Dragsted and Rasmus Thorsen, it is a co-production between TV2 Denmark, TV4 Sweden, C More Sweden, ZDFneo, Nrk Norway, Sf Studios Sweden, Nadcon Film and ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

Thorsen said he was excited that it was coming to the UK. “The level of ambition for this series has always been high and with an international audience in mind.

High Fidelity is the best-selling novel by Nick Hornby that was adapted into the 2000 film starring John Cusack.

It is now being developed into a TV series with one major change: the lead role is being written for a woman.

Let's check out some of the other times that a woman stepped into a role originally created for a man.

1. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Battlestar Galactica) When Ronald D. Moore's re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica announced that Starbuck was going to be a woman, there were many skeptics. Katee Sackhoff ultimately landed the role and quickly won over viewers with her powerful portrayal. 2. Lenny (Legion) Showrunner Noah Hawley first envisioned David's friend Lenny as a middle-aged man. Once he met Aubrey Plaza, Hawley rewrote the role so she could play it. 3. Jeri Hogarth (Marvel Netflix Universe) In adapting comic character Jeryn Hogarth for the Marvel/Netflix franchise, he became a she.

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We salute 11 memorable guest spots across Game Of Thrones' seven seasons so far. Spoilers ahoy...

Contains spoilers through to season seven, episode one.

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Game Of Thrones has one of the biggest casts on television – twenty-nine people are credited as regulars across season six alone – and doesn’t like to waste a good character, with many of even the most minor characters appearing at least twice. However, every now and again the show produces a one-hit wonder, a character who appears in just one episode of the series but who makes a lasting impression and continues to have an impact on the remaining characters as they move on. So here, we celebrate the best of these single chart-stoppers and the actors who play them.

To qualify for this list,...

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen star.

California Filmes have acquired worldwide distribution rights (excluding Scandinavia) for 3 Things from TrustNordisk.

The deal was negotiated between Senior Sales Manager at TrustNordisk, Nicolai Korsgaard and Vice-president at California Filmes, Claiton Fernandes.

Jens Dahl makes his feature directorial debut with the stylish thriller starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Borgen).

The contained story is set mostly in a hotel, where police negotiate a witness protection deal with an explosives expert who is a robbery suspect. The man has three demands from the police, including that his former girlfriend is brought to him.

“California Filmes is a dear and long-time partner for us and we are happy and confident that they will release the movie with great success - they were keen and excited about 3 Things from the very beginning when we presented the film, and we are sure that they will do a great job with...

Well known in these parts as the writer of Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher, Denmark's Jens Dahl moves behind the camera with his feature directing debut 3 Things. And he's got a little bit of high profile help in front of the camera as well in the form of Games Of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Borgen's Birgitte Hjort Sørensen. 3 Things centers in and around a hotel where the police are negotiating the terms of a witness protection deal with the prime suspect of a big money deposit robbery and an expert on explosives, Mikael (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). In order to agree to the deal Mikael demands three things from the police: that his former girlfriend is brought to him, that the police bring the contents...

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Though it might seem like Liam Neeson has all claim to avenging a child in the “Taken” series, the Norwegian action black comedy “In Order of Disappearance” proves that there’s plenty more to be mined from such a premise. Described as a cross between “Fargo” and “Taken,” “In Order of Disappearance” follows snow plow diver Nils (Stellan Skarsgård) who discovers his son has died of a supposed heroin overdose. Knowing his son was not a drug addict, Nils starts his own investigation and discovers a local drug gang is behind the crime. Soon, Nils finds the killers and the gang’s leader, but not before being caught in the crossfire between the local and Serbian gangs. The film also stars Bruno Ganz (“The Wings of Desire”), Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (“Borgen”), Kristofer Hivju (“Game of Thrones”), and more. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.

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Why didn't Vinyl make the cut? Recently, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys sounded off on the cancelled music series, Deadline reports.From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Rich Cohen, and Terence Winter, the drama followed a record executive (Bobby Cannavale) in 1970s New York City. The cast included Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, and Juno Temple. HBO cancelled the series this year after one season.Read More…...

Last month, we reported HBO had cancelled their new series Vinyl after one season. Recently, castmember Bo Dietl spoke about the cancellation to Page Six.The drama starred Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, a music producer working in 1970s New York City. The cast also included Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, and Juno Temple.Read More…...

[caption id="attachment_51275" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Vinyl TV show; canceled, no season two. (Image via HBO.)/caption]

The music has stopped. The Vinyl TV show on HBO has been cancelled. This reverses the decision HBO made to renew��Vinyl for a second season, on February 18, 2016. Set in the 1970s New York City music scene, the drama stars Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, a record label president who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path.

The Vinyl TV series cast also includes Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger, and Paul Ben-Victor. Created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen, and Terence Winter, HBO describes Vinyl as featuring, "the sex- and drug-addled music business of the early 1970s at the dawn of punk, disco and hip-hop."...

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1970s-set rock and roll drama Vinyl won't return for a second season on HBO after all...

Well, this is unexpected. Back in February, the news broke that HBO had renewed its rock and roll drama Vinyl for a second season. Now, though, the network has gone back on that idea and cancelled the series altogether.

Collider reports that the initial plan had been to "retool" the show for season 2, and that showrunner Scott Z. Burns had begun working on a blueprint for Vinyl's second season. (Actual scriptwriting hadn't yet begun, it would seem.)

It doesn't seem like too much of a leap to suggest that this U-turn could be related to HBO's new chief Casey Bloys. It was his predecessor in the role - Michael Lombardo - that initially ordered season 2 of Vinyl.

Bloys seems to have different ideas about how the network should be run,...

Martin Scorsese directed the pilot of Boardwalk Empire for HBO and the series ran for five seasons. Now, he's co-created and directed the pilot of the new Vinyl TV show. Will it be a ratings success? Cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.

Set in New York in the 1970s, Vinyl revolves around the music business of that era — a time of sex and drugs, at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. The large cast includes Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger, and Paul Ben-Victor.

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Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger's new HBO drama looks and sounds great, but can Vinyl grow into more than just Mad Men: The Rock Years?

My favourite rock ’n’ roll conspiracy theory runs as follows. Punk rock, with its cheap Diy ethic, mistrust (and deliberate avoidance) of wealth and dismissal of the decadent excess of earlier rock bands was a deliberately nefarious creation of major music labels that had grown fearful of the growing power of artists and who found a clever way of redressing the balance so that they, the anonymous suits, remained in charge. A Sid Viscious, so the theory goes, would be far more biddable and less likely to demand a larger slice of the cake than a Neil Young or a Roger Waters.

Whether by deliberate policy or not, it’s certainly true that some of the business elements of the music industry were changing.

Network: HBO

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: February 14, 2016 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger, and Paul Ben-Victor.

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This drama series is set in New York in the 1970s and revolves around the music business of that era -- a time of sex and drugs, at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop.

The founder and president of American Century Records, Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) once had a passion for music and discovering talent but that's gone by the wayside. With American Century on the precipice of being sold, Richie has a life-altering event that reignites his love of music, causing...

HBO has released a new trailer for their upcoming series "Vinyl," which you can see below.

From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, this new drama series is set in 1970s New York. A ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, the show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, played by Bobby Cannavale, who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path.

Additional series regulars include Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, Rick Yorn, Victoria Pearman, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, John Melfi and Allen Coulter. Winter serves as showrunner.

"Vinyl" debuts on HBO on February 14, 2016.

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HBO's new TV series, Vinyl, premieres Sunday, February 14, 2016, at 9:00pm Et/Pt. In advance of the premiere, HBO has released new photos and details about the pilot episode. Check them out, below.

A 1970s NYC music industry drama from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Terrence Winter, Vinyl stars: Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor.

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Not even the great Martin Scorsese is immune to the whims of the economy and the movie industry. Back in the mid-90s, Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese started collaborating on a potential movie idea, and in 2008, the filmmaker's "Boardwalk Empire" collaborator, Terence Winter was called in to write the script...but it didn't get very far. “By 2009, the economy crashed, and it was clear no one was going to make a three-hour period epic about the music industry,” Winter told Deadline. But in stepped HBO. Now "Vinyl" is set to rock 'n roll next month and a new trailer has landed. Read More: The 25 Most Anticipated New TV Shows Of 2016 Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger, and Paul Ben-Victor star in the series that follows Richie Finestra, the founder and president of American Century Records,...

As the saying goes, if it's too loud, you're too old, and at 73, Martin Scorsese shows no sign of aging. The director is gearing up his latest HBO series, "Vinyl," teaming up with his pals Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, and a new poster and promo have arrived to make your hairs stand up on end.  Read More: Watch: Electrifying New Trailer For Martin Scorsese's HBO Music Drama 'Vinyl' Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor star in the '70s-set show that follows a record label president who wades through the quickly evolving scene of punk, disco, hip-hop and more as he tries to save his company.  Get ready for sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll when "Vinyl" arrives on February 14, 2016. Check out a new teaser and poster below.

There's a new trailer for HBO's "Vinyl," which you can see below.

From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, this new drama series is set in 1970s New York. A ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, the show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, played by Bobby Cannavale, who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path.

Additional series regulars include Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Terence Winter, Rick Yorn, Victoria Pearman, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, John Melfi and Allen Coulter. Winter serves as showrunner.

"Vinyl" debuts on HBO on February 14, 2016.

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Booze, drugs, sex, and oh yeah, music. This winter, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, and Terence Winter are taking audiences back to the '70s where personalities were as wild as the punk, glam, disco, and rock 'n roll that was coming out of New York City with "Vinyl." And an electric new trailer for the series is here.  Bobby Cannavale swaggers in the lead role as Richie Finestra, who is looking to shake up the game in the record industry, even as it seems his personal habits, and professional problems are mounting around him. The actor is supported by a helluva ensemble including Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger, and Paul Ben-Victor. This looks like a show that will rarely be lacking in energy. Read More: HBO Dates Martin Scorsese's 'Vinyl' And 'Togetherness' Season 2, But 'Game Of.

Reed Morano with Anne-Katrin Titze and Olivia Wilde: "The idea of hearing the occasional sound is actually what we did …"

Olivia Wilde took a break from filming her new HBO television drama Vinyl, created by The Wolf Of Wall Street screenwriter Terence Winter, executive produced by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, to join Meadowland director/cinematographer Reed Morano for an opening weekend post-screening discussion. In Vinyl, Wilde co-stars with Bobby Cannavale, Paul Ben-Victor, P. J. Byrne, Emily Tremaine, Jack Quaid, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Max Casella and Juno Temple, who is also featured in Meadowland.

Olivia Wilde as Sarah: "She is grasping for ideas on how to feel less numb." Photo: Reed Morano

The prominent contributions of the Meadowland crew, including Tony Volante, Madeleine Gavin, Kevin Akers, and Frank Larson were noted. I compared Sarah's silent scream to that of Rod Steiger in Sidney Lumet's 1964 The Pawnbroker and Reed...

Vinyl is coming to HBO this January, and the network gave viewers another look at the new series on Sunday night with a brand new trailer release. Entertainment Weekly shared the trailer shortly after its release on HBO. The series will take viewers back to the 1970s and show off the time period and its music.

Vinyl has some big names involved. Behind the scenes, the series is helmed by executive producers Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terrence Winter. In front of the camera, viewers will see a cast that includes Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger, and Paul Ben-Victor.

There might be more additions to the cast in the future. Mick Jagger has been trying to get Harry Styles from One Direction to star...