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‘The Scarab Flies at Dusk’ Getting Series Adaptation From Fifth Season-Backed Nordic Drama Queens (EXCLUSIVE)


Swedish classic novel 'The Scarab Flies at Dusk' is being adapted into a premium adventure series produced Fifth Season-Backed Nordic Drama Queens.

Beloved Swedish classic novel “The Scarab Flies at Dusk” is being adapted into a premium family adventure series produced Nordic Drama Queens, the topnotch production label backed by Fifth Season. Swedish broadcaster SVT has already commissioned the show whose starry cast will be led by Tomas von Brömssen (“My Life as a Dog”), Pernilla August (“‘The Best Intentions”) Dag Malmberg (“The Bridge”) and Lena Endre (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”). Set in the small Swedish town of Ringaryd in Småland during the summer of 1976, “The Scarab Flies at Dusk” follows three children (played by Hjalmar Löfmark Yilmaz, Moa Nåsander, and Einar Alvarado Lönberg) who are drawn into a mystery involving a 3000-year-old cursed Egyptian statue, which has been hidden at the old Selanderska estate for centuries.

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