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‘Vanguard,’ About Swedish Mogul Jan Stenbeck, Sells to Multiple Territories: ‘Him and Trump Are Both Extremely Divisive Figures’ (EXCLUSIVE)
‘Vanguard,’ about Swedish mogul Jan Stenbeck, with Jakob Oftebro, sells to multiple territories for Viaplay Content Distribution.
FLX’s Lejla Bešic produced the five-episode show – about to premiere at Monte Carlo TV Festival – for SVT in collaboration with the N8 alliance, while Viaplay Content Distribution handles international sales. When I started reading about Jan, that part opened my eyes: it’s like watching Greek gods, fighting and having all these conflicts, and everything they do trickles down to ordinary people. Instead, the team focused on making the story appealing to younger viewers – Stenbeck passed away in 2002 – and finding a way to combine his personal struggles with massive changes in the media landscape he was very much a part of.
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