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AMC Networks Southern Europe Buys Finnish Disaster Drama ‘Seconds,’ Season 2 Confirmed (EXCLUSIVE)


Rolling off MipTV, sales outfit REinvent has sold ‘Seconds’ to AMC Int’l Networks Southern Europe.

One of REinvent’s MipTV highlights, “Seconds,” made a strong debut on Finnish pubcaster Yle this week, according to head of drama, Jarmo Lampela. Created by screenwriter Laura Suhonen (“Hooked”) alongside Fire Monkey co-founders Mikko Pöllä and Roope Lehtinen, the six-part series chronicles the aftermath of a horrific train disaster in a small Finnish town that claimed the lives of more than 60 people. Earlier Nordic premium shows sold by REinvent to AMC Networks Int’l Southern Europe include the Finnish crime drama “Transport” and Icelandic comedy “Ordinary People.”

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