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Channel 4 Buys Nordic Noir Thriller ‘The Darkness’ From Paramount Global Content Distribution
Channel 4 has acquired "The Darkness," an Iceland-set thriller represented by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Channel 4 has acquired “ The Darkness,” an Iceland-set thriller represented by Paramount Global Content Distribution. Based on the Ragnar Jónasson novel of the same name, “The Darkness” stars Nordic superstar Lena Olin as a dedicated investigator who is being forced into early retirement and takes on a final cold case centered on a young Russian asylum seeker. The English-language series shot in Iceland’s capital Reykjavík with a topnotch cast including Jack Bannon (“Pennyworth”), Douglas Henshall (“Shetland”), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (“A Gentleman in Moscow”) and Thorsteinn Bachmann (“Katla”), among others.
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