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Independent podcast production house Deadset Studios has appointed Madeleine Hawcroft as Executive Producer for its new season of The Solutionists with Mark Scott, produced for The University of Sydney.

Madeleine Hawcroft is a seasoned executive producer on factual and entertainment shows, having been the Executive Producer for ABC TV’s Aacta-nominated Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, and network Executive Producer for ABC TV series Back In Time for the Corner Shop, Restoration Australia and Grand Designs Transformations..

Deadset Studios is helmed by leading podcast strategist Kellie Riordan, the creative force behind countless hit shows and the founder of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) dedicated podcast team, Audio Studios.

Creative Director of Deadset Studios, Kellie Riordan, said “As podcasting continues to explode, Deadset Studios is expanding to welcome Madeleine to lead the new season of The Solutionists with our client The University of Sydney. We’re so thrilled to have...

Stolen, a popular Netflix thriller, highlights the struggle of the Indigenous Sámi People against hate-fueled attacks on their culture. Elin Kristina Oskal shines as Elsa, fighting against reindeer hunting with no police support in this gripping film. Stolen's talented cast includes Martin Wallström as the antagonist and Magnus Kuhmunen in his acting debut as Elsa's father.

The new Netflix film Stolen has become one of the most popular movies on the giant streaming platform in April 2024. Stolen, originally titled Stöld, is a thriller directed by Swedish filmmaker Elle Márjá Eira. The screenplay was written by Peter Birro (438 Days) based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed Swedish writer and journalist Ann-Helen Laestadius, which won Sweden’s Book of the Year Award in 2021. The film follows a young woman who becomes outraged at the lack of local police efforts to protect the lives of an Indigenous community from...

TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film in Berlin.

The Shamer’s Daughter, based on the first book in Lene Kaaberbøl’s bestselling series The Shamer Chronicles, is to be adapted as a feature film.

TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film at the European Film Market (Efm) at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16).

The screenplay will be written by Oscar-winner Anders Thomas Jensen, who wrote the script for Academy Award winner In a Better World.

The feature will be directed Danish filmmaker Kenneth Kainz (Pure Hearts).

The Scandinavian cast will be led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad (Love Is All You Need) and Allan Hyde (True Blood).

Shooting is set to begin on Feb 27.

The story centres on “the Shamer’s daughter”, Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability. She can...

Sweden is known worldwide for its fantastic film industry. The Swedes know how to entertain and this is extremely evident in their high-budget film-to-tv program, Arn: The Knight Templar - The Complete Series, a series which follows Arn, a young boy who grows into a noble knight. Arn is the most expensive production in Swedish cinema with a total budget of Us $30 million. The complete series is now out on Blu-ray and it is a truly wonderful piece of Medieval entertainment.

Based on Jan Guillou’s epic bestselling trilogy, Arn is a riveting tale of a young man and his quest to overcome evil and find his true love. Arn Magnusson (Joakim Natterqvist) is a skilled swordsman who, as a penance for his sins, is sent off to war as a Knight Templar. The program shows him do battle with unsavory individuals, navigate hellish scenes so that he may...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 5, 2012

Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $34.98

Studio: Entertainment One

There are battles a'plenty in the medieval action-adventure TV series Arn: The Knight Templar

Costing approximately $35 million to produce, the 2007 television mini-series Arn: The Knight Templar is the most lavish production ever undertaken in Scandinavia.

Set in Sweden and the Middle East in the 12th Century, the medieval action-adventure show tells the saga of Arn Magnusson (Joakim Nätterqvist), the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman, who is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love. Needless to say, there are a helluva lot of battles, betrayals, love affairs, intrigue and acts of gallantry that go down over the course of Arn’s journey.

Directed by Peter Flinth and based on the historical novels of Jan Guillou, the two-hour-plus Arn also stars Stellan Skarsgard (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...

Another week's gone by and that brings a new assortment of things to catch up with on DVD. Go back in time and battle with barbarians or relive The Exorcist with the recently released remastered version of The Director's Cut. Perhaps you might dive beneath the sea and visit a poorly constructed Atlantis? Whatever your taste (even if it's blood), there's something to be found in this weeks slate of DVDs.

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Arn: The Knight Templar

by Neil Pedley

Sweden is an odd little land, not unlike America in that they like stories about themselves and sod everyone else. Over there, the literary adventures of enigmatic homicide detective Kurt Wallander, for example, outsell those of Harry Potter. Sweden also has no movie studios perse, with virtually all funding trickling through the nepotistic iron fist of the Swedish Film Institute, which recently elected to shift it's focus to fewer films, but...

With two major Us productions set to film in Ni this year, Northern Ireland Screen are focusing on bringing local talent and productions to this year's Cannes Film Festival revealing five new home-grown productions in the works. The screen agency's profile is currently at an all-time high amongst the global film-making community. New titles include; 'Paddy Mayne', an action drama penned by Richard Crawford (The Abduction Club) and produced by Alistair Maclean-Clark (The War Bride, Octane, Heartbreak Hotel, Arn), 'Teenage Kicks', produced by Michael Kelly, Pete Foott is directing with Spence Wright (Red Mist) and John Cairns screenwriting; 'Jump', the creation of 'Raw' writer Lisa McGee with Brendan Byrne on board to produce and director Kieron J. Walsh (When Brendan Met Trudy); director Tom Collins (Kings) is planning the adaptation of 'Reading in the Dark' - based on Seamus Deane's award winning novel; and 'Parabellum', produced by Colin...