EXCLUSIVE: The Valhalla Murders duo Thordur Palsson and Óttar Nordfjord are creating an Icelandic-Finnish local weather catastrophe miniseries titled Avalanche.
Solid for Iceland’s Síminn and rolling cameras subsequent week, Avalanche stars Elín Corridor (Let Me Fall) as Freyja, a meteorologist who returns to her hometown to warn the villagers of an imminent disaster. Casting hanging similarities between fictional tragic occasions and at this time’s local weather disaster, the collection is aiming to spotlight the urgency of heeding scientific warnings.
The collection is one other instance of Scandi outfits coming collectively to create TV, with Iceland’s Glassriver co-producing with Finland’s Whatevergroup, whereas Ginny & Georgia outfit Dynamic Tv is promoting worldwide. Palsson is directing and Nordfjord is writing. The pair have been behind The Valhalla Murders, the RÚV police procedural that was picked up by Netflix a number of years again.
Palsson mentioned: “Bringing Avalanche to life is each a artistic problem and a duty. By means of storytelling, we purpose to discover the human price of pure disasters whereas highlighting the realities of a altering local weather. I’m proud to collaborate with such an distinctive worldwide crew to inform this highly effective and well timed story.”
Avalanche joins Glassriver’s scripted slate together with the just lately optioned titles Elma from Eva Björg Ægisdottir and Reykjavik Noir from creator Lilja Sigurdardottir, that are being tailored for the display. It’s produced by Guðgeir Arngrímsson, whereas Margrét Örnólfsdóttir is co-writer.
