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The series will depict the ferry's tragic sinking, rescue operations and ensuing investigation.

Actor Peter Franzén The story, described as “the modern Robin Hood-like Nordic noir”, will mark the first common project between Finnish production house Fisher King and Beta Film. Fisher King has been a part of the Beta Nordic Studio group since 2019, alongside Norwegian production company Cinenord, Icelandic Sagafilm and Sweden’s Dramacorp. (The article continues below - Commercial information) Starring Vikings fame, the series is created by Mikko Oikkonen and, as Cineuropa has learnt, it promises to interweave the financial crisis of the 1990s, which shook up Finland, with contemp...

'Bordertown' Finnish broadcaster YLE and Germany's Beta Film are backing Mikko Oikkonen's 'Helsinki Syndrome,' a Nordic thriller set to begin shooting in June. Mikko Oikkonen, creator of Netflix Finnish crime series Bordertown, has received the greenlight for his next project, the Nordic thriller Helsinki Syndrome. Finnish public broadcaster YLE and world sales group Beta Film have come on board to back the eight-hour limited series, which will begin shooting in Finland in June. Helsinki-based Fisher King, part of Beta's Nordic Studio (BNS) group of Scandinavian production companies, will p...

MIPTV: ‘Bordertown’ Creator Gets Greenlight for New Finnish Thriller Georg Szalai Bordertown, has received the greenlight for his next project, the Nordic thriller Helsinki Syndrome. Finnish public broadcaster YLE and world sales group Beta Film have come on board to back the eight-hour limited series, which will begin shooting in Finland in June. Helsinki-based Fisher King, part of Beta’s Nordic Studio (BNS) group of Scandinavian production companies, will produce the series. The thriller features Vikings star Peter Franzén as Elias Karo, a man whose life has been de...

'Vikings' Star Peter Franzen Joins 'Helsinki Syndrome' from 'Bordertown' Creators (EXCLUSIVE) Annika Pham, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail ‘Vikings’ star Peter Franzén will headline premium Finnish series “Helsinki Syndrome” from “Bordertown” creator Mikko Oikkonen, co-writer Antti Pesonen and helmer Juuso Syrjä. The eight-part suspense thriller is produced by Beta Film-backed Fisher King for Finnish pubcaster Yle. An iconic title in Finnish Nordic Noir, “Bordertown’s” three seasons have played in Netflix. More from Variety Franzén plays Elias Karo who takes four journa...