Netflix Launching New Danish Series

Chosen, a new Danish coming-of-age science-fiction series, is set to bow on Netflix in January.

Created by Christian Potalivo and Jannik Tai Mosholt (The Rain), Chosen follows a young girl named Emma whose reality is turned upside down when she realizes that the world is not as safe and blissful as she thought. The six-part series is slated to premiere on January 27.

In Chosen, Emma has always felt different from everyone else in her small Danish town, which became famous when it was said that a meteor entered the atmosphere and crashed there 17 years earlier. When Emma accidentally discovers that the whole story of the meteor is a lie, a dangerous and improbable truth about the town reveals itself.

Chosen stars Malaika Berenth Mosendane (Emma), Andrea Heick Gadeberg (Marie), Andreas Dittmer (Frederik), Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt (Mads), Mohamed Djeziri (Elvis), Magnus Juhl Andersen (Jonas), Anders Heinrichsen (Lukas), Line Kruse (Lykke), Henrik Prip (Hans), Marie Louise Wille (Susan), Ken Vedsegaard (Thomas) and Nikolaj Kopernikus (Adrian). The series is directed by Kaspar Munk.