{"id":11551,"date":"2019-07-08T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-greenlights-norwegian-original-wilderness\/"},"modified":"2019-07-08T12:47:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:47:36","slug":"hbo-europe-greenlights-norwegian-original-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-europe-greenlights-norwegian-original-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Europe Greenlights Norwegian Original Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adding to its growing Nordic slate, HBO Europe has greenlit the Norwegian original <em>Wilderness<\/em> (<em>Utmark<\/em>), created and written by Kim Fupz Aakeson (<em>A Somewhat Gentle Man<\/em>, <em>In Order of Disappearance<\/em>) and directed by Dagur K\u00e1ri (<em>Virgin Mountain<\/em>,<em> Dark Horse<\/em>, <em>The Good Heart<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The quirky comedic drama is set in a small Norwegian town a little north of the middle of nowhere. The cast of characters includes a\u00a0corrupt sheriff, an alcoholic shepherd, a nature-loving bootlegger, a God-hating pastor, a grieving pimp and a brand-new optimistic school teacher who rolls into town hopeful for a fresh start.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wilderness<\/em> is produced by Finn Gjerdrum and Stein Kvae at Paradox and is an HBO Europe original production.<\/p>\n<p>Hanne Palmquist, commissioning editor and VP of original programming at HBO Nordic, said: \u201cKim Fupz has created an original bunch of flawed yet wonderful characters living in a far-flung place where civilization is a choice rather than a given. <em>Utmark<\/em> is bold, at times totally hilarious\u2014and human all the way. We\u2019re really excited to be collaborating with a top-class combination of Nordic talent\u2014Danish writer Kim Fupz Aakeson, Icelandic director Dagur Kari and the Norwegian team at Paradox\u2014to bring this world to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antony Root, executive VP of programming and production at HBO Europe, added: \u201c<em>Wilderness<\/em> draws you into its unique world from the very start, so wonderfully drawn are the characters and story from the imagination of Kim Fupz. The creative team perfectly reflects our ambition to work with the finest talent from the region on series that are authored, authentic and stand out from the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gjerdrum at Paradox said: \u201cAfter a long and exciting journey, we are now looking forward to starting the production of <em>Wilderness<\/em>. HBO&#8217;s courage and desire to challenge the boundaries of storytelling is inspiring and a fantastic opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding to its growing Nordic slate, HBO Europe has greenlit the Norwegian original Wilderness (Utmark), created and written by Kim Fupz Aakeson (A Somewhat Gentle Man, In Order of Disappearance) and directed by Dagur K\u00e1ri (Virgin Mountain, Dark Horse, The Good Heart).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[900],"class_list":["post-11551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hbo-europe","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO Europe Greenlights Norwegian Original Wilderness - 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