{"id":21902,"date":"2024-12-09T10:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tina-gharavi-acquires-rights-to-icelandic-thriller\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:13:24","slug":"tina-gharavi-acquires-rights-to-icelandic-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tina-gharavi-acquires-rights-to-icelandic-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Gharavi Acquires Rights to Icelandic Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tina Gharavi (<em>I Am Nasrine<\/em>, <em>African Queens: Cleopatra<\/em>), founder of Bridge + Tunnel Productions, has acquired the rights to produce an adaptation of S\u00f3lveig P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir\u2019s Icelandic thriller<em> The Fox<\/em> (<em>Refurinn<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In the series adaptation, a Sri Lankan woman suddenly disappears in a small Icelandic outpost, arousing the suspicion of Gu\u00f0geir, a suspended detective from Reykjavik trying to win back his family, reputation and job. He enlists the help of Greer, a retired British Chief Superintendent, to find the missing \u201cdark woman\u201d and figure out how someone so conspicuous could vanish without a trace.<\/p>\n<p>Gharavi bought the rights to the book from P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir and spent time with her to learn the origins of each character. Gharavi then went about writing a pilot script for the six-part adaptation, introducing a new British character\u2014Greer\u2014loosely based on Fitz from <em>Cracker<\/em> and real-life feminist and activist Germaine Greer.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Fox<\/em> is being co-produced with Icelandic outfit Polarama (<em>Thin Ice<\/em>), helmed by Kidda Rokk and Steinarr Nesheim, who will oversee all production in Iceland. Gharavi is serving as showrunner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been keen to be a showrunner for some time now, marrying my producer chops, narrative capabilities and love of working with teams,\u201d Gharavi said. \u201cBut when the right projects didn\u2019t present themselves, I decided to build my own! I\u2019m a big fan of Nordic noir and cop shows in general, but <em>The Fox<\/em>\u2019s themes around refugees, loneliness and belonging, which are explored in this achingly remote landscape, really resonated with me. I am thrilled to have S\u00f3lveig P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir\u2019s trust and support for my vision for her wonderful novel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rokk commented, \u201cTina has written an absorbing thriller about people and place that plays to all our strengths as storytellers. Her detective series is quirky, pacey and populated with captivating characters living and working in a rather unique and specific Icelandic setting that will look spectacular on screen. We are excited to now begin conversations with broadcasters and streamers, confident that the series will be very much in demand with buyers looking for stand-out international drama with universal themes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tina Gharavi (I Am Nasrine, African Queens: Cleopatra), founder of Bridge + Tunnel Productions, has acquired the rights to produce an adaptation of S\u00f3lveig P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir\u2019s Icelandic thriller The Fox (Refurinn).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[10052,10053,10054,10055,10056,10057,10058,10059],"class_list":["post-21902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bridge-tunnel-productions","tag-kidda-rokk","tag-polarama","tag-refurinn","tag-solveig-palsdottir","tag-steinarr-nesheim","tag-the-fox","tag-tina-gharavi","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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