{"id":7925,"date":"2017-09-19T09:04:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/hbo-nordic-greenlights-first-scandi-original\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:41:09","slug":"hbo-nordic-greenlights-first-scandi-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/09\/19\/hbo-nordic-greenlights-first-scandi-original\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Nordic Greenlights First Scandi Original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Nordic has greenlit its first Scandinavian original series, <em>G\u00f6sta<\/em> (working title), written and directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson.<\/p>\n<p>The comedy centers on G\u00f6sta, a 28-year-old child psychologist who gets his first job in a small rural town. He moves from Stockholm and rents a cottage in the middle of the woods. <em>G\u00f6sta<\/em> is Moodysson\u2019s first series for television and is produced by Memfis Film.<\/p>\n<p>Lars J\u00f6nsson, producer at Memfis Film, noted: \u201cIt&#8217;s a joy and honor to produce HBO Nordic\u2019s first Scandinavian original series. HBO is perfect for\u00a0<em>G\u00f6sta<\/em>&#8216;s willful mix of comedy and drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanne Palmquist, the commissioning editor and VP of original programming at HBO Nordic, said: \u201c<em>G\u00f6sta<\/em> is an insightful, fun, multifaceted and bitter-sweet story that says a lot about the time we are living in, in a way only Lukas can say it. I\u2019m so very pleased to welcome Lukas and Lars to HBO Nordic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antony Root, the executive VP of original programming and production at HBO Europe, added: \u201cLukas\u2019s unique voice has established him as a leading filmmaker both in Sweden and worldwide, and his vision for this series makes it a perfect fit as our first original commission from HBO Nordic. The unlikely hero at its heart will not only be recognizable to our Swedish audience, but will have resonance with our audiences across Europe, and internationally too\u2014everyone will be rooting for G\u00f6sta.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Nordic has greenlit its first Scandinavian original series, G\u00f6sta (working title), written and directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[510],"class_list":["post-7925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hbo-nordic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO Nordic Greenlights First Scandi Original - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/09\/19\/hbo-nordic-greenlights-first-scandi-original\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HBO Nordic Greenlights First Scandi Original - 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