DRG Signs Up Sundance Now for Oslo Killing Series

DRG has inked a deal for The Oslo Killing, a true-crime series to be co-produced between Discovery Networks Norway and Sundance Now, in association with Monster.

The Oslo Killing will premiere in 2019 in North America, the U.K., Ireland and German-speaking Europe on Sundance Now. The six-hour series examines an unsolved crime that spans four decades and crosses several countries: Norway, Spain, Argentina and the U.S.

In April 1974, Anni Nielsen Iranzo was found brutally murdered at her home in Oslo, Norway. She was beaten and strangled with a rope, while two months pregnant. Initially, the brutality of the act led the police to focus their investigation solely on male suspects. Anni’s husband, a Spanish diplomat with shady connections, was number one on their list. However, Anni’s 4-year-old daughter, Maria, said she saw a woman sitting on her mother’s legs. This led the police to a wealthy American woman, Minna Treadwell Thompson, who was having an affair with Anni’s husband. To this day, the Norwegian police have never been able to extradite Minna Treadwell Thompson.

Elin Thomas, DRG’s executive VP of sales, commented: “The Oslo Killing is a mesmerizing and sensational series from Monster, Norway’s biggest production company. Monster excels within this genre, and in terms of story arc, dramatic revelations and production values this series will sit right up there with the very best and most compelling true-crime documentaries of recent years. It’s a big and important story, so we are delighted that Sundance has come onboard as co-producer. Not only does this deal give the series a perfect premiere platform in key territories, but the Sundance involvement will further endorse this series as ‘one to watch’.”

Jan Diedrichsen, general manager of SundanceTV and Sundance Now, added: “Sundance Now prides itself in offering a wide range of top-quality docuseries, so we are delighted to extend our relationship with DRG, as well as enter a new partnership with Monster, to become a co-production partner for The Oslo Killing. This extraordinary true story is packed with fascinating characters, political intrigue, jealousy, revenge and at its core, the heartbreaking story of a woman trying to seek justice for her mother’s murder more than 40 years later.”