Codename: Annika:SkyShowtimeUnveils Cast & Trailer
SkyShowtime has unveiled cast and trailer forCodename: Annika, one of the fledgling Paramount/Comcast JVs biggest originals to date.
The series follows a Finnish detective, Emma Haka, played by Sannah Nedergard (Yellow Sulphur Sky), who is still completing her undercover training when she gets sent on a mission into Stockholms corrupt world of fine art trade.
Unveiled at the Stockholm International Film Festival,Codenamefrom Mia Ylonen and Aleksi Bardy will star the likes of Ardalan Esmaili (Easy Money) as Rasmus Stahlgren, Eva Melander (Border) as Rina Olander and Helena Bergstrom (House of Angels) as Agatha Torstensson, along with Pekka Strang (Tom of Finland) as Raimo Korpi, Clarisse Lhoni-Botte (Rolling to You) as Beatrice Joly and Charles Martins(Emily in Paris) as Denver Carpentier.
‘Codename: Annika’SkyShowtime
Show will launch next month on the streaming service that is available in territories in which Comcasts Peacock and Paramount+ havent rolled out.
This will be our first Swedish-Finnish original series and is a fantastic twist on the Nordic Noir genre, said SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan.
The streamerunveiled a hefty originals slateat Cannes that included SpainsLas Invisiblesand PolandsWarszawianka.Speaking to Deadline in June, Sarhan said the platform is sending a message that our content doesnt have to cost a fortune to watch.
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ITV StudiosAppoints First Access Coordinator
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ITV Studios has appointed its first in-house Access Coordinator.
Bethany Matthews will work alongside production teams across sevendramalabels to ensure all production teams, crew and cast complete accessibility training while reviewing the accessibility of production sites and working with post-production to ensure accessible editing facilities.
She is one of the first 12 Access Coordinators to be trained in the UK by training body ScreenSkills and consultancy Bridge06.
The news comes as ITV Studios becomes an associate member of the UKs TV Access Project (TAP), which aims to improve accessibility for disabled people in the TV industry and is backed by the likes ofHelpscribe Jack Thorne.
Deadlinebroke the newsof TAPs launch last year in the run up to the Edinburgh TV Festival and the project counts major broadcasters and networks as fellow signees.
This is about the bigger picture for me, said Matthews, who reports to Director of Production, Drama, Julie Clark.
When accessibility is at the forefront of production, whether its through making the casting process or post-production more accessible to talent, well really start to see talent that the industry has been missing.
