Douglas Henshall, Jack Bannon Join Lasse Hallström Series The Darkness – The Hollywood Reporter

Jack Bannon (Pennyworth) and Douglas Henshall (Shetland, That is Erin Carter?) are amongst a team of stars that have actually signed up with the dramatization series The Darkness, starring Oscar candidate Lena Olin (Opponents, A Romance, Hunters, Chocolat, The Musician’s Partner, Hilma) and guided by Oscar candidate Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, What’s Consuming Gilbert Grape, Hilma).

Additionally signing up with the actors of the six-episode English-language series, which is a co-production from CBS Studios and Icelandic manufacturing company Truenorth with Charge Ventures, are Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (A Gent in Moscow), Thorsteinn Bachmann ( Katla), Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson (The Preacher), Tora Hallström (Hilma), Ahd Tamimi (River City) and Árni Þór Lárusson..

Principal digital photography is underway in Reykjavík, Iceland, with Paramount Global Web content Circulation marketing the series outside Iceland.

The series rejoins Olin with supervisor Hallström in his very first venture right into tv. The job was very first introduced at Rome’s MIA Market in the loss.

Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole act as the U.K. spreading supervisors on the program, with Tinna Aðalbjörndottir and Andrea Brabin in Reykavík taking care of all casting for Iceland.

Based upon the very popular thriller publication series by Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness complies with Investigative Assessor Hulda Hermannsdóttir as she examines a surprising murder instance while involving terms with her very own individual injuries. “Faced with an impending early retirement and forced to take on a new partner, Hulda is determined to find the killer, even if it means putting her own life in danger,” according to a story summary.

Greg Silverman and John-Paul Sarni act as executive manufacturers for Charge Ventures. Jónasson likewise is an exec manufacturer on the job. Kristinn Thordarson and Leifur B. Dagfinnsson act as executive manufacturers for Truenorth.

The slate of global co-productions from CBS Studios likewise consists of the similarity Colin From Accounts, Munich Gamings, Bestseller Child and NCIS: Sydney, along with Gold Diggers, which was the very first co-production in between CBS Studios and Charge Ventures.