Hanne Palmquist talks plans for HBO Nordic and Sherlock Holmes heads to Finland.
Goteborg Film Festival’s first Nordic award for Best TV Drama Script, worth $23,000 (Sek 200,000) and funded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, has been presented to Nobel screenwriters Mette M Bolstad and Stephen Uhlander.
Nrk’s Nobel is a Homeland-style drama about a Norwegian Lieutenant returning home from duty in Afghanistan who discovers a political conspiracy.
The prize’s jury included Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, producer Gudrun Giddings, consultant Isabelle Pechcou and critic Leena Virtanen.
They said of Nobel: “The script was precise, well-structured and solid. This is a strong, unpredictable drama with a sense of fresh realism. The story was thrilling and worked well also as a metaphor of the global instability between war and peace…This TV series has an impressive complexity in the scriptwriting, no loose ends and no inconsistency. There is no filter to the truth. It is so transparent...
Goteborg Film Festival’s first Nordic award for Best TV Drama Script, worth $23,000 (Sek 200,000) and funded by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, has been presented to Nobel screenwriters Mette M Bolstad and Stephen Uhlander.
Nrk’s Nobel is a Homeland-style drama about a Norwegian Lieutenant returning home from duty in Afghanistan who discovers a political conspiracy.
The prize’s jury included Lars Blomgren of Filmlance, producer Gudrun Giddings, consultant Isabelle Pechcou and critic Leena Virtanen.
They said of Nobel: “The script was precise, well-structured and solid. This is a strong, unpredictable drama with a sense of fresh realism. The story was thrilling and worked well also as a metaphor of the global instability between war and peace…This TV series has an impressive complexity in the scriptwriting, no loose ends and no inconsistency. There is no filter to the truth. It is so transparent...
- 2/2/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Discarded plots, quotes from canon, Martin Freeman's hatred of Watson's moustache... Here's a long list of Sherlock series 3 trivia...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
- 11/25/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Between the long-awaited confirmation of Sherlock's fourth series, the even longer-awaited confirmation of Sherlock Holmes 3, and the upcoming release of Anthony Horowitz's novel Moriarty, the cult of Holmes is positively thriving.
It's no secret that we're big Baker Street fans here at Digital Spy, so we were predisposed to enjoy the Museum of London's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die.
Incorporating video footage, paintings, written extracts, props from the BBC's Sherlock and some artifacts belonging to Arthur Conan Doyle himself, there are too many Holmesian treasures to name within the multimedia exhibition. But below are the five main reasons it's a must-do for any fan.
1. See the birth of Sherlock Holmes
On paper, that is. One of the rarest and most impressive items in the exhibition is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notebook, which contains the first lines of...
It's no secret that we're big Baker Street fans here at Digital Spy, so we were predisposed to enjoy the Museum of London's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die.
Incorporating video footage, paintings, written extracts, props from the BBC's Sherlock and some artifacts belonging to Arthur Conan Doyle himself, there are too many Holmesian treasures to name within the multimedia exhibition. But below are the five main reasons it's a must-do for any fan.
1. See the birth of Sherlock Holmes
On paper, that is. One of the rarest and most impressive items in the exhibition is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notebook, which contains the first lines of...
- 10/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Interview Louisa Mellor 1 Jan 2014 - 22:30
Here's what the cast and creators said after December's preview screening of The Empty Hearse. Huge spoilers ahead...
Spoiler warning: best avoided if you haven’t seen The Empty Hearse.
After the posh BFI screening of The Empty Hearse in December, writer Caitlin Moran chaired a Q&A with the cast and creators. Mark Gatiss, who wrote the episode, was in attendance with Steven Moffat, Executive Producer Sue Vertue, director Jeremy Lovering, and actors Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. We’ve trimmed a few of the gags, and the four giggly minutes or so spent wading through an online fan-fic, but the rest is mostly intact. It all began with a scream…
Caitlin Moran: Collectively, having seen the mood outside before this started, and the mood in here today, if everybody would like to let free one big scream to let out the tension,...
Here's what the cast and creators said after December's preview screening of The Empty Hearse. Huge spoilers ahead...
Spoiler warning: best avoided if you haven’t seen The Empty Hearse.
After the posh BFI screening of The Empty Hearse in December, writer Caitlin Moran chaired a Q&A with the cast and creators. Mark Gatiss, who wrote the episode, was in attendance with Steven Moffat, Executive Producer Sue Vertue, director Jeremy Lovering, and actors Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. We’ve trimmed a few of the gags, and the four giggly minutes or so spent wading through an online fan-fic, but the rest is mostly intact. It all began with a scream…
Caitlin Moran: Collectively, having seen the mood outside before this started, and the mood in here today, if everybody would like to let free one big scream to let out the tension,...
- 12/31/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Louisa Mellor 1 Jan 2014 - 22:30
Sherlock returns with a rollicking, fun start to series three. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review, here.
3.1 The Empty Hearse
That was a smart solution – perhaps the only solution– to defuse the tension of two years’ speculation without leaving anyone disappointed. Make ‘em laugh, as the old song goes. Make ‘em laugh. Make ‘em laugh. Make ‘em laugh.
The fake explanations were a jaunty way to get us all to release the breath we’d been holding since January 2012 with a guffawing splutter. Inspector Lestrade’s “Bollocks!” told us we’d been had and silenced living room orators of both the ‘I knew it!’ and the ‘Seriously? How lame is that?’ variety. Of course it wasn’t Moriarty in a Sherlock mask. Of course there wasn’t a bungee rope. Of course Sherlock didn’t crash through a window like...
Sherlock returns with a rollicking, fun start to series three. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review, here.
3.1 The Empty Hearse
That was a smart solution – perhaps the only solution– to defuse the tension of two years’ speculation without leaving anyone disappointed. Make ‘em laugh, as the old song goes. Make ‘em laugh. Make ‘em laugh. Make ‘em laugh.
The fake explanations were a jaunty way to get us all to release the breath we’d been holding since January 2012 with a guffawing splutter. Inspector Lestrade’s “Bollocks!” told us we’d been had and silenced living room orators of both the ‘I knew it!’ and the ‘Seriously? How lame is that?’ variety. Of course it wasn’t Moriarty in a Sherlock mask. Of course there wasn’t a bungee rope. Of course Sherlock didn’t crash through a window like...
- 12/31/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Come January 1, 2014, it'll have been two long years since the premiere of Sherlock Series 2. That's right, 'A Scandal in Belgravia' was broadcast way back on January 1, 2012. It makes sense, then, that Team Sherlock have picked New Year's Day as the airdate for the first episode of Series 3, The Empty Hearse. In other words: happy new year, Sherlockians! Die-hard Cumberbabes and Freemaniacs will already have worked out that the title of the Mark Gatiss-written 'The Empty Hearse' is a play on the title of original Conan Doyle story, 'The Empty House', as well as Mr. Holmes' 'death' - a fact in dispute considering his later appearance by his own grave, of course, and the way there's a third season at all.The BBC have also announced that episode 2, 'The Sign Of Three' (written by Stephen Thompson), will air on Sunday January 5 and episode 3, 'His Last Vow' (written by...
- 11/29/2013
- EmpireOnline
It has now been confirmed by BBC1, the third series finale of "Sherlock" will be titled "His Last Vow".
The title sounds like a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "His Last Bow" which is more of a spy story than the usual murder mystery elements of Doyle's other stories.
Some tweaking will have to be done though - the story is chronologically the detective's final case in the series.
Steven Moffat penned the episode which Nick Hurran ("Doctor Who") will direct. Filming on the episode commences in two weeks.
The first two episodes - "The Empty Hearse" (based on "The Empty House") and "The Sign of Three" (based on "The Sign of Four)" have already been shot.
Source: Digital Spy...
The title sounds like a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "His Last Bow" which is more of a spy story than the usual murder mystery elements of Doyle's other stories.
Some tweaking will have to be done though - the story is chronologically the detective's final case in the series.
Steven Moffat penned the episode which Nick Hurran ("Doctor Who") will direct. Filming on the episode commences in two weeks.
The first two episodes - "The Empty Hearse" (based on "The Empty House") and "The Sign of Three" (based on "The Sign of Four)" have already been shot.
Source: Digital Spy...
- 7/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The title of Sherlock's third series finale has been revealed.
The Steven Moffat-penned episode will be titled 'His Last Vow', which is a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'His Last Bow' (also the name of the collection in which the story appeared).
The first and second episodes are titled 'The Empty Hearse' (The Empty House) and 'The Sign of Three' (The Sign of Four) respectively.
'His Last Vow' will be directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran.
Filming on the episode is due to commence in two weeks' time, with the first two episodes having wrapped in May.
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: 10 things we learned
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: panel live blog
Watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss discussing the third series of Sherlock with Digital Spy at Comic-Con below:...
The Steven Moffat-penned episode will be titled 'His Last Vow', which is a reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's short story 'His Last Bow' (also the name of the collection in which the story appeared).
The first and second episodes are titled 'The Empty Hearse' (The Empty House) and 'The Sign of Three' (The Sign of Four) respectively.
'His Last Vow' will be directed by Doctor Who's Nick Hurran.
Filming on the episode is due to commence in two weeks' time, with the first two episodes having wrapped in May.
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: 10 things we learned
> 'Sherlock' at Comic-Con: panel live blog
Watch Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss discussing the third series of Sherlock with Digital Spy at Comic-Con below:...
- 7/19/2013
- Digital Spy
With filming underway on the third season of Sherlock, the BBC has added British TV veteran Amanda Abbington to the cast. The role has yet to be identified, but I’ve confirmed she will “significantly impact” the lives of Martin Freeman‘s John Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch‘s Sherlock Holmes and could appear in more than one of the three feature-length episodes. (Abbington is also Freeman’s longtime real-life partner, and showrunner Steven Moffat last year said that one of the key words for this season would be “wedding”…) Abbington also stars in ITV’s Jeremy Piven period series Mr. Selfridge which makes its Stateside debut Sunday on PBS. In related news, Sherlock co-creator and co-star Mark Gatiss recently revealed that the title of the first Season 3 episode will be The Empty Hearse, which is believed to be based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure Of The Empty House,...
- 3/28/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Warning: Contains Sherlock Series 2 spoilersWith Mark Gatiss committed to not one, but two new series of Sherlock for the BBC, it should be obvious that the great 'tec hasn't necessarily met his end in the Reichenbach Falls incident that ended the second series. Gatiss tweeted the image below this morning with news that the first episode of series 3 will be called ''The Empty Hearse".Exclusive! Ep 1 will be called 'The Empty Hearse'. The game is on! #Sherlock twitpic.com/ccbzh8— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) March 18, 2013 Read into that what you will, but clearly Holmes' sharpened capacity for cunning and sleight-of-hand have survived with him. According to Metro, the first ep with be based on Arthur Conan Doyle's story The Adventure Of The Empty House which sees the introduction of villain Sebastian Moran.“There’s certain things about The Adventure Of The Empty House which feel set in stone", elaborates Gatiss,...
- 3/19/2013
- EmpireOnline
News Louisa Mellor Jan 30, 2013
Sherlock will be hiding in plain sight upon his season 3 return, so don't expect an elaborate disguise...
Contains a spoiler for the Sherlock series two finale.
A high-vis security guard jacket and dog collar aside, one aspect of Conan Doyle's character that the BBC's Sherlock has yet to fully exploit is the art of the Holmesian disguise, whereby the Great Detective would transform himself into an kindly tramp or buxom washerwoman with the help of a smudge of coal dust and a wide-brimmed hat.
That's all part of the creators' plan, reveals Mark Gatiss, "We made a decision right from the get-go that he would not do disguise in the traditional sense. He actually has a line in The Great Game which is 'The art of disguise is knowing how to hide in plain sight' and that was because, right from the start, I thought...
Sherlock will be hiding in plain sight upon his season 3 return, so don't expect an elaborate disguise...
Contains a spoiler for the Sherlock series two finale.
A high-vis security guard jacket and dog collar aside, one aspect of Conan Doyle's character that the BBC's Sherlock has yet to fully exploit is the art of the Holmesian disguise, whereby the Great Detective would transform himself into an kindly tramp or buxom washerwoman with the help of a smudge of coal dust and a wide-brimmed hat.
That's all part of the creators' plan, reveals Mark Gatiss, "We made a decision right from the get-go that he would not do disguise in the traditional sense. He actually has a line in The Great Game which is 'The art of disguise is knowing how to hide in plain sight' and that was because, right from the start, I thought...
- 1/30/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
USA Today has just done a feature article on the upcoming "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" with a whole swank of new photos including the first proper still of Jared Harris as Moriarty.
The article also goes into details about the plot which "shares elements" with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 short story "The Final Problem", the only story he had that featured Moriarty as a main character (he was only referenced in other stories).
Of course that story ended on one of the most famous moments in literary history with both Holmes and Moriarty seemingly falling to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls - Doyle killing off his creation which he had gotten sick of. A few years later though he penned "The Empty House" which resurrected Holmes and acted as a kind of sequel to 'Problem' - how much of that story will be incorporated here is anyone's guess.
The article also goes into details about the plot which "shares elements" with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 short story "The Final Problem", the only story he had that featured Moriarty as a main character (he was only referenced in other stories).
Of course that story ended on one of the most famous moments in literary history with both Holmes and Moriarty seemingly falling to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls - Doyle killing off his creation which he had gotten sick of. A few years later though he penned "The Empty House" which resurrected Holmes and acted as a kind of sequel to 'Problem' - how much of that story will be incorporated here is anyone's guess.
- 7/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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