NORDIC NOIR Camilla Läckberg crime drama The Beach Hotel starts production

Viaplay has announced that Camilla Läckberg (pictured) will return to the streaming service to write a new crime series.

The Beach Hotel has been described by the streamer as a “thrilling blend of soap opera and crime drama.”

To celebrate his 60^th birthday, Werner Gyllenmark holds a party at his beach hotel and invites his family, employees and even his arch-enemy, Egil Grip. But the event ends abruptly with an accident that shocks the entire town – and slowly but surely, explosive secrets emerge that some people will go to any lengths to keep hidden.

With production underway, filming takes place in the idyllic Swedish coastal town of Varberg, and the series will premiere exclusively on Viaplay in 2023.

Acorn TV confirm new cosy crime Recipes For Love and Murder

Acorn TV has announced a brand-new cosy crime drama for September.

Maria Doyle Kennedy is slated to star in Recipes For Love and Murder, premiering next month.

Based on Sally Andrew’s best-selling Tannie Maria novels, things start to reach boiling point when the local newspaper cuts her recipe column, Tannie Maria (Kennedy) lobbies to take on the role of advice columnist.

Things take an unexpected turn when a correspondent who writes to Maria about her abusive husband is found dead.

Maria’s worlds collide as she begins working through her own mysterious past trying to solve the case. Maria joins forces with a local, risk-taking, rookie journalist, and sometimes rival, Jessie September (Kylie Fisher), to investigate the murder and catch the killer – before the local police find more victims. But will they make too many enemies in the process and risk the perpetrator catching them first?  Meanwhile, Maria comforts her readers by blending experiential advice with soothing recipes.

Look out for it from Monday 5th September.

Keanu Reeves to star in The Devil In The White City

Another Hollywood A-lister is heading to the small screen in a crime drama.

Neo himself, Keanu Reeves, will star in a new US crime drama based on a real-life crime.

The Devil in the White City is based on Erik Larson’s book of the same name, and tells the story of Daniel H. Burnham, an architect with grand visions of making his mark at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

Larson’s book also focuses on America’s first modern serial killer, Dr H. H. Holmes, who built a so-called ‘Murder Castle’ hotel outfitted with booby traps and other methods of murder.

Reeves is reported to play Burnham.

It’s set to broadcast in the US on Hulu in 2023, and going by what happens to Hulu shows in the UK, could well appear on Disney Plus.

More news as we get it.