NORDIC NOIR Hans Rosenfeldt to adapt his own novel Cry Wolf

Hans Rosenfeldt – creator of The Bridge – is to adapt his own novel, Cry Wolf (Vargasommar), for television. Rosenfeldt will, according to Expressen, team up with Bridge co-writer Camilla Ahlgren for the project. It marks the first time the pair has worked together since The Bridge. The action takes place in Haparanda, on the…

The Bridge creator Hans Rosenfeldt to adapt CJ Tudor’s The Burning Girls

The Bridge creator, Hans Rosenfeldt, is to take on a new adaptation project – CJ Tudor’s best-selling novel, The Burning Girls. Deadline reports that the book, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, has been acquired by Buccaneer Media (the production company behind ITV’s Marcella) and has hired Rosenfeldt to adapt it for television. The plot…

Hans Rosenfeldt’s The Lawyer snapped up by Walter Presents

We all know Hans Rosenfeldt as the man behind The Bridge (and Marcella, but we shan’t dwell on that). Now Rosenfeldt’s next series, The Lawyer, has been snapped up by Walter Presents for transmission in the UK… and it’s just around the corner. The series stars Alexander Karim, Malin Buska, Thomas Bo Larsen, Johannes Lassen…

Marcella renewed for a third series

ITV and Netflix’s Marcella – Hans’The Bridge’ Rosenfeldt’s first post-Bridge series – is coming back for a third run. The series, starring Anna Friel as the troubled London-based detective, finished its second stint earlier this tear to a mixed reception. Variety reports: Rosenfeldt is currently penning the third season, which will run to eight parts….

Hans Rosenfeldt: Saga should have died in series one

You don’t have to tell us, but series four of The Bridge has been a long time coming. Far too long a time coming. In fact, a ridiculous amount of time to wait. This fourth and final series of the crime drama heavyweight has been and gone on the mainland, so we are playing catch-up….

ITV confirms Marcella series two transmission date

Hans Rosenfeldt’s Marcella divided critics and viewers during its first series. The show, which featured the mentally ill, titular detective (Anna Friel) did well enough for The Bridge creator to get the go-ahead for a second series on ITV. Now we know when it’s on.

ITV reveals Marcella trailer for series two

One of the big new shows in line to come to us in February is series two of Marcella, Hans Rosenfeldt’s London-based crime series starring Anna Friel. (And, before you ask, no, we don’t know exactly when The Bridge is coming back to British TV screens.) The tale of a mentally fragile London detective, it…

Series two of Marcella begins filming

Series two of Hans ‘The Bridge’ Rosenfeldt’s ITV crime drama series Marcella returns to production this month. Returning alongside Anna Friel as the lead Marcella, are Ray Panthaki, Nicholas Pinnock, Jamie Bamber and Jack Doolan. There’s an all-new story all intertwining in typical Rosenfeldt, and there’s the lowdown after the jump.

Hans Rosenfeldt: “We’re coming to the end of the damaged cop era”

As we all know, anything Bridge-related automatically gets posted on this site, and the latest piece of news – well, it isn’t really news… it’s more of an insight into the writing processes of creator Hans Rosenfeldt – saw the show’s creator take time out from the fourth series of The Bridge and series two…

Hans Rosenfeldt: Season four of The Bridge will switch to Denmark for the main story

I did promise two Hans Rosenfeldt-related stories today, except this one took longer to produce because today turned into a busy old day. Earlier there was a story that detailed Rosenfeldt confirming a second series of ITV’s Marcella (read that here), and during the past few days the Swedish showrunner has also been speaking about…

Hans Rosenfeldt confirms second season of Marcella for ITV

Stand by for two Hans Rosenfeldt-related stories this morning. The first is that the showrunner and renowned creator of The Bridge was appearing at the Edinburgh International Television Festival this week, and it’s a place where channels like to drop big announcements. In his appearance at the festival (alongside Anna Friel), he confirmed that a…

Hans Rosenfeldt: Season four of The Bridge will feature “most disturbing opening scene yet”

Yes, we love The Bridge and we love news about The Bridge, ever since creator Hans Rosenfeldt announced that a fourth series WOULD be happening. In fact, Rosenfeldt, despite no confirmation from Swedish broadcaster SVT, has been blabbing all kinds of potential information to the press, especially when he was doing press for his ITV…