![]() Creative director Ville Vilen said that the broadcaster has doubled its scripted budget and is putting an increased amount of money into writing. Public broadcaster YLE is also doubling down on drama – literally. “Finnish doesn’t relate to the other Nordic languages the language is completely different so we’re finding we’re getting the money from elsewhere,” added Sim. The company is also working with a British production company and a high-profile UK writer on a six-part psychological thriller that it hopes to put into production in March 2019. Produced by Fire Monkey, the series could be Finland’s answer to Swedish Dicks, the American/Swedish series that starred Keanu Reeves. ![]() Perfect Commando, which is currently in development, is a ten-part comedy that follows a young, spoiled hipster from California who thought he was going on a five-star holiday with his girlfriend and ends up training to be a commando. The SVOD platform is also hoping to attract international attention with a couple of early-stage projects. The show, which is produced by Yellow Film & TV and Germany’s Bavaria Television, will launch in December with Lagardère Studios Distribution handling international sales at Mipcom. Inspector Nina Kautsalo, played by Kuustonen and virologist Thomas Lorenz, played by Brückner, must hunt down the killer spreading the virus and uncover the conspiracy behind its cure. Meanwhile, Arctic Circle is a ten-part crime drama starring Iina Kuustonen ( Off The Map) and War Horse’s Maximilian Brückner that centers around a weaponized sexual virus that threatens a remote arctic town.
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