“Lilyhammer” mobster dramedy series hits France April 4, 2012 - 20:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - AB Groupe is now the Gallic boss of the series about a mafia man in a small Norwegian town. Nordic mobster dramedy Lilyhammer has made a killing in France with AB Groupe stealing the rights to the series starring Steven Van Zandt at MIPTV, the show’s global sales force SevenOne International said on Wednesday, April 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sopranos star Van Zandt plays a mobster who, after testifying against his Mafia boss in New York and entering the Witness Protection Program, ends up in small Norwegian town Lillehammer. Massive posters featuring Van Zandt and the tagline “A New York Mobster in Norway. Really?” were plastered all over the Croisette during the market for the series produced by Rubicon. Lilyhammer has already aired on Netflix in the U.S., Canada and Latin America and set ratings records on Norway’s NRK1, outperforming the channel’s average by 292 percent. BBC 4 picked up the series for the U.K. and Netflix will co-produce the show’s second season. "With sales to Netflix, the BBC and now AB Groupe, Lilyhammer once again proves its international appeal. I am absolutely thrilled to see Stevie hit the French screens!" SevenOne’s regional sales manager France Aline Avedikian said. MIPTV wraps Wednesday in Cannes.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
