{"id":249634,"date":"2026-01-21T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/249634\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:04:07","slug":"skyshowtime-sets-sweden-original-crime-series-national-homicide-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/249634\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyShowtime Sets Sweden Original Crime Series ‘National Homicide Unit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSkyShowtime<\/a>, the European\u00a0streaming joint venture<\/a>\u00a0of Paramount and Sky owner Comcast,\u00a0has started production on its latest original series. The eight-part Swedish crime drama with the working title National Homicide Unit (Riksmord)\u00a0is inspired by real investigations and stars Pernilla August<\/a> (Blackwater, Star Wars: Episode I, Star Wars: Episode II), Jonas Karlsson (Riding in Darkness, Beck), Nina Zanjani (Hamilton, Beck), and Alexander Abdallah (Easy Money, Paradise City).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWithin the Swedish police force, there is a small but elite group consisting of the finest homicide investigators in the country, ready at all times to deploy nationwide whenever and wherever their expertise is needed,\u201d reads a synopsis of the series. And yes, the members of this group assisting local police forces in the country\u2019s most complex murder cases are known as Riksmord, or the National Homicide Unit.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSet against Sweden\u2019s vast and striking landscapes, each [two-episode] investigation offers a window into the many layers of Swedish society, revealing its beauty, contradictions, and darkest secrets,\u201d said SkyShowtime. Shooting on the show has started in the Helsingborg area of Sweden. The show will showcase different \u201cvisually rich\u201d regions of the country, \u201cranging from Sweden\u2019s mighty forests to its picturesque coastline, with shooting to take place in several locations, including Helsingborg, H\u00f6gan\u00e4s, Lule\u00e5 and Borl\u00e4nge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAugust stars as Ing-Britt \u201cIb\u201d Larsson, Karlsson as Ulf Lindholm, Zanjani as Franka Durand, and Abdallah as Vincent Kisel. The series s produced by Warner Bros. International<\/a> Television Production Sweden, in co-production with SkyShowtime, TV4, Film i Sk\u00e5ne, Film i Dalarna and Filmpool Nord.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series, produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden, in co-production with SkyShowtime, TV4, Film i Sk\u00e5ne, Film i Dalarna and Filmpool Nord, was created by Gunnar A.K. J\u00e4rvstad (Garden Lane, Orca), who has also written six of the eight episodes. The two other episodes are written by Axel Stj\u00e4rne. Conceptual director Olof Spaak (Those Who Kill, The Thin Blue Line) directs six episodes, with Caroline Ingvarsson (Unmoored) directing two. The series is produced by Sofie Palage and Niklas C. Si\u00f6str\u00f6m, with Johan Hedman as executive producer.<\/p>\n

\n\tNational Homicide Unit (Riksmord) is \u201can exciting addition to our growing slate of SkyShowtime originals,\u201d said Kai Finke<\/a>, SkyShowtime\u2019s chief content officer.\u00a0\u201cThe series combines gripping suspense with stunning, familiar Swedish locations and authentic police work to deliver a crime drama that is as captivating as it is believable.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHe added: \u201cJoining our existing Swedish original\u00a0titles such as the crime thriller\u00a0Veronika, the comedy drama\u00a0Where the Sun Always Shines<\/a> (D\u00e4r solen alltid skiner), and the upcoming\u00a0The Trio (Trion), we\u2019re thrilled to continue our collaborative approach, working closely with local creatives to bring powerful, original storytelling to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSaid Palage: \u201cJust like the series follows a traveling police unit, the team and cast behind the series will be travelling to Sk\u00e5ne, Norrbotten and Dalarna to film the various cases, and it feels so exciting that we\u2019re now underway with our first leg! Our vision is to create a crime drama that is thrilling, visually rich and credible \u2013 while also moving the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SkyShowtime, the European\u00a0streaming joint venture\u00a0of Paramount and Sky owner Comcast,\u00a0has started production on its latest original series. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,399,46,133347,63946],"class_list":["post-249634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-international","tag-israel","tag-pernilla-august","tag-skyshowtime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}