{"id":284588,"date":"2026-07-02T06:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284588\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:51:08","slug":"prime-video-adapting-ulf-kvenslers-debut-novel-sarek-as-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284588\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video Adapting Ulf Kvensler’s Debut Novel ‘Sarek’ As Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Prime Video<\/a> is adapting Ulf Kvensler\u2019s debut novel into four-part psychological thriller miniseries Sarek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBased on the book of the same name, the show will star Felix Sandman<\/a> (Quicksand), Kitt Walker Johansson<\/a> (Burden of Justice), Alva Bratt<\/a> (Barracuda Queens) and Nora Rios<\/a> (Caliphate).<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in the landscape of Sweden\u2019s Sarek National Park, the series follows a group of friends on a hiking tripe that takes a dangerous turn.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the synopsis: \u201cTwo survivors. Two conflicting stories. Only one can be true. When a badly wounded woman is airlifted to safety, she tells police a terrifying story: their group of friends fell under the psychopathic control of a charismatic outsider, leading to manipulation and psychological torture, and death. But just as the case appears closed, an unpredictable twist shatters everything \u2014 one of the supposed victims is still alive, and her account of what happened in the wilderness is utterly different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tM\u00e5ns Herngren (The Restaurant) is the series\u2019 conceptualising director and head script writer, co-writers are Amanda H\u00f6gberg (Diary of a Ditched Girl, Deliver Me) and Axel Stj\u00e4rne (End of Summer). Henrik Bj\u00f6rn (Jordskott) directs one episode. Maida Krak serves as producer and Elin Kvist as executive producer.<\/p>\n

\n\tPre-production is underway, with principal photography set to begin in July, with a launch on Prime Video Nordics<\/a> in 2027. Banijay Entertainment<\/a>\u2018s Jarowskij<\/a>\/Yellow Bird<\/a> is producing alongside Amazon MGM Studios<\/a> and Filmpool Nord<\/a> is a co-producer. No word on the international distributor right now.<\/p>\n

\n\tEmilia Widstrand is now in charge of Prime Video Nordics originals, having replaced<\/a> Karin Lindstr\u00f6m. She also took on the content acquisitions duties that Andreas Hjert\u00f8 held before his exit in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrime Video\u2019s local originals in the Nordics have included the likes of Snake Killer, Vaka and LOL: Last One Laughing. In 2024, the Amazon streamer also purchased the nine Viaplay originals<\/a> that became available when that streamer cut back in a cost-saving exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is adapting Ulf Kvensler\u2019s debut novel into four-part psychological thriller miniseries Sarek. Based on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[109126,83901,109127,109128,109129,109130,109131,9,24,109132,63,36719,109133,122,124,123,109134,109135],"class_list":["post-284588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-alva-bratt","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-banijay-entertainment","tag-felix-sandman","tag-filmpool-nord","tag-jarowskij","tag-kitt-walker-johansson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nora-rios","tag-nyc","tag-prime-video","tag-prime-video-nordics","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sarek","tag-yellow-bird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}