EXCLUSIVE: Viaplay has set YA drama Boys as its latest Danish original, a coming-of-age series from 27-year-old Jonas Risvig. Risvig will create and direct the eight-parter, which has just wrapped …
) and Julie Christiansen . Rikke Ennis is executive producer, Sofie Siboni is producer and writers are Mikkel Sørensen and Lars Bang. The project was part-funded by Den Vestdanske Filmpulje.Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam said the show “plays on contrasts – guilt and innocence, light and darkness, and above all childhood and maturity.”
“Jonas is part of a new generation of talented Nordic filmmakers showing the complexity of growing up today,” she added. “Viaplay’s YA shows are some of our most successful in any genre, and we support voices of all ages in telling stories that are both recognisable and challenging.”and Wallestam said during October’s Mipcom that the streamer is planning a “young adults push.”
Viaplay is launching in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland over the next two years. Deadline
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