Filmmakers David Zucker And Pat profknown for their work in comedies Airplane! and the Naked gun films, will now executive produce a new comedy parody series Nordic Noir called No PoFo. The anthology series is produced by Creative Studio of lkkas, a recently launched Finnish company. BBC Studios Nordics became a co-producer.
Presented as “Nordic Noir meets Police Squad !,The 10-part series follows three elite officers from the Nordic police force (NoPoFo) who are tasked with solving the kind of murders Nordic psychopaths do so well. Each half-hour episode is set in a different Nordic country and features a different cast of supporting characters, including a serial killer who only kills heavy rock bands and an Instagram obsessed who creates ice sculptures from his victims.
The show was created and written by stand-up comedians and screenwriters Mika Eirtovaara And Riku Suokastogether with the screenwriter Heikki Syrja (Murders by the lake).
It also includes the creative team behind the show Ilkka Hynninen And Ilkka Rahkonenand executive producer, Randi Siegel, who represents Zucker and brokered the Zucker-Proft deal with APA and Cohen Gardner LLP.
Zucker is best known for classic comedy Airplane! and the horror parody of Scary movie franchising; while Proft is the creator of the Police Academy films and worked with Zucker on several Naked gun And Scary movie titles. Together, their films have grossed over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office. Their latest upcoming movie, The star of Maltais a costume comedy produced by RainMaker Films.
Ilkka Hynninen said of the project:
“We have had the privilege of working with these two comedy heroes to create a new version of Nordic Noir over the past year. Nordic Noir is a gift to parody, with its fantastic crimes and high quotient of doom and darkness. The only mystery to me is why it took so long to realize its comedic potential … “
Proft said:
“It has been wonderful to be involved with writers and producers who can turn Nordic Noir into a big target for comedy. Hynninen and her team are consummate professionals, and being a part of NoPoFo and being able to face gruesome ritual murders by Nordic psychopaths is something that reminds me of my own family.
It seems he hasn’t lost his sense of humor! I can’t wait to check out this interesting and original series!
via: Variety
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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