Netflix to make Swedish comedy about a 40-year-old man reliving his best day

Netflix to make Swedish comedy about a 40-year-old man reliving his best day

Netflix revealed plans for a new Swedish comedy on Tuesday Once againDirected by Oscar-winning student Jonathan Etzler and starring Hedda Sternstedt (predecessors, restaurant).

Miriam Ingrid (bear city), Elinor Silverspar Phalen and Maxwell Cunningham also star.

News about the project came after Warner Bros. Discovery said its HBO Max streaming service will no longer produce originals in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Central Europe and Turkey.

Sternstedt plays 40-year-old Amelia, who is hit by a bus on the night of her birthday and wakes up in 2002, on her 18th birthday, “with the ability to relive her best day and make her life a picture perfect.” . It was meant to be,” according to the story’s description. “But when he starts waking up multiple times in the same day, he has to figure out what he needs to fix to literally put the past behind him and get back to the present.”

Sternstedt said: “I am very excited to bring this project to life. The time is ripe for a retrospective of the early 2000s, and diving into that era is a great joy. I’m working with the very talented Jonathan Etzler and a very talented cast. We are having a lot of fun working together and I think that will show in the end result.”

Swedish-language comedy written by Tove Forsman and Sophie Forsman (young realms, playlist). Etzler won a Student Academy Award for the short film get ready with me. Once again It will be his film debut. The project is based on an original idea by Mikael Ljung and is produced by Eleonor Sager at Breakable.

netflix will be launched Once again globally in 2023.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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