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| Jan
16 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo", season 2:
– Yellow Film & TV and the major Finnish streaming
service, Elisa Viihde/Viaplay team up on Goldfish series,
and are also collaborating on the second season of the
crime drama Arctic Circle, currently filming until
February. Season 1 was the most watched original series of
all time for Elisa Viihde, and the returning season has
already been sold by Lagardère Studios to the niche VOD
service Topic in the US. Reprising their roles are Iina
Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala, Mikko Leppilampi, Kari Ketonen
and Pertti Koivula among others. Source: Nordisk Film & TV Fond, 14 Jan
2021
– Iina Kuustonen Ivalo-sarjasta: „Nyt toisella kaudella
pääsen hahmooni syvemmälle“
Ykköskauden tapahtumista on kulunut puoli vuotta. Keväästä
ollaan siirrytty syksyyn. Päähenkilö, jääkäritaustainen
poliisi Nina Kautsalo, on muuttanut Rovaniemelle hetkeksi
aikaa. Ykköskausi kuvattiin kokonaan Lapissa ja
pääkaupunkiseudulla yhteensä puolen vuoden aikana. Toisen
tuotantokauden kuvaukset tehdään valtaosin Etelä-Suomessa.
Kuvauspäiviä on kertynyt tähän mennessä Porvoon lisäksi
Helsingissä. Kuvauksia tullaan tekemään myös Lapin
tunturikeskuksissa ja Rovaniemellä. Sarjan toisella
kaudella nähdään ensimmäiseltä tuotantokaudelta tutut
näyttelijät eli Iina Kuustosen, Pihla Viitalan ja Mikko
Leppilammen lisäksi Kari Ketonen, Inka Kallén, Taneli
Mäkelä ja Susanna Haavisto. Uusina näyttelijöinä sarjassa
nähdään muun muassa Mikko Nousiainen, Pertti Koivula ja
Wenla Reimaluoto. Lisäksi mukana ulkomaisia näyttelijöitä.
Toinen kausi esitetään Elisa Viihde Viaplay
-suoratoistopalvelussa tämän vuoden loppupuolella.
Loose translation: Lead actress Iina Kuustonen: „Now in
season two, I'm getting deeper into my character“
Six months have passed since the events of season one. „We
have moved from spring to autumn“ says producer Jarkko
Hentula of Yellow Film & TV. The protagonist, Nina
Kautsalo, a police officer has now moved to Rovaniemi.
Season 1 was filmed entirely in Lapland and the Helsinki
Metropolitan Area over a total of six months. The filming
of the second season is mainly taking place in southern
Finland. So far, in addition to Porvoo, filming days have
accumulated in Helsinki. Filming will also take place in
Lapland's mountain regions and in Rovaniemi. The second
season of the series will feature actors from the first
season, Iina Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala and Mikko
Leppilamme, Kari Ketonen, Inka Kallén, Taneli Mäkelä and
Susanna Haavisto. The new cast includes Mikko Nousiainen,
Pertti Koivula and Wenla Reimaluoto. In addition, foreign
actors are involved. Season 2 will air on Elisa Viihde
Viaplay at the end of this year.
Full article (Finn., with set photos from Porvoo): Itäväylä, 8 Jan 2021 |
| Jan
13 |
🍺
🥨 "Oktoberfest 1900" / "Oktoberfest:
Beer & Blood" will be available on German Netflix from tomorrow, Jan 14, 2021
on. Sources: here and here |
| Jan
10 |
Maxi, I wish you all
the possible best for your birthday, enduring health and
luck both for your private life and for your work. 🎊
And stay the great person that you are! 🎉 EFi, webmiss |
| Jan
6, 2021 |
Due
to the still high numbers of Covid-19 infections in
Germany, the federal and state governments have extended
the ban on theaters, cinemas and concerts to January 31,
2021. All performances prior to this date have therefore
been cancelled. Also, hotels, restaurants, recreational
facilities, kindergardens and schools remain closed. |
| Dec
28 |
Maximilian
Brückner can celebrate his 42nd birthday on January 10,
2021. If you want to send him greetings and best wishes,
you should do so thru his agency.
Paper mail to: Maximilian Brückner, c/o Agentur
Lambsdorff, Frei-Otto-Str. 10, 80797 Munich, Germany - or
via Email
If you have an Instagram account, you can send Maxi a
birthday message thru that here |
| Dec
27 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest 1900" (streaming free in German ARD-Mediathek until end of 2020,
then from Jan 14, 2021 on German Netflix) / "Oktoberfest -
Beer and Blood" (still on global Netflix): "Shattering the
stereotype of the “jolly Bavarian,” this series assumes
the air of a Shakespearean tragedy" - Review from
André Lavoie for the Goethe-Institut in Canada. Source: German Series in Canada 2020 |
| Dec
21 |
–
Today, distributor Warner Bros. has announced the new
German opening date for Karoline Herfurth's film "Wunderschön", for Dec 21, 2021.
Actors, characters and story of the film: World Today News, 20/12/20. Official press pic of the ladies
– Also today, distributor Warner Bros. has announced that
the opening date for Helena Hufnagel's film "Generation Beziehungsunfähig" has
been pushed back from March 25, 2021 to July 22, 2021. |
| Dec
20 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo":
Elisa Viihde -alkuperäissarja Ivalo alkaa - mukana mm.
Iina Kuustonen ja saksalaistähti Maximilian Brückner
Suomalais-saksalainen rikossarja Ivalo (Arctic Circle) on
parhaillaan katsottavissa Viaplay Yle Areena
-suoratoistopalvelussa. 15. tammikuuta 2021 ensimmäinen
tuotantokausi on katsottavissa myös Yle Areena
-palvelussa. Yle TV1 aloittaa sarjan esittämisen 17.
tammikuuta. Näyttelemässä nähdään mm. Iina Kuustonen,
Maximilian Brückner, Pihla Viitala, Susanna Haavisto,
Venla Ronkainen, Kris Gummerus, Janne Kataja, Kari
Ketonen, Clemens Schick ja Mikko Leppilampi. Sarjaan
kuvataan parhaillaan toista tuotantokautta.
Loose translation: The Finnish-German crime series Ivalo
(Arctic Circle) is currently available on the Finnish
Viaplay Yle Areena live stream service. On 15 January
2021, the first season will also be available on Yle
Areena. Yle TV1 will start showing the series on 17
January. Actors include Iina Kuustonen, Maximilian
Brückner, Pihla Viitala, Susanna Haavisto, Venla
Ronkainen, Kris Gummerus, Janne Kataja, Kari Ketonen,
Clemens Schick and Mikko Leppilampi. The second season of
the series is currently in production.
Full article: Findance, 19.12.20 |
| Dec
18 |
End
of principal filming of "Die Wannseekonferenz" (WT) (The
Wannsee Conference)
– Make-up artist Romy Meier posted an official picture of
the final clapper board on her Instagram Account today, courtesy of
Constantin Television, along with a thank you-note to her
colleagues.
– Photo of the clapper board on producer Friederich
Oetker's Instagram-Account
– Executive producer Oliver Berben also posted a picture
of the final clapper board on his Instagram Account: „It's a
wrap.“
– Actors Frederic Linkemann and Maximilian Brücker are
happily on their way back home to Bavaria! Photo |
| Dec
15 |
Pit
Crew: Hey! We are shooting with our lovely Mercedes 170V @
Die Wannseekonferenz for Constantin Television this week.
Yeah! Photo |
| Dec
14 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo", season 2:
Question 1: Gehts bald nach finnland zur 2. staffel arctic
circle? [Are you going to Finland for season 2 of arctic
circle soon?]
Maxi: „bin da nur für einen Drehtag“ [I'll be on
set for just one day]
Question 2: Are you the person close to Nina, whose fate
makes her join a new Finnish-Russian police unit
ultimately leading her to an international hunting
association in Russia and the unsolved murder of an
Olympic athlete? ... (I left out the spoilers from the
article in Variety)
Maxi: „no I’m not. Second season is not my cup of
tea.“
Source: Maximilian Brückner's Instagram Account, 13.+14.12.20 |
| Dec
13 |
Maximilian
Brückner today: „Soon it’s over.
FCK NZS #wannseekonferenz“. Photo on Instagram
Frederic Linkemann today: „4 days
left...#wannseekonferenz“. Photo on Instagram |
| Dec
8 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo", season 2: Several set pictures
taken at location at Suitian Manor, from lead actress Iina
Kuustonen (with Maksims Busels), from actor Marko Leht (with Iina Kuustonen),
actor Andrius Paulavicius, production
intern Iina
Pätsi, and luxury car rental company Taksipalvelu Pulli Oy.
Maximilian Brückner has added a 'like' to most of these
and other set pictures, so I assume he is following the
production progress, but he is not yet on set in Finland
because filming "The Wannsee Conference" in Berlin
continues to mid-December. |
| Dec
1 |
Due
to the still high numbers of Covid-19 infections in
Germany, the federal and state governments have extended
the ban on theaters, cinemas and concerts to January 10,
2021. All performances prior to this date have therefore
been cancelled. |
| Nov
27 |
The
opening date for Karoline Herfurth's film "Wunderschön", starring herself,
Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, Joachim
Krol, Maximilian Brückner, Friedrich Mücke and more, has
again been pushed back, now due to the increasing numbers
of Covid-19 infections and the current movie theatre
closures, to 2021. So far no new date. 1st Trailer |
| Nov
25 |
❄️
First set pictures from filming the 2nd season of "Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": From director Juha Lankinen and lead actress Iina Kuustonen
– Elisa Viihteen kaikkien aikojen katsotuin
alkuperäissarja saa jatkoa - Ivaloa kuvataan myös
Kirkkonummella.
Elisa Viihde's most watched original series ever continues
- Ivalo is also filmed in Kirkkonummi. Setreport in
Finnish from Kirkkonummi in Lapland with photo @ Kirkkonummen Sanomat, 11/25/20 |
| Nov
20 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo":
– Loistavia uutisia: Ivalon 2. kausi nähdään Elisa Viihde
Viaplay - suoratoistopalvelussa vuoden 2021 lopulla! 😍🤩
Mitä odotat uudelta kaudelta? Source: Ivalosarja on Facebook, 11/20/20
Loose translation: Great news: Ivalo is getting a sequel!
Ivalo's 2nd season will be shown on Elisa Entertainment
Viaplay's live service at the end of 2021! 😍🤩 What do
you expect from the new season?
– First Look Media’s niche streaming service Topic has
acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the second season of
the Nordic thriller “Arctic Circle,” which just started
shooting in the icy wilderness of Lapland: The series’s
2nd season will be filming until March and will launch on
Elisa at the end of the year. The show is headlined by
Iina Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala, Mikko Leppilampi and Max
Brückner. Some foreign actors will also be joining the
cast of season two, which is being directed by Juha
Lankinen (“Downshifters 3”) and Jussi Hiltunen (“Law of
the Land”). “Arctic Circle’s” second season begins six
months after the end of the first. Nina Kautsalo (Iina
Kuustonen) has transferred to the police department in
Rovaniemi so she can better care for her special-needs
daughter and cancer-afflicted mother. When a person close
to Nina is murdered, she joins a new Finnish-Russian
police unit to find the killer, leading her to an
international hunting association in Russia and the
unsolved murder of an Olympic athlete. Full article @ Variety, 11/20/20 |
| Nov
19 |
❄️
"Arctic Circle" / "Ivalo": Elisa
Viihteen kaikkien aikojen katsotuin alkuperäissarja Ivalo
(Arctic Circle) saa jatkoa.
Yli kahteenkymmeneen maahan myydyn rikosdraaman uudet
jaksot tulevat katsottavaksi Elisa Viihde Viaplay -
suoratoistopalveluun loppuvuodesta 2021. Full article from
Elisa Corporation @ EPressi, 19.11.20
Loose translation: Elisa Entertainment's most watched
original series Ivalo (Arctic Circle) continues. New
episodes of the crime drama, which has been sold to more
than twenty countries, will be screened on Elisa Viihde
Viaplay streaming service in late 2021. Filming for the
second season of the Ivalo series begins today. The second
season of the series, which will be filmed in Lapland and
the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, will feature actors Iina
Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala, Mikko Leppilampi, Kari Ketonen,
Inka Kallén, Taneli Mäkelä and Susanna Haavisto from the
first season. The new cast includes Mikko Nousiainen,
Pertti Koivula, Wenla Reimaluoto and international actors
to be announced later. The second season will be directed
by Juha Lankinen (Downshifters 3) and Jussi Hiltunen
(Ruthless Land). The series, which will be filmed in
November to February, has already been sold to US
streaming service Topic. It was written by Iiro Küttner,
Reeta Ruotsalainen and Aleksi Delikouras. The series is
produced by Yellow Film & TV, produced by Jarkko
Hentula and by Olli Haikka and Marko Talli. The second
season of the series will be carried out in cooperation
with Business Finland and The Finnish Broadcasting
Company. Lagardère Studios Distribution, a French company
that is a key player in the industry in Europe, is
responsible for international distribution. |
| Nov
19 |
Actors
Frederic Linkemann and Maximilian Brückner in uniform -
another photo from the set of the Wannsee Conference film:
Instagram,
19.11.20 |
| Nov
18 |
I
have updated my site for "Die Wannseekonferenz" (The Wannsee
Conference) with BTS photos from yesterdays 11th day of
filming. |
| Nov
10 |
🍻
"Oktoberfest 1900" (in German ARD-Mediathek) / "Oktoberfest - Beer
and Blood" (on global Netflix):
80-Minute Podcast with series director Hannu Salonen and
DoP Felix Cramer on "Visual Revolutionary", recorded in
October 2020.
Episode #153: They join Ric Stovall's podcast to talk
about their journey from film students in Germany to
building a career in film and television that would lead
to working together on this beautiful visual presentation
of historical fiction. During our conversation we talk
about what they are currently working on and how it's been
effected by Covid, how they went about creating some of
the amazing long one take shots that help to set
"Oktoberfest" apart from other shows, where they draw
creative inspiration from and how they keep from getting
burned out, and the advice they give to others hoping to
one day tell their own stories. |
| Nov
9 |
Due
to the increasing numbers of Covid-19 infections in
Germany, the federal and state governments have issued a
ban on theatres, cinemas and concerts from 2 to 30
November 2020. All November performances have therefore
been cancelled.
But the new building of the Munich Volkstheater continues
to make progress. Poster and article with construction
site photos in "Münchner Abendzeitung", 9.11.20 |
| Nov
8 |
Preparing
for "Die Wannseekonferenz": „Shooting together.....
finally. 😝 @philipphochmair“. Photo of
Maximilian Brückner with Philipp Hochmair on Instagram |
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