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As Mipcom kicks off, Variety looks back at just a few very recent stories you – and Variety – may have missed in the buildup to the world’s biggest TV market. The BBC picks up a trio of…

in 2017, Baltasar Kormákur and Sigurjón Kjartansson’s eight-part sci-fi thriller “Katla” has been picked up by Netflix as the company’s first Original out of Iceland. Set in the remote Icelandic village of Vik, the series unspools one year after the eruption of a sub-glacial volcano. Locals being to evacuate, but as the ice begins to melt prehistoric elements beyond imagination emerge having been frozen for millennia deep within the glaciers.

, Kormákur expects to begin production at RVK’s studios outside Reykjavik in spring 2020, with casting already under way.Hans Ulrich Stoef and Jo Daris’ Toon2Tango animation startup has revealed details on its first multi-platform IP “Rebel Nature.” Created by Christian Faber, one of the main creators of Lego’s transmedia and toy set the new IP is targeted at audiences from tweens-young adults and likely beyond.

 

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