The new episodes of the crime series, based on Henning Mankell's best-selling novels, also have sold to Australia and across Europe. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The series, which has aired ...

Despite originating from what is widely considered to be the happiest—and most beautiful—region in the world, Nordic Noir has come to be known for its focus on heinous crimes and the deeply flawed ...

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The Wallander novels by Henning Mankell have been adapted into series in both Sweden and the UK, with Kurt Wallander usually portrayed as a grizzled veteran detective (Kenneth Branagh played him in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starring Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer,” “Vikings”), the anticipated – and highly modern – reboot of “Wallander,” set up at ...

After cannily snapping up the rights to the Swedish Dragon Tattoo films, Music Box Films goes back to the Scandinavian well with The Revenge, starring Krister Henriksson as Henning Mankell’s ...

The Season 4 premiere of Wallander finds the North Irish actor, Kenneth Branagh, playing a Swede in South Africa. Here, Branagh reveals what it was like to be “out of his usual surroundings,” and ...

Wallander II: A "Masterpiece Mystery" presentation. "Faceless Killers": 9 p.m. Sun. "The Man Who Smiled": 9 p.m. Oct. 10. "The Fifth Woman": 9 p.m. Oct. 17. KQED. For ...

Television producers have always loved Kurt Wallander, novelist Henning Mankell’s sour Swedish detective. He has been the hero of a series of Swedish TV films; a Swedish TV series; and, finally, the ...

CANNES — Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, who was a leading figure in the wave of “Nordic Noir” fiction and whose books sold more than 40 million copies, died in Goteborg, Sweden, on Monday at ...