EXCLUSIVE: Queen of F*cking Every part, the primary present to emerge from the New8 European broadcasting collective, has offered round Europe.
Rabbit Movies, which is producing and promoting Queen of F*cking Every part, has offered the Finnish present to ZDF (Germany), NPO (Netherlands), VRT (Belgium), NRK (Norway) and RUV (Iceland) on the eve of a Content material London showcase.
Written and directed by Akvaariorakkaus star Tiina Lymi, Queen of F*cking Every part follows excessive society fixture Linda Saarniluoto (Laura Malmivaara), who wakes up one morning to search out her husband Mikael (Jussi Nikkilä) lacking, in all probability useless, leaving her in debt to the tune of tens of millions of {dollars}. Pressured to steal to outlive, she begins from small-time theft however is then drawn deeper into Helsinki’s prison underworld, till she rises to be given the moniker that includes the present’s title.
Producer Minna Haapkylä stated the collection was pitched to Finnish pubcaster YLE across the time the New8 was being shaped, and so it made sense to introduce it to the brand new European broadcasting collective.
“This was the very first thing they needed to attempt in all probability as a result of they thought it has worldwide attraction,” she added. “[The plot] might occur to anybody over the world and is common, with crime and a girl most important character, so that they noticed potential in that story.”
Launched on the Rome MIA market in October 2023 with first initiatives unveiled a couple of weeks later at Content material London, the New8 is a collective of networks from eight nations that its founders name the “greatest drama collaboration in Europe.” The octet of broadcasters stated they’d meet frequently and co-produce eight TV collection a 12 months, with the preliminary settlement lasting three years.
Whereas Rabbit Movies is delighted to have fed into the collective, Jonathan Tuovinen, the agency’s SVP, Worldwide, stated developing the deal has been something however simple. Not the entire eight members of the New8 have signed up for Queen of F*cking Every part and offers with those who have needed to be negotiated in flip.
“Now we have needed to combat and negotiate every of those offers individually with the collaboration of YLE,” he stated. “We want it might have been all of them on board however it has simply been like a free market negotiation.”
However he predicted the collective will “develop and discover its voice” quickly and described the transfer as a “large win which we’re tremendous proud of.” It comes with European co-productions in vogue given the strife that has hit the U.S. business the previous couple of years. A UK distribution report final week discovered {that a} 28% dip in U.S. co-pros final 12 months was arrested virtually solely by worldwide productions exterior the States.
Private and political motivations
Tiina Lymi (left) and Miina Haapkylä. Picture: Rabbit Movies
Producer Haapkylä stated she welcomed some enter of New8 networks comparable to Norway’s NRK however the define for Queen of F*cking Every part had existed for an extended whereas inside Lymi’s thoughts.
Lymi’s motivations for getting Queen of F*cking Every part on display had been two-fold, she advised Deadline, each private and political.
To begin with, the thought emerged from a private expertise she had main her to “take into consideration the justification of your individual anger, disappointment or bitterness.” “What are you justified to do when somebody hurts you?,” she queried. “For me it was essential to have these social dilemmas contained in the TV collection.”
Secondly, Lymi needed to highlight “polarization” in Finnish society over the previous few years because the far-right Finns Social gathering made good points in parliament, which was adopted by the chopping of YLE’s price range. “Nordic nations have had this very lovely democratic system with welfare and I actually am a part of it however now I discover the values of society altering a lot,” she added.
She pressured, nonetheless, that “polarization” is “not the principle line” to be taken away from the present and stated that the dramedy style is a pure match for her artistic instincts, with the perfect comparators being American reveals like Breaking Dangerous and Higher Name Saul.
“The logline, ‘There isn’t a love for me on this world as an alternative I’m the Queen of F*cking Every part’ was what I used to be working with so [the main character] chooses a brilliant chilly coronary heart and no closeness,” added Lymi. “For her it’s extra dangerous to let somebody into her coronary heart than to go promote vans in Spain, or cheat the federal government.”
Lymi has starred in a variety of Finnish initiatives down the years together with directing the flicks Myrskyluodon Maija and Happier Instances, Grump. Right now, she stated she “doesn’t miss performing” and relishes being behind the digicam.
“I like to create the entire world and be chargeable for it so it feels extra entire,” she added. “I’ve some unusual strengths and weaknesses however [while directing] I believe my weaknesses disappear and as an alternative the perfect elements of my expertise are emphasised.”
Queen of F*cking Every part is a Rabbit Movies manufacturing for YLE, written and directed by Lymi and produced by Haapkylä, Tiina-Mari Pitkänen and Olli Suominen. The premiere might be on VoD participant YLE Areena on New 12 months’s Day adopted by the linear broadcaster YLE1 5 days later. Rabbit’s previous initiatives embody Cellular 101 in regards to the rise and fall of Nokia for MTV3 Finland, which offered to a number of broadcasters and streamers together with Disney+ in numerous territories.
