Yellow Bird (company)
Is a Swedish based film and televison production company founded by best selling novelist Henning Mankell, Ole Søndberg and Lars Björkman. The company was founded to produce films based on Mankells Kurt Wallander novels. The company was sold to Danish media house Zodiac in 2007. [1] Yellowbird is currently co-producing an english language version of the Wallander series with BBC starring Kenneth Branagh.[2]
Yellow Bird has recently started producing films based on Swedish crime fiction from other writers. They recently acquired the rights to the works by Stieg Larsson. [3] [4]
Yellow Bird is also planning for international offices with Germany as a high priority. [5]
Notes
- ^ Filmbolaget Yellow bird i Ystads säljs - Nöjen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt
- ^ The Local - Kenneth Branagh to star in BBC 'Wallander' series
- ^ Nordisk Film & TV Fond Yellow Bird Puts SEK 106m Millennium Project In Production
- ^ Yellow Bird plans Larsson franchise - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
- ^ Resumé: Zodiak exporterar Yellow Bird
Further reading
- "Wallander – Kenneth Branagh in major new drama adaptation for BBC One" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2008-04-18.