Arte has boarded “Reykjavik Fusion,” the primary collection produced by ACT4, an Icelandic banner launched by award-winning trade veterans, together with Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“True Detective”), Hörður Rúnarsson (“Black Sands”), Jónas Margeir Ingólfsson (“The Minister”) and Birkir Blær Ingólfsson (“Skinny Ice”).

The high-concept present can be distributed internationally by Wild Sheep Content material, led by Erik Barmack, a former Netflix head of worldwide.

Arte has secured the rights to the collection for France and German-speaking territories, whereas Iceland’s Stöð 2 (Channel 2/SÝN) has commissioned it in Iceland.

“Reykjavík Fusion” tells the story of a proficient chef who makes an attempt to clear his title and win again his household after wrongful imprisonment. As society turns its again on the ex-convict, his final resort is to just accept soiled cash to arrange a fine-dining restaurant and run a money-laundering operation to pay it again — not solely placing his parole in jeopardy but additionally his personal life and those he loves. 

Rúnarsson created the collection and co-wrote it with Ingólfsson. Principal pictures will start in late summer season.

Virginie Padilla, Arte’s commissioning editor, praised the collection’ “universe and the expertise related to it,” and described it as a “shiny Icelandic collection within the setting of a summer season in Reykjavik.”

The present was introduced by Padilla throughout the Arte showcase at Sequence Mania Pageant in Lille on Thursday. Different collection introduced on the occasion embody “A Life’s Value,” set towards the backdrop of the Bosnian warfare within the 1990’s which Yellow Chook, a Banijay Nordic firm, is producing; and the following worldwide collection of Thomas Vincent (“Bodyguard”).