‘Codename: Annika’: SkyShowtime Unveils Cast & Trailer; ITV Studios Appoints First Access Coordinator – Global Briefs
deadline.com‘Codename: Annika’: SkyShowtime Unveils Cast & Trailer SkyShowtime has unveiled cast and trailer for Codename: Annika, one of the fledgling Paramount/Comcast JV’s biggest originals to date.
The series follows a Finnish detective, Emma Haka, played by Sannah Nedergård (Yellow Sulphur Sky), who is still completing her undercover training when she gets sent on a mission into Stockholm’s corrupt world of fine art trade.
Unveiled at the Stockholm International Film Festival, Codename from Mia Ylönen and Aleksi Bardy will star the likes of Ardalan Esmaili (Easy Money) as Rasmus Ståhlgren, Eva Melander (Border) as Rina Olander and Helena Bergström (House of Angels) as Agatha Torstensson, along with Pekka Strang (Tom of Finland) as Raimo Korpi, Clarisse Lhoni-Botte (Rolling to You) as Béatrice Joly and Charles Martins (Emily in Paris) as Denver Carpentier.
Show will launch next month on the streaming service that is available in territories in which Comcast’s Peacock and Paramount+ haven’t rolled out. “This will be our first Swedish-Finnish original series and is a fantastic twist on the Nordic Noir genre,” said SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan.
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