‘The Killing’ Producer Piv Bernth Talks ‘Feelings and Things,’ ‘Dependency,’ Danish Hit Man Series
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Apple Tree Productions, the Danish company headed by “The Killing” producer Piv Bernth, is reteaming with the creative duo behind feelgood period drama “Chorus Girls,” Ditte Hansen and Louise Mieritz, Bernth told Variety at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
Hansen and Mieritz are in development on a comedy-drama series, with the working title “Feelings and Things,” set in a shopping mall in contemporary Denmark.
It will have the same underlying message as “Chorus Girls”: “We are stronger together,” Bernth said. “People working in the shops in the malls get really badly paid but they keep selling things to people who don’t really need them really,” Bernth said.
Danish broadcaster TV2 is a partner on the new show, which will go into production next year. Hansen and Mieritz are co-writing and will co-direct.
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