The project is planned to be distributed for one of the global platforms.. Start filming pilot will begin tomorrow, November 13, in Kiev.
The signing of a memorandum of cooperation took place today, November 12, in the Norwegian embassy in Ukraine with the participation of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Ukraine Ole Terje and the head of the Kyiv City State Administration Vitaly Klichk.
Its participants were the general director of "1 + 1 media" Alexander Tkachenko, a contender for one of the nominations of OSCAR? Norwegian producer Egil Odegard, author and director Varon Bonicos, Emmy film nominee nominee? American writer and producer Jeremy Chilnik and popular Norwegian actor John Carew.
The project will work a team of American and Norwegian writers and producers with a strong and well-known serial and film portfolio.. Shooting will be engaged in the Norwegian company Evil Doghouse Production together in the Ukrainian "1 + 1 Production".
The series was named Jonathan Fort. He will talk about the life of a former boxer after completing his sports career, who has received a new and dangerous job at the Norwegian Embassy in Kiev. In the story, 80% of the project will be shot in Kiev and Odessa.
The signatories agreed on the course of production and the role of the participants. In particular, the media parties of the agreement assumed the obligations of production, promo and distribution, and the Norwegian embassy and Kiev measures Vitali Klitschko promised full support in the filming and noted that this is an important project to popularize the city and Ukraine.
"With this series, we aim at a global audience and want to create a product that will be interesting to viewers around the world. Now, together with the team, we see this project in several seasons, each of which will consist of 12 episodes, ”comments Alexander Tkachenko, CEO of“ 1 + 1 Media ”and the general producer from the Ukrainian side of the project..
The leading roles will be performed by the popular Norwegian actor John Carew and the already well-known Ukrainian audience Daria Tregubova, Daria Plakhti, Roman Matsyuta, Konstantin Oktyabrsky and Ksenia Mishina. The film crew also notes that it is negotiating to attract several large Hollywood stars to the project..