Rickard Petrelius directs The Fjällbacka Murders
14 November, 2011Rickard Petrelius directs The Fjällbacka Murders
Rickard Petrelius has taken over as director of Tre Vänner’s production of Camilla Läckberg’s The Fjällbacka Murders series, after co-worker Daniel Lind Lagerlöf tragically disappeared during preproduction. Petrelius has won many awards and was already contracted to direct the third film in The Fjällbacka Murders series but because of the disappearance of Daniel Lind Lagerlöf he will now also direct the second film.
“Daniel’s disappearance is an enormous loss for Swedish film, and for me personally,” says Petrelius. “We have worked together before on productions. I know Daniel and have great respect for him as a director, which makes it easier to take over this work,” he added. Petrelius directed the Emmy-nominated Blueprint, Van Veeteren and Skärgårdsdoktorn (The Archipelago Doctor), among other things. Due to Lind Lagerlöf’s disappearance, production of The Fjällbacka Murders will start on November 14, a week later than planned.
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The production of Camilla Läckberg’s The Fjällbacka Murders series started in August 2011 in and around Fjällbacka. Tre Vänner’s Helen Ahlsson and Caisa Westling is producing the films in cooperation with SVT (Swedish Television), Film i Väst and Nordisk Film. Tre Vänner is one of Scandinavia’s leading independent production companies with a string of successful production including the Ica advertisements and the film Easy Money.
