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{{short description|2021 Nordic television serial}}
{{short description|2021 Nordic television serial}}
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* Letitia Hector
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'''''The Box''''' is a Swedish supernatural psychological thriller television series created by [[Adi Hasak]] for the [[Nordic Entertainment Group]] and first released on 28 November 2021 on [[Viaplay]].<ref name=deadline>{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=11 November 2021 |page= |title=‘The Box’: MGM To Distribute NENT Group Series Starring Anna Friel From Creator Adi Hasak |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/mgm-acquires-the-box-anna-friel-adi-hasak-nent-group-1234871726/ |work=Deadline |location= |access-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126134632/https://deadline.com/2021/11/mgm-acquires-the-box-anna-friel-adi-hasak-nent-group-1234871726/ |archive-date=2021-11-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=hollywood-reporter>{{Cite news |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=16 October 2020 |page= |title=International Drama Dominates Mild MIPCOM Market |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/international-drama-dominates-mild-mipcom-market-4078141/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |location= |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612020732/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/international-drama-dominates-mild-mipcom-market-4078141/ |archive-date=2021-06-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=tbi>{{Cite news |last=Layton |first=Mark |date=13 October 2020 |page= |title=NENT Group opens ‘The Box’ with straight-to-series order; Adi Hasak and Anna Friel attached |url=https://tbivision.com/2020/10/13/nent-group-opens-the-box-with-straight-to-series-order-adi-hasak-and-anna-friel-attached/ |work=Television Business International |location= |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202171209/https://tbivision.com/2020/10/13/nent-group-opens-the-box-with-straight-to-series-order-adi-hasak-and-anna-friel-attached/ |archive-date=2021-12-02 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=c21media>{{Cite news |last=Pinto |first=Jordan |date=12 November 2021 |page= |title=MGM picks up global distribution for thriller The Box from NENT Group |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/mgm-picks-up-global-distribution-for-thriller-the-box-from-nent-group/ |work=C21 Media |location= |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128031753/https://www.c21media.net/news/mgm-picks-up-global-distribution-for-thriller-the-box-from-nent-group/ |archive-date=2021-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''''The Box''''' is a Swedish supernatural psychological thriller television series created by [[Adi Hasak]] for the [[Nordic Entertainment Group]] and first released on 28 November 2021 on [[Viaplay]].<ref name=deadline>{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=11 November 2021 |page= |title='The Box': MGM To Distribute NENT Group Series Starring Anna Friel From Creator Adi Hasak |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/mgm-acquires-the-box-anna-friel-adi-hasak-nent-group-1234871726/ |work=Deadline |location= |access-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126134632/https://deadline.com/2021/11/mgm-acquires-the-box-anna-friel-adi-hasak-nent-group-1234871726/ |archive-date=2021-11-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=hollywood-reporter>{{Cite news |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=16 October 2020 |page= |title=International Drama Dominates Mild MIPCOM Market |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/international-drama-dominates-mild-mipcom-market-4078141/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |location= |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612020732/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/international-drama-dominates-mild-mipcom-market-4078141/ |archive-date=2021-06-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=tbi>{{Cite news |last=Layton |first=Mark |date=13 October 2020 |page= |title=NENT Group opens 'The Box' with straight-to-series order; Adi Hasak and Anna Friel attached |url=https://tbivision.com/2020/10/13/nent-group-opens-the-box-with-straight-to-series-order-adi-hasak-and-anna-friel-attached/ |work=Television Business International |location= |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202171209/https://tbivision.com/2020/10/13/nent-group-opens-the-box-with-straight-to-series-order-adi-hasak-and-anna-friel-attached/ |archive-date=2021-12-02 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=c21media>{{Cite news |last=Pinto |first=Jordan |date=12 November 2021 |page= |title=MGM picks up global distribution for thriller The Box from NENT Group |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/mgm-picks-up-global-distribution-for-thriller-the-box-from-nent-group/ |work=C21 Media |location= |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128031753/https://www.c21media.net/news/mgm-picks-up-global-distribution-for-thriller-the-box-from-nent-group/ |archive-date=2021-11-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Premise==
==Premise==
Detective Sharon Pici apears to have mental issues. However, unknown to those around her, her actions are driven by supernatural forces.<ref name=deadline/>
Detective Sharon Pici appears to have mental issues. However, unknown to those around her, her actions are driven by supernatural forces.<ref name=deadline/>


==Cast and characters==
==Cast and characters==
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* Letitia Hector as Jenny Block: a trainee detective.
* Letitia Hector as Jenny Block: a trainee detective.


===Recuring===
===Recurring===
* Nina Yndis as Adina Ilic: suspected of murdering her husband.
* Nina Yndis as Adina Ilic: suspected of murdering her husband.
* [[Gerard Monaco]] as Joey Cox: another suspect.
* [[Gerard Monaco]] as Joey Cox: another suspect.
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|Title = A Simple Story
|Title = A Simple Story
|DirectedBy = [[Johan Brisinger]]
|DirectedBy = [[Johan Brisinger]]
|WrittenBy = [[Adi Hasak]] & Paula Killen
|WrittenBy = Adi Hasak & Paula Killen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Last Hurrah
|Title = The Last Hurrah
|DirectedBy = [[Steve Shill]]
|DirectedBy = Steve Shill
|WrittenBy = [[Adi Hasak]] & Paula Killen
|WrittenBy = Adi Hasak & Paula Killen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = True Believer
|Title = True Believer
|DirectedBy = [[Steve Shill]]
|DirectedBy = Steve Shill
|WrittenBy = [[Adi Hasak]]
|WrittenBy = Adi Hasak
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Dark
|Title = The Dark
|DirectedBy = [[Johan Brisinger]]
|DirectedBy = Johan Brisinger
|WrittenBy = [[Adi Hasak]]
|WrittenBy = Adi Hasak
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The Sinner
|Title = The Sinner
|DirectedBy = [[Steve Shill]]
|DirectedBy = Steve Shill
|WrittenBy = [[Adi Hasak]] & Josh Azouz
|WrittenBy = Adi Hasak & Josh Azouz
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Queen of the Box (Part II)
|Title = Queen of the Box (Part II)
|DirectedBy = [[Steve Shill]]
|DirectedBy = Steve Shill
|WrittenBy = [[Adi Hasak]] & Clare Siobhan Byrne
|WrittenBy = Adi Hasak & Clare Siobhan Byrne
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|11|28|df=y}}
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==Release==
==Release==
''The Box'' was released on the [[Viaplay]] streaming service in Poland, the Baltics and Nordic countries on 28 November 2021. It will be available in the Netherlands and the UK in 2022 when Viaplay is launched in those countries. For all other countries [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] has global distribution rights.<ref name=deadline/>
''The Box'' was released on the [[Viaplay]] streaming service in Poland, the Baltics and Nordic countries on 28 November 2021. It will be available in the Netherlands and the UK in 2022 when Viaplay is launched in those countries. For all other countries [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] has global distribution rights.<ref name=deadline/>

==Reception==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:2021 Swedish television series debuts]]
[[Category:2021 Swedish television series debuts]]
[[Category:2020s Swedish television series]]
[[Category:Swedish English-language television shows]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:2020s supernatural television series]]
[[Category:2020s supernatural television series]]
[[Category:Psychological thriller television series]]
[[Category:Psychological thriller television series]]

Latest revision as of 05:38, 13 July 2024

The Box
GenreSupernatural psychological thriller[1]
Created byAdi Hasak
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSweden
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerAdi Hasak
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkViaplay
Release28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)

The Box is a Swedish supernatural psychological thriller television series created by Adi Hasak for the Nordic Entertainment Group and first released on 28 November 2021 on Viaplay.[1][2][3][4]

Premise

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Detective Sharon Pici appears to have mental issues. However, unknown to those around her, her actions are driven by supernatural forces.[1]

Cast and characters

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Main

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  • Anna Friel as Sharon Pici: a Kansas City[1] detective, titular "queen of the box".
  • Peter Stormare as Jedidiah Brag: a police lieutenant and Pici's boss.
  • Alexander Karim as Thomas Lovell: a detective, Pici's partner.
  • Helen Behan as Tory Snow: a police department psychologist who is treating Pici.
  • Olivia Grant as Sylvian Rosen: a prosecutor and also Pici's wife.
  • Shaq B. Grant as Joseph Anderson: a police officer.
  • Letitia Hector as Jenny Block: a trainee detective.

Recurring

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  • Nina Yndis as Adina Ilic: suspected of murdering her husband.
  • Gerard Monaco as Joey Cox: another suspect.
  • Julia Szczygiel as Charlene:
  • Bjarne Graflund as an Off Duty Cop:
  • Fredrik Malm as an Off Duty Cop:
  • Dennis Duolee as Teddy Lewis:
  • Nina Yndis as Zoe Popescu: Adina Ilic's sister.
  • Silas Strand as Jonah: Pici and Rosen's son.
  • John Guerrasio as Hiram Saperstein:
  • Rennie Mirro as Fake Hiram Saperstein:
  • Rasmus Wurm as The Magician:

Episodes

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The Box episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Queen of the Box"Steve ShillAdi Hasak28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
22"A Simple Story"Johan BrisingerAdi Hasak & Paula Killen28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
33"The Last Hurrah"Steve ShillAdi Hasak & Paula Killen28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
44"True Believer"Steve ShillAdi Hasak28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
55"The Dark"Johan BrisingerAdi Hasak28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
66"The Sinner"Steve ShillAdi Hasak & Josh Azouz28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
77"Queen of the Box (Part II)"Steve ShillAdi Hasak & Clare Siobhan Byrne28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)

Background and production

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The Box is an English language series created and written by Adi Hasak. An announcement about The Box was made at the 2020 MIPCOM,[1] with production due to start in Sweden in February 2021.[2] It was developed by the Nordic Entertainment Group[1] who gave a straight to series order to be produced by Nice Drama, an NENT Studios company,[3] that is now part of Viaplay Studios.[5] Production was also undertaken by Adi TV Studios. Production started in March 2021.[1]

Release

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The Box was released on the Viaplay streaming service in Poland, the Baltics and Nordic countries on 28 November 2021. It will be available in the Netherlands and the UK in 2022 when Viaplay is launched in those countries. For all other countries MGM has global distribution rights.[1]

Reception

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Andreeva, Nellie (11 November 2021). "'The Box': MGM To Distribute NENT Group Series Starring Anna Friel From Creator Adi Hasak". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (16 October 2020). "International Drama Dominates Mild MIPCOM Market". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Layton, Mark (13 October 2020). "NENT Group opens 'The Box' with straight-to-series order; Adi Hasak and Anna Friel attached". Television Business International. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ^ Pinto, Jordan (12 November 2021). "MGM picks up global distribution for thriller The Box from NENT Group". C21 Media. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ "NENT Group reorganises studios operations as Viaplay Studios". 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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