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Old 18-04-2012, 15:36
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May be back on BBC1 later this month:

http://www.branaghswallander.com/


Søren Malling from The Killing and Borgen will be appearing in one episode
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Old 18-04-2012, 15:39
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Thanks for that Verence
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Old 18-04-2012, 15:42
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May be back on BBC1 later this month:

http://www.branaghswallander.com/


Søren Malling from The Killing and Borgen will be appearing in one episode
I have only seen one or two of the Kenny ones and I thought they were good, certainly a better standard of drama than some stuff we've produced over the last few years. I think I'll give these a go. I'll keep a look out for bananaman
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Old 18-04-2012, 15:45
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We had Svartman in the last series, we'll have Jan Meyer in this one.

If it goes to a fourth series what are the chances of having someone from Borgen, Those Who Kill, The Bridge or even at a stretch Naeturvaktin in an episode??
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Old 18-04-2012, 15:50
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These are the three stories in Season 3

An Event in Autumn
The Dogs of Riga
Before the Frost

Dogs of Riga was first filmed with Rolf Lassgard playing our hero.

Before the Frost was the first Henriksson Wallander film(And featured his daughter, Linda. Played by Johanna Sällström)
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Old 18-04-2012, 15:55
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These are the three stories in Season 3

An Event in Autumn
The Dogs of Riga
Before the Frost

Dogs of Riga was first filmed with Rolf Lassgard playing our hero.

Before the Frost was the first Henriksson Wallander film(And featured his daughter, Linda. Played by Johanna Sällström)
RIP Linda
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Old 18-04-2012, 16:01
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'Thread titles that sound like euphemisms'.
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Old 18-04-2012, 16:07
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Indeed.

Stefan Lindeman will be played by Mark Hadfield.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=21092


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Played by Ola Rapace in the Swedish TV versions
http://bitterblondin.se/wp-content/u...ace-boxare.jpg
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Old 18-04-2012, 17:08
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I have only seen one or two of the Kenny ones and I thought they were good, certainly a better standard of drama than some stuff we've produced over the last few years. I think I'll give these a go. I'll keep a look out for bananaman
like you I have only seen a couple of the dear Kenny ones, but unlike you I didn't like them. Branagh's acting is so slow I just couldn't get into it. I'll give this a try though.

ILW ; congrats on the 3,000
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Old 18-04-2012, 20:03
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like you I have only seen a couple of the dear Kenny ones, but unlike you I didn't like them. Branagh's acting is so slow I just couldn't get into it. I'll give this a try though.

ILW ; congrats on the 3,000
Blimey, 3000 I didn't even notice Thanks david I really must get out more

I didn't really notice Kenny's slow acting to be honest. The ones I saw seemed well made to me, but I did only see a couple. One of them was Sidetracked, I thought that was well acted and filmed
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Old 18-04-2012, 23:11
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Indeed.

Stefan Lindeman will be played by Mark Hadfield.
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=21092
Saw him playing a spiv in an old episode of Foyle's War at the weekend.

I remember his Crown Court (he was the defendant, can't remember the verdict though)
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Old 18-04-2012, 23:14
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'Thread titles that sound like euphemisms'.
I thought it was going to be 'add your own ending', such as ''Kenneth Branagh's Wallander isn't a patch on the real Swedish one''!
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Old 18-04-2012, 23:23
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I've rather enjoy Ken's Wallander - admittedly its the only Wallander I've seen - so this is good news
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Old 18-04-2012, 23:26
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how long before a knighthood comes his way?
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Old 19-04-2012, 01:35
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Saw him playing a spiv in an old episode of Foyle's War at the weekend.

I remember his Crown Court (he was the defendant, can't remember the verdict though)
I can't place him in anything mentioned on IMDB. Don't recognise his picture either. It will be strange watching Linda and Stefan on screen again.

And who will play Pontus and Isabelle(That will be Season 10?), I wonder. James Corden & Ruth Jones perhaps
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Old 19-04-2012, 09:14
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Does anyone know if tom hiddlestone will be in this series? I'm guessing not as he's moving onto films more now.
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Old 19-04-2012, 09:44
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I can't place him in anything mentioned on IMDB. Don't recognise his picture either. It will be strange watching Linda and Stefan on screen again.

And who will play Pontus and Isabelle(That will be Season 10?), I wonder. James Corden & Ruth Jones perhaps
He was very good in this film which was directed by Kenny B:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midwinter%27s_Tale

I could be wrong but I think Pontus and Isabelle were "original" characters created for the Krister Wallander. I say original but of course they were tenth-rate copies of Stefan and Linda. As Kenny's Wallander is following the example of Rolf's version and dramatising the original novels then P&I won't appear

Does anyone know if tom hiddlestone will be in this series? I'm guessing not as he's moving onto films more now.
Not according to IMDB
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Old 19-04-2012, 13:05
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I could be wrong but I think Pontus and Isabelle were "original" characters created for the Krister Wallander. I say original but of course they were tenth-rate copies of Stefan and Linda. As Kenny's Wallander is following the example of Rolf's version and dramatising the original novels then P&I won't appear
Before the Frost is a Linda centric novel( I read there was supposed to be a Linda Trilogy- but Mankell gave up on it for obvious reasons). All the remaining Swedish TV stories were specially written for the small screen.

Mankell has been involved in this new season. Peter Harness has consulted with Mankell about the new scripts.

An Event in Autumn is based on the short story Händelse om hösten (The Grave). Neither Krister or Rolf have done a version of this I think?
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Old 19-04-2012, 14:46
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An Event in Autumn is based on the short story Händelse om hösten (The Grave). Neither Krister or Rolf have done a version of this I think?
Apparently not
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Old 16-06-2012, 01:13
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Kenneth Brannagh receives a Knighthood.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18461536
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Old 16-06-2012, 02:05
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I have so twied to watch the Brannagh Wallanders...................


and I have so failed.......


I'm sure he's a very nice chap and all that but I find him the proud possessor of anti charisma in acute abundance.

Strange thing to get a knighthood for.......

Arise Sir Kenneth of Anti Charisma...................


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Old 16-06-2012, 02:49
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I have so twied to watch the Brannagh Wallanders...................


and I have so failed.......
Glad I'm not the only one.

Every time I watch Kenneth Branagh, I'm always left with the impression that I'm watching an actor ...an actor, playing a character, not the character themselves. I have the same problem with Laurence Olivier....it always seemed to be that he always played himself playing someone else, if that makes sense.

Paul Scofield on the other hand......
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Old 16-06-2012, 03:20
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I have the same problem with Laurence Olivier....it always seemed to be that he always played himself playing someone else, if that makes sense.
I know what you mean though oddly I have found Sir Larry of Olivier good in some things...Marathon Man for instance.

(Sir) Ken just turns all my faculties off..I watched his version of Firewall and just couldn't be arsed with it at all at all..kept having to rewind to try and follow it to no avail, whereas I really enjoyed the Swedish version.
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Old 16-06-2012, 11:01
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Whilst I think that Branagh's Wallander is the least impressive of the three versions, I'm still glad he got a knighthood. I liked him in the 80s version of Henry V, the full-length Hamlet, and various other Shakespeare adaptations.
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Old 16-06-2012, 12:22
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I prefer Branagh to the only other Wallander I saw (Sebastian Bergstrom I think).

Wallander is the only production that I've seen when I've liked Branagh! I thought he was perfect for it; more impenetrable than the other one.
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