Early in HBO’s Swedish-language adaptation “Beartown,” two people are running desperately through the snow. One is carrying a rifle, and the other is doing their best to avoid getting shot. Their faces are obscured, any telling identification avoided, but the chase ends with the hunter and prey isolated on a frozen lake, the latter kneeling in front of the former, before the image cuts to black just before a shot rings out.
Considering the audience learns both identities before the end of the second episode, this intense introductory scene isn’t meant to tease a mystery. “Beartown” is a blunt story, stocked with direct lessons. Still, it’s patient about revealing its thesis, and the life-or-death stakes set up from the get-go help to prepare the audience for when normal life in a small Swedish town turns very, very ugly. For a while, it may seem like “Beartown” will...
Considering the audience learns both identities before the end of the second episode, this intense introductory scene isn’t meant to tease a mystery. “Beartown” is a blunt story, stocked with direct lessons. Still, it’s patient about revealing its thesis, and the life-or-death stakes set up from the get-go help to prepare the audience for when normal life in a small Swedish town turns very, very ugly. For a while, it may seem like “Beartown” will...
- 2/22/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
In today’s TV news roundup, Fox announced the premiere dates for “The Masked Singer” Season 5 and “Game of Talents,” and Variety obtained an exclusive first look at Christopher Meloni on “Finding Your Roots.”
Dates
HBO Max will debut its new reality competition series, “The Bridge,” on Feb. 11. With James McAvoy as host, 12 strangers from the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland set out into the British wilderness with no knowledge of what they’ll be doing, only that there is a cash prize of £100,000. On an island surrounded by a lake, the competitors must construct an 850-foot bridge in 20 days to win. Watch a trailer below.
HBO will add the Swedish-language limited series “Beartown” to its lineup on Feb. 22 at 9 p.m. Over the course of five episodes, the show, based on the novel by Fredrik Backman, follows a community that places its hopes of revitalization on its junior ice hockey team.
Dates
HBO Max will debut its new reality competition series, “The Bridge,” on Feb. 11. With James McAvoy as host, 12 strangers from the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland set out into the British wilderness with no knowledge of what they’ll be doing, only that there is a cash prize of £100,000. On an island surrounded by a lake, the competitors must construct an 850-foot bridge in 20 days to win. Watch a trailer below.
HBO will add the Swedish-language limited series “Beartown” to its lineup on Feb. 22 at 9 p.m. Over the course of five episodes, the show, based on the novel by Fredrik Backman, follows a community that places its hopes of revitalization on its junior ice hockey team.
- 2/8/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
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