SkyShowtime Art Crime Drama ‘Codename: Annika’ Hitting International Market Through Mediawan Rights

EXCLUSIVE: SkyShowtime’s drama original Codename: Annika is taking its art crime sensibilities around the world.

In one of the few international distribution stories you’ll read this week not directly related to the London TV Screenings, Mediawan Rights has snapped up sales rights to the Swedish-Finnish series.

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Mediawan will sell it outside of European streamer SkyShowtime’s footprint, which covers parts of mainland and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, and second window rights within the operating territories.

Codename: Annika stars Sannah Nedergård as Emma Haka, a Finnish art crime investigator who infiltrates an auction in Stockholm during an undercover mission that proves to be more dangerous than expected. She is forced to assume a wild and fiery alias, Annika Stormare, and the lines between the two personalities begin to blur.

“We are proud to add this SkyShowtime Original Series to our distribution line-up, enriching Mediawan Rights’ catalogue and strengthening our international development strategy,” said Valérie Vleeschhouwer, Managing Director of Mediawan Rights. “With a distinctive aesthetic, captivating storytelling and a strong female leading role, we are convinced that this high-end series will meet current market expectations worldwide.”

“Our partnership with Mediawan Rights marks our first distribution deal and highlights the strength and caliber of SkyShowtime Original Series, as well as the demand for our original programming worldwide,” said Monty Sarhan, CEO of SkyShowtime, which is a joint venture between Comcast and Paramount Global.

Created by Mia Ylönen and Aleksi Bardy, it also stars Ardalan Esmaili and Eva Melander, and is produced by Helsinki Filmi.

Mediawan Rights, the sales arm of France’s Mediawan, sells shows such as the TV series remake of Zorro.

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