Netflix has acquired the Finnish movie “Bordertown – The Mural Murders,” a spinoff of the popular Nordic crime series which is now in its third season.Produced by Matti Halonen and Johannes Lassila at Fisher King, “Bordertown – The Mural Murders” will start shooting next month and will be released theatrically in Finland by the newly-launched distribution banner Aurora Studios.
Netflix has global rights to the movie outside of Finland.The movie brings back “Bordertown”‘s key cast, Ville Virtanen, Anu Sinisalo and Sampo Sarkola.
The screenplay is written by Miikko Oikkonen and Antti Pesonen, and Juuso Syrjä will direct.The plot of the movie follows brilliant police investigator Kari Sorjonen chasing his arch enemy Lasse Maasalo.
The movie is set against the backdrop of a social media voting contest in which people have voted on without whom the country would be better off.
When three of the most-voted people disappear, Sorjonen
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