‘The Investigation’ Trailer: HBO Acquires Danish Limited Series on Kim Wall’s Murder

HBO has acquired the rights to “The Investigation,” Tobias Lindholm’s limited series regarding the 2017 murder of journalist Kim Wall.

The premium cabler unveiled the trailer for the six-episode show on Monday.“The Investigation” will explore the complex real-life investigation surrounding the murder of Wall, who boarded a submarine built by former entrepreneur Peter Madsen for an interview in 2017.

The submarine was found sunken the following morning and Wall’s dismembered body parts were found throughout the area; Madsen was convicted of the murder in 2018 and sentenced to life imprisonment in a highly-publicized court case.The Danish-language series will premiere on HBO on February 1.Søren Malling (“A Hijacking”) leads the cast as Jens Møller, the Head of Homicide for the Copenhagen Police, alongside Pilou Asbæk (“Game of Thrones”) as the prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen.

Pernilla August (“Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace”) and Rolf Lassgård (“The Hunters”) star as Kim Wall’s parents,

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