‘The Valhalla Murders’ Duo & Elín Hall Teaming On Icelandic-Finnish Climate Miniseries ‘Avalanche’
EXCLUSIVE: The Valhalla Murders duo Thordur Palsson and Óttar Nordfjord are creating an Icelandic-Finnish climate disaster miniseries titled Avalanche.
Forged for Iceland’s Síminn and rolling cameras next week, Avalanche stars Elín Hall (Let Me Fall) as Freyja, a meteorologist who returns to her hometown to warn the villagers of an imminent catastrophe. Casting striking similarities between fictional tragic events and today’s climate crisis, the series is aiming to highlight the urgency of heeding scientific warnings.
The series is another example of Scandi outfits coming together to create TV, with Iceland’s Glassriver co-producing with Finland’s Whatevergroup, while Ginny & Georgia outfit Dynamic Television is selling worldwide. Palsson is directing and Nordfjord is writing. The pair were behind The Valhalla Murders, the RÚV police procedural that was picked up by Netflix several years back.
Palsson said: “Bringing Avalanche to life is both a creative challenge and a responsibility. Through storytelling, we aim to explore the human cost of natural disasters while highlighting the realities of a changing climate. I’m proud to collaborate with such an exceptional international team to tell this powerful and timely story.”
Avalanche joins Glassriver’s scripted slate including the recently optioned titles Elma from Eva Björg Ægisdottir and Reykjavik Noir from author Lilja Sigurdardottir, which are being adapted for the screen. It is produced by Guðgeir Arngrímsson, while Margrét Örnólfsdóttir is co-writer.
