Netflix has announced three new Danish titles for its 2025 slate, plus shared more details about other upcoming films and series from Denmark.
There are at least six new titles from Denmark headed to Netflix between the latter part of 2024 and sometime in 2026. Without any further ado, they include:
Christopher – A Beautiful REAL Life (working title)
In this documentary, pop icon and superstar actor Christopher is finally on the brink of achieving his lifelong dream of becoming a worldwide artist. But just as this opportunity arrives, so does his second child with the love of his life, model and influencer Cecilie Haugaard. So, Christopher faces tough choices; grabbing the dream-fulfilling opportunity means he must sacrifice something irreplaceable: time with his young family. As his reality starts mirroring that of his character in A Beautiful Life, doubts begin to creep in. Is the dream worth the cost? Is he making the right choice? Can he really turn down the opportunity he’s fought for his entire life?
A production of Nexiko A/S, the film is directed by Nynne Duvå Hall, produced by Emma Kronqvist, and executive produced by Lars Beckung.
The Legend (working title)
This new crime drama series revolves around the new intelligence service agent, Tea, who goes undercover to infiltrate a brutal criminal environment that has eluded the grasp of the intelligence service for some time. Adopting a completely new identity, Tea must befriend the criminal mastermind’s girlfriend, Ashley, to gather crucial intelligence. But as Tea gets closer to Ashley and witnesses the grim reality of her life within Miran’s controlling and criminal cobweb, doubts emerge about where her loyalties truly lie.
The key cast includes Clara Dessau (Baby Fever), Maria Cordsen (Carmen Curlers), Afshin Firouzi (Darkness: Those Who Kill), Nicolas Bro (The Killing), Soheil Bavi (Happiness), and Arian Kashef (The Chestnut Man).
Based on an idea by Adam August (Follow the Money), the six-episode series is written by lead writers Frederik Ringtved (Hooligan), Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm (Follow the Money) and Adam August, and episodic writers Johanne Algren (Copenhagen Cowboy), Astrid Øye (The Bridge), and Oscar Giese (2 Døgn).
A production of Profile Pictures (Rams, Speak No Evil), The Legend (working title) is directed by Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm and produced by Jacob Jarek (Kamikaze) and Marta Mleczek (Darkland: The Return).
Mango
In this romantic comedy-drama film, Lærke is an ambitious hotel manager who seizes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when her boss sends her to Malaga, Spain, to develop a grand new hotel in the middle of a mango farm. The farm belongs to Alex, a former lawyer, who refuses to sell due to a tragic past he can’t let go of. Lærke brings along her daughter, Agnes, who expects a rare holiday with her busy mother — or so she believes. As unexpected feelings start to bloom between Lærke and Alex, both are forced to make choices that will impact their careers, family ties, and ultimately, their hearts.
The lead cast are Josephine Park (Baby Fever, The Nurse), Dar Salim (Loving Adults, Black Crab) and Josephine Højbjerg (Darkness: Those Who Kill, The Bridge).
A production of Drive Studios, co-produced with Rocket Road Pictures and Nordisk Film Distribution, the film is directed by Mehdi Avaz (A Beautiful Life), produced by Anna Malmkjær Willumsen (The New Nurses), and executive produced by Maj-Britt Landin (Hooligan).
You can set a reminder for Mango now.
These three titles are slated to premiere globally on Netflix in 2025. Stay tuned for updates.
In addition to the above, we now know more details about the following titles:
The Habitat (Reservatet) (working title)
In this drama series, Ruby, a young Filipino au pair, disappears from one of Denmark’s most affluent neighborhoods north of Copenhagen, causing Cecilie, a neighbor, to become convinced that something has happened to her. Cecilie’s own au pair, Angel, begins to investigate the rumors circulating among the area’s many au pairs, while suspicions of a crime grow.
However, the case of the missing foreigner is a low priority for the police, and the newly-minted investigator, Alicia, needs all the assistance she can get. Cecilie and Angel are ready to help, and gradually the power structures and privileges within the beautiful homes start to become exposed. Cecilie’s commitment to uncovering the truth is put to the test when Ruby’s disappearance reveals connections to her own family, forcing her to confront her blind spots and to view her family and the environment in which she is raising her children in a whole new light.
The key cast includes Marie Bach (White Sands, The Legacy), Danica Curcic (The Chestnut Man, Equinox), Simon Sears (Baby Fever, Ride Upon the Storm), Lars Ranthe (Seaside Hotel, Dicte), Sara Fanta (The Nurse, The Last Client), and Excel Busano.
A production of Uma Film, the six-episode series is directed by Per Fly (Borgen), and written by lead writer Ingeborg Topsøe (Hanna) and episodic writers Ina Bruhn (Darkness: Those Who Kill) and Mads Tafdrup (Speak No Evil). It is produced by Claudia Saginario (Cry Wolf).
The Habitat is slated to debut on Netflix in 2025. Stay tuned for updates.
Maybe Baby 2
In this sequel to the comedy film Maybe Baby, Cecilie (Mille Dinesen, Rita) and Andreas’s (Lars Ranthe, Seaside Hotel) son, Leo, and Liv (Katinka Lærke Petersen, Loving Adults) and Malte’s (Kasper Dalsgaard, The New Nurses) daughter, Sille, are now two years old. The families still keep in touch, but live very different lives. During a medical exam, it is revealed that the two babies were never swapped. After the shock subsides, the two families decide to move in together in a collective at Andreas and Cecilie’s place, in order for both sets of parents to be with both children every day. However, the couples’ very different views on lifestyle, decor, eating habits, and parenting methods soon become apparent, and the two families struggle to live under the same roof.
In addition, Cecilie feels much more attached to her biological daughter, Sille, than to Leo, so she decides to pursue custody of Sille behind the backs of the other three parents. When she realizes she has acted wrongly, it is too late; her selfish plan is exposed. The collective falls apart, Liv and Malte move away with Sille, and Cecilie must now fight to be forgiven and find a solution that everyone can live with.
Costars include Thomas Bo Larsen (Follow the Money), Sarah Boberg (The Bridge), Magnus Haugaard (Maybe Baby), and Troels Lyby (The Team).
A production of SF Studios, the film is directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg (Loving Adults), and written by Line Mørkeby (Carmen Curlers), Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg, Pia Berg (Maybe Baby), and Trine Wisbech. It is produced by Marcella Dichmann (Maybe Baby) and executive produced by Lars Bjørn Hansen (Seaside Hotel).
Maybe Baby 2 is slated to premiere globally in 2024 (date tba). (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Standalone Sequel to The Chestnut Man
In this mystery-crime drama series, a 41-year-old woman is found dead. During the investigation, the police delve into the woman’s digital traces and discover that she had been the victim of a violent form of stalking for months. The unknown perpetrator played an involuntary game of hide-and-seek with her by monitoring her in private situations and sending her a steady stream of pictures and videos together with what looks like a nursery rhyme. It soon becomes apparent that the murder can be linked to another unsolved case, in which a 17-year-old high school student was also subjected to a violent form of stalking before she was found dead a couple of years ago.
Mark Hess, a distribution officer from Europol, is back in Copenhagen and undertakes to lead the investigation together with his former partner, Naia Thulin. However, the relationship between the two investigators is complicated. After the case of the Chestnut Man, Hess and Thulin tried dating, but the relationship ended abruptly and was filled with unresolved feelings.
Based on a novel by Søren Sveistrup, the six-episode series stars Danica Curcic (The Chestnut Man, Nobel), Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (The Chestnut Man, The Rain), Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing, Prisoner), and Katinka Lærke Petersen (Baby Fever, When the Dust Settles).
A project of SAM productions, the series is directed by Milad Alami (When the Dust Settles), and created and written by Dorte Warnøe Høgh (Dicte) and Emilie Lebech Kaae (Ragnarok). It is produced by Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl (The Chestnut Man) and Stine Meldgaard Madsen (Ragnarok), and executive produced by Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen (Ragnarok).
The standalone sequel to The Chestnut Man is slated to debut on Netflix in 2026. Stay tuned for updates.
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