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| The Box | |
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| Genre | Supernatural psychological thriller [1] |
| Created by | Adi Hasak |
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| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Adi Hasak |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Viaplay |
| Release | 28 November 2021 |
The Box is a Swedish supernatural psychological thriller television series created by Adi Hasak for the Nordic Entertainment Group and first released on 28 November 2021 on Viaplay. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Detective Sharon Pici appears to have mental issues. However, unknown to those around her, her actions are driven by supernatural forces. [1]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Queen of the Box" | Steve Shill | Adi Hasak | 28 November 2021 |
| 2 | 2 | "A Simple Story" | Johan Brisinger | Adi Hasak & Paula Killen | 28 November 2021 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Last Hurrah" | Steve Shill | Adi Hasak & Paula Killen | 28 November 2021 |
| 4 | 4 | "True Believer" | Steve Shill | Adi Hasak | 28 November 2021 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Dark" | Johan Brisinger | Adi Hasak | 28 November 2021 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Sinner" | Steve Shill | Adi Hasak & Josh Azouz | 28 November 2021 |
| 7 | 7 | "Queen of the Box (Part II)" | Steve Shill | Adi Hasak & Clare Siobhan Byrne | 28 November 2021 |
The Box is an English language series created and written by Adi Hasak. An announcement about The Box was made at the 2020 MIPCOM, [1] with production due to start in Sweden in February 2021. [2] It was developed by the Nordic Entertainment Group [1] who gave a straight to series order to be produced by Nice Drama, an NENT Studios company, [3] that is now part of Viaplay Studios. [5] Production was also undertaken by Adi TV Studios. Production started in March 2021. [1]
The Box was released on the Viaplay streaming service in Poland, the Baltics and Nordic countries on 28 November 2021. It will be available in the Netherlands and the UK in 2022 when Viaplay is launched in those countries. For all other countries MGM has global distribution rights. [1]
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