TrustNordisk Adds Niels Arden Oplev’s ’Shadow & Light,’ Starring Esben Smed (EXCLUSIVE)

May 14, 2026 11:15pm PT TrustNordisk Adds Niels Arden Oplev’s ’Shadow & Light,’ Starring Esben Smed (EXCLUSIVE)

Starring Esben Smed ('Daniel'), the latest from Oplev ('The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo') has just gone into production

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Esben Smed and Niels Arden Oplev Credit: Nordisk Film

Esben Smed and Niels Arden Oplev on the set of 'Shadow & Light' Credit: Martin Dam Kristensen

Copenhagen-based sales outfit TrustNordisk has acquired international rights to “Shadow & Light” from acclaimed Danish writer-director Niels Arden Oplev (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “We Shall Overcome,”“Flatliners”).

The drama, which just started filming in Denmark, reunites Oplev with Esben Smed, the lead in his Isis kidnapping thriller “Daniel”, aka “Held for Ransom” when released in the U.S. in 2021 via Samuel Goldwyn Films.

TrustNordisk Adds Niels Arden Oplev’s ’Shadow & Light,’ Starring Esben Smed (EXCLUSIVE)

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