When you’ve been questioning whether or not The Chestnut Man will ever return for a season 2, Netflix simply confirmed the present’s future, with it set to obtain a sequel collection.
Simply the most effective Nordic crime thrillers Netflix has ever launched, The Chestnut Man first landed on our screens on September twenty ninth, 2021. The Danish present adapts the novel by Søren Sveistrup, which follows a string of murders and the 2 detectives who looking to seek out the killer, who makes use of small collectible figurines fabricated from chestnuts to mark his kills.
The present holds a 7.7 on IMDb and a 100% RottenTomatoes rating.
The renewal (of types) got here as Netflix introduced its wide-ranging Nordics lineup for 2024, 2025, and even 2026, confirming over two dozen films and collection coming from the area. Deadline mistakenly calls the sequel a function movie when, in reality, we’ve had clarification that it’s as a result of be a collection.
Danica Curcic and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard can be returning for the sequel, with the previous enjoying Naia Thulin and the latter enjoying Mark Hess.
Netflix hasn’t supplied a full synopsis for the sequel simply but however quite a recap of the unique collection:
“A 41-year-old lady is discovered murdered. When the police of their hunt for the perpetrator study the lady’s digital prints, it’s clear that she, for months, has been uncovered to a violent type of stalking. The as-of-yet-unknown perpetrator has performed an involuntary recreation of hide-and-seek along with her by monitoring her in personal conditions and sending her footage and movies in a gentle stream along with what seems to be like a nursery rhyme. It shortly turns into clear that the homicide may be linked to a different unsolved case, the place a 17-year-old highschool scholar a few years in the past was additionally subjected to a violent type of stalking earlier than she was discovered useless. Mark Hess is again in Copenhagen and undertakes to steer the investigation, collectively along with his former companion Naia Thulin. Nevertheless, the connection between the 2 investigators is difficult. After the case of the Chestnut Man, Hess and Thulin tried relationship, however the relationship ended abruptly and was stuffed with unresolved emotions.”
Dorte Warnøe Høgh and Emilie Lebech Kaae can be writing the sequel collection with SAM Productions producing. Milad Alami is at present on board as a conceptual director for the sequel collection with Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl and Stine Meldgaard Madsen producing.
The collection is much off for now, with Netflix confirming that the sequel received’t be on our screens till a minimum of 2026.
The Chestnut Man. (L to R) Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Danica Curcic. – Credit score: Nikolaj Thaning Rentzmann
How effectively did The Chestnut Man carry out on Netflix?
In response to FlixPatrol, the present managed to enter a slew of nations’ TV prime 10s following its launch. They monitor that a minimum of 58 international locations noticed the present enter the highest 10 for a minimum of in the future. High performing international locations included Denmark (70 days within the prime 10s), Sweden (62 days), Czech Republic (61 days), Norway (61 days), and Hungary (51 days). We’ve observed that titles within the prime 10s for over 30 days of their residence nation have a excessive probability of renewal. Whereas it took a while, we’ve lastly bought that renewal.
We’ve additionally bought official information from Netflix on The Chestnut Man too! The present was featured within the international non-English prime 10s for 5 weeks, and it picked up over 100 million hours of watchtime globally. In response to the Netflix Engagement Report, between January and June 2023, the present was watched for 12.40 million hours.
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