Exclusive: Gyllene Tider, the 1980s Swedish pop sensation, is to get the film and television biopic treatment.
The group, which was fronted by Per Gessle, who later went on to form Roxette, has struck a deal with Nordic drama production company Nevis Productions to make a theatrical movie and a TV series based on the band’s rise to fame.
Gessle and Mats Persson formed the group in 1978 with Micke Andersson, Anders Herrlin and Göran Fritzon and they had a number of hits including Himmel No. 7 / Flickorna pa TV2 before breaking up in 1984.
The feature film, which is being written by Wallander and Miss Friman’s War’s Pernilla Oljelund, will tell the story of how five teenagers captured the heart of the Swedish nation. The biopic charts the story of Per, a small-town, ambitious misfit who dreams of pop stardom and finds a brotherhood through music with MP, Micke,...
The group, which was fronted by Per Gessle, who later went on to form Roxette, has struck a deal with Nordic drama production company Nevis Productions to make a theatrical movie and a TV series based on the band’s rise to fame.
Gessle and Mats Persson formed the group in 1978 with Micke Andersson, Anders Herrlin and Göran Fritzon and they had a number of hits including Himmel No. 7 / Flickorna pa TV2 before breaking up in 1984.
The feature film, which is being written by Wallander and Miss Friman’s War’s Pernilla Oljelund, will tell the story of how five teenagers captured the heart of the Swedish nation. The biopic charts the story of Per, a small-town, ambitious misfit who dreams of pop stardom and finds a brotherhood through music with MP, Micke,...
- 11/30/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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