Starring Gustaf Skarsgård, the anticipated – and highly modern – reboot of “Wallander,” set up at Banijay Entertainment’s Jarowskij/Yellow Bird and Swedish broadcast network TV4, has added further key cast: Sophia Martinsson, Ana Gil De Melo Nascimento and Göran Ragnerstam(“Arn,” “Kopps,” “Offside”).
The cast news comes as Jarowskij/Yellow Bird has also announced a new action-comedy for Netflix Nordics, “Permafrost.”
Martinsson, 22, who landed the lead role of Zafirah in youth series “Festen,” now on its fourth season, will play Kurt Wallander’s estranged daughter. Martinsson’s roles also take in youth series “Bror,” Josephine in “Sannigen” Season 2, which bowed on Dec.