Fremantle announced that Seija-Liisa Eskola has been appointed as Head of Scripted in Finland, effective immediately. In her new role, Eskola will be responsible for development and sales of drama series.
The series will be set in modern-day St Petersburg and will follow both the traditional protagonist of the Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel, Rodion Raskolnikov and his lesser-known sister Dunya Raskolnikov.
The three companies became partners to launch the nation’s first digital soap opera, an scripted project named “Tour das Tours,” wich will debut on Facebook Brazil on October 11.