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Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has been signed to write a TV series on the life of iconic director Ingmar Bergman.
According to http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/europe/mankell-to-develop-ing... target="_blank">Screen Daily, Mankell is to work on the screenplay next year and the series will be produced in four one-hour episodes. Production is planned for 2011. The series is due to be aired by national broadcaster Sveriges Television (STV) in 2012.
Wallander author Mankell told the publication: "What fascinates me is the price Bergman had to pay for his uncompromising creativity – it darkened many aspects of the rest of his life. What interests me is what one might call the 'price of obsession’ and I believe there is much that is generally applicable in his story."
Mankell plans to cover Bergman’s life from several angles, covering a wide spectrum of his life. It will include many of the high profile characters he met, including Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo.