Heretic Tapped to Sell 'Adult Supervision' at Cannes
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- Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden appointed Greek sales company Heretic as international sales agent for the Scandi drama "Adult Supervision" (known locally as "Arkipelag"), with the film to be shopped at the Cannes market next month.
- Alex Schulman — the Swedish author — writes and directs the feature, his directorial debut, starring Gustaf Skarsgård, Fares Fares, and Linus Wahlgren as three fathers chaperoning teenage daughters on a rowdy school trip to a remote island where buried memories escalate into violence.
- Cinematographer Jakob Ihre — longtime collaborator of Joachim Trier and Emmy-winning director of photography on HBO's "Chernobyl" — shot the project, which Warner Bros. describes as laced with dark humor.
- Christina Legkova produces the film with executive producers Sofie Palage and Johan Hedman; co-producers include RMV Film, Tiisch Film AB, Film Stockholm AB, and Scanbox Entertainment, with support from the Swedish Film Institute and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.
- Heretic Head of Sales Ioanna Stais called the film "a dark comedy that feels both sharply observed and deeply disquieting," while Schulman said he set out to make "a film where the laughter catches in your throat."
Why it matters: A bestselling Swedish author making his feature debut with three of Scandinavia's most bankable leading men — and a Chernobyl DP behind the camera — gives Heretic a high-profile Cannes-market offering from a major production banner, and signals continued cross-Nordic/Mediterranean collaboration in European feature sales.
