Aku Sipola as Risto Salminen (© Anni.jpeg)
This week, Helsinki-based studio Rabbit Films has announced the start of a new six-episode drama with the working title
Mobile 1.0. The new series will chart “the incredible story of the rise of Finnish company Nokia to become the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile phones, before an equally dramatic fall from grace.”
Shot in Finland and the US in English and Finnish languages, it represents the first dramatic account of Finnish electronics company Nokia s rise from a small business to becoming a global success in the mobile phone industry, beating huge established brands. The first season is set in the years 1988-1990, when the technology for mobile phones was just starting to be developed. In particular, it will focus on the young and resourceful lawyers willing to take on their counterparts at deep pocketed multinational competitors; the brilliant, single-minded engineers developing revolutionary new products, boardroom plot
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Mobile 1.0 will be available on C More early next year
Nordic streamer C More has taken first-window on-demand rights in the Nordics and Baltics to a new Finnish drama charting the rise and fall of mobile phone manufacturer Nokia.
Finnish prodco Rabbit Films has begun production on six-part series Mobile 1.0. The show will be available in both English and Finnish and shot in Finland and the US.
The series, which will launch early next year on C More, will also have a linear premiere on local channel MTV3. Rabbit holds international distribution rights.
Season one of the show will focus on the years 1988-90 when mobile phones were just coming on to the scene.
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