Netflix drops full trailer for The Rain
David Farnor | On 23, Apr 2018
“You never know when your life is going to change. But when it does, you need to have a plan.”
That’s the advice of Netflix’s new original series, The Rain, a dystopian survival thriller set in a world where a brutal virus wiped out most of the population. Netflix’s first Danish original, the series sees two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety.
Created by Jannik Tai Mosholt (Borgen), Esben Toft Jacobsen (The Great Bear, Beyond Beyond) and Christian Potalivo (The New Tenants, Long Story Short), the series follows the pair as they join a group of young survivors setting out to find out whether a new world has begun somewhere else. They hope that their father is somewhere out there with answers.
The cast includes Mikkel Boe Følsggard (A Royal Affair), Alba August (Below The Surface), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Tidsrejsen) and Lars Simonsen (The Bridge, Brotherhood). You can now get a glimpse of them fully in action with the new, full trailer for the show. Can they stay dry to stay alive? We can find out on Friday 4th May, when The Rain finally falls on Netflix worldwide.
Here’s the new trailer:
Netflix’s The Rain gets May release date
23rd March 2018
“It was not supposed to be here. We were taught that we were safe.”
That’s the ominous sound of The Rain falling on Netflix this May, as the streaming giant drops a release date and a new trailer for its disaster series.
Netflix’s first Danish original show, the post-apocalyptic drama takes place after a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, leaving two young siblings embarking on a perilous search for safety.
Created by Jannik Tai Mosholt (Borgen, Rita, Follow the Money), Esben Toft Jacobsen (The Great Bear, Beyond Beyond) and Christian Potalivo (The New Tenants, Long Story Short), the series follows the pair as they join a group of young survivors setting out to find out whether a new world has begun somewhere else.
Facing this bleak new world is an ensemble that includes Mikkel Boe Følsggard (A Royal Affair), Alba August (Below The Surface), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Tidsrejsen) and Lars Simonsen (The Bridge, Brotherhood). The Rain drops on Netflix on Friday 4th May. Here’s the new video announcing the release date:
Netflix’s The Rain drops its first trailer
30th January 2018
The end of the world is nigh, and we’ve got a close-up look at what’s in store, with the new atmospheric trailer for Netflix’s The Rain.
The streaming service’s first Danish original series, the post-apocalyptic drama takes place after a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, leaving two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety.
Created by Jannik Tai Mosholt (Borgen, Rita, Follow the Money), Esben Toft Jacobsen (The Great Bear, Beyond Beyond) and Christian Potalivo (The New Tenants, Long Story Short), the series follows the pair as they join a group of young survivors setting out to find out whether a new world has begun somewhere else. They hope that their father is somewhere out there with answers. Set free from the rules of civilised society, each of the young members of the group has the freedom to be who they want to be, but they all struggle with their own selves, and the fact that, even in a post-apocalyptic world, there’s love, jealousy, coming-of-age, and every problem they thought they’d left behind.
The cast includes Mikkel Boe Følsggard (A Royal Affair), Alba August (Below The Surface), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Tidsrejsen) and Lars Simonsen (The Bridge, Brotherhood). Can they stay dry to stay alive? Find out this spring, when The Rain drops on Netflix – and watch this space for a release date.
Here’s the teaser:
Production kicks off on Danish Netflix series The Rain
26th June 2017
Production has begun on Netflix’s first Danish original series, The Rain.
Created by Jannik Tai Mosholt (Borgen, Rita, Follow the Money), Esben Toft Jacobsen (The Great Bear, Beyond Beyond) and Christian Potalivo (The New Tenants, Long Story Short), the series takes place in the wake of a devastating biological catastrophe. Six years after a brutal virus wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two siblings join a group of young survivors setting out to find out whether a new world has begun somewhere else. They hope that their father is somewhere out there with answers. Set free from the rules of civilized society, each of the young members of the group has the freedom to be who they want to be, but they all struggle with their own selves, and the fact that, even in a post-apocalyptic world, there’s love, jealousy, coming of age, and every problem they thought they’d left behind.
The show’s principal cast is formed by Mikkel Boe Følsggard (A Royal Affair), Alba August (Below The Surface), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Tidsrejsen), Lars Simonsen (The Bridge, Brotherhood). Other cast members include Iben Hjejle (Dicte, High Fidelity), Lukas Løkken (One-Two-Three Now!), Angela Bundalovic (Blood Sisters), Sonny Lindberg (When the Sun Shines), Jessica Dinnage (The Man) and Johannes Kuhnke (Force Majeure).
Production will take place in Denmark and Sweden, with acclaimed Danish directors Kenneth Kainz (Dicte, The Shamer’s Daughter) and Natasha Arthy (The Killing, Fightgirl Ayse) at the helm. The series is written by Jannik Tai Mosholt, who will be showrunning alongside producer Christian Potalivo. Miso Film is producing the series with Jonas Allen and Peter Bose attached as executive producers.
Erik Barmack, Vice President of International Original Series at Netflix says: “Scandinavia is known around the world for intriguing storytelling and captivating TV. We are excited to be working with such fine local actors, writers and directors to bring a big, fresh premise to a global audience.”
Jannik Tai Mosholt adds: “Civilization is very fickle. It’s a thin layer spread out over thousands of years of basic survival. And now, after a sudden burst of inspiration, we humans believe that we have it all under control. I want to find out whether this is true. What is left of us when civilization is stripped away in an instant. How do we survive? Do we go back to being animals or do we rise to the occasion, insisting on bringing humanity into an inhumane world. I am so thrilled to be making this show with Netflix and Miso Film, and I couldn’t be happier with the cast and can’t wait to put them in a post-apocalyptic Scandinavia, where all the straight lines of the controlled North have shattered, and let uncontrolled nature take over everything.”
The Rain will premiere globally on Netflix in 2018.