Red Herring Story will focus on international co-production of socially-conscious crime thrillers

Trom creator Torfinnur Jákupsson has announced the launch of a new, London-based development company with a Canary Wharf-set drama on the slate.

Red Herring Story’s focus will be on international co-production, developing socially-conscious crime narratives with political and environmental themes, in distinctive global locations.

Red Herring Story is a UK affiliate of GRÓ Studios, the first Faroese film and television studio founded in 2022. Among its first projects is a noir crime thriller set in Canary Wharf, exploring greenwashing, global finance and political influencing.

As part of its UK expansion, Red Herring Story is also introducing its Faroese equivalent Roykstovan, a reimagined writers’ room inspired by Faroese storytelling traditions.

Jákupsson (pictured left) explains: “For the past three years, we’ve been developing an exciting slate of high-end Nordic and international thrillers.

“Red Herring Story gives us a direct London base to foster closer collaborations with UK broadcasters, streamers, and co-production partners to bring those projects to market, as well as to expand our UK slate.

“Red Herring Story aims to bridge the Nordic storytelling tradition of atmospheric investigative thrillers with the sharp, dynamic intensity of British drama. Our focus is on culturally relevant stories with a strong sense of place that also resonate beyond borders.”

Jákupsson created Faroese drama Trom, based on the Hannis Martinsson novels by Faroese author Jógvan Isaksen; it was broadcast on BBC4 in 2022.