The film based on the Swedish cult-TV series ‘Kenny Starfighter' (1999) reunites the same artistic team: filmmaking duo Carl Åstrand and Mats Lindberg - well-established commercials specialists, and lead actor Johan Rheborg. The script is co-written by Åstrand, Lindberg and Lars V. Johannsson (Kopps, A Summer Tale).
Kenny Begins is produced by S/S Fladen's Patrick Ryborn, with co-financing from SVT, Nordisk Film, Film i Skåne, FilmGate - handling digital effects in Göteborg - and support from the Swedish Film Institute and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. "I hope the film will be popular across the Nordic countries and internationally, because it is a concept film, a real adventure movie with a fantastic story," said Ryborn. The film will be released domestically by Nordisk Film in February 2009.
Well known for delivering popular comedies by filmmakers/writers Måns Herngren (The Reunion) and Hannes Holm (Wonderful and Loved by All), S/S Fladen is also busy with the shooting of Herngren's new film (still without a title). "It's a comedy in the same vain as The Full Monty, about a group of middle-aged men, long-time friends, who decide to enter a competition of synchronised swimming," explains Ryborn. The SEK 25m film is co-produced by Zentropa International in Berlin, Gädda Film, SVT, Nordisk Film, with support from Medienboard Berlin, the SFI and Nordisk Film & TV Fond.