The first season bowed on Swedish broadcasterTV4in 2021.
It dramatized a twisted murder mystery in the rural Swedish village of Knutby that involved a cult-like church congregation.
The six-episode sophomore season drops on TV4 Play next month.
The Congregation: The Bride of ChristTV4/B-Reel
The people concerned are in the news and headlines and were seeing how they deal with that pressure.
Stuff gets even darker, he says.
Season 2 also introduces Alexander Jubell as the congregations new pastor, and hell be at the Goteborg launch.
‘The Helicopter Heist‘ (Credit:Netflix)
It is about the characters and the lengths people go to just to be part of something.
The psychology of a cult or a very strong congregation is fascinating.
It wasnt finished with that criminal case that ended Season 1.
The Swedish indie has also made movies including Ari Asters folk horrorMidsommarwith A24 and Square Peg.
For Ahlund, the through-line for B-Reels output is a lack of cynicism.
We dont approach projects thinking we could sell this, or this is what people are asking for.
Its about going for the stories and the creatives that we feel passionately about.
The book had been optioned and a U.S.-produced movie was being lined up starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
We wanted to do a series about people and the choices that they had to make.
The series duly debuted at the Stockholm Film Festival last November.
The team are regulars on the festival circuit.
Bloody MenMovie
Two alums fromThe Pirate Bayteam are now working on a new B-Reel project.
Jens Sjogren will directJavla Karlar(Bloody Menin English) from Jakob Beckhams script.
The movie adaptation of the award-winning novel from Andrev Walden is slated to enter production this year.
The company is working up some as-yet-unidentified UK-originated IP.
Thats somehow what we bring to the table.
People that have seen it are taken aback by the stuff that they didnt know.
Is Season 2 the end ofThe Congregationstory?
There is still stuff coming out about the aftermath that we might have to revisit.
