Lunderskov Magic joins forces with CMG for period copro Gunsmoke & Mirrors

L-R: Michael Lunderskov, Nicole Finnan and Allan Sperling

Danish production company Lunderskov Magic, led by producer Michael Lunderskov (The Zookeeper), together with the UK’s CMG Productions are pairing up for international coproduction Gunsmoke & Mirrors.

The two companies are working alongside UK producer Nicole Finnan (Alex Rider, Brideshead Revisited) and Denmark’s Allan Sperling (Reyka, Spinners) for the period drama.

The series is set in the late 19th century and chronicles the transformation of Christian Rørmose Madsen, a Danish petty criminal turned war hero and frontier legend.

It was created by Danish producer, writer and media entrepreneur Lunderskov and based on Chris Madsen’s autobiography and contemporary accounts, along with the work of Frans Ørsted Andersen’s Et Liv På Kanten (A Life on the Edge), which the production companies have optioned.

Alongside the drama series, the production companies are also developing both a Danish- and English-language podcast and a documentary.

Lunderskov has worked across a range of international feature films and television productions over the past two decades, including The Zookeeper (starring Sam Neill), Return to Sender (Connie Nielsen and Aidan Quinn), A Song for a Raggy Boy (Quinn and Iain Glen), The Black Pimpernel (Michael Nyqvist) and Prisoner of Rio (Paul Freeman, Stephen Berkoff and Sonya Braga).

Gunsmoke & Mirrors marks CMG’s first drama project, joining its expanding slate of high-end original IP for the global market, with founders Rebecca Knight and Claire McArdle drawing on their scripted experience prior to founding the company.