Drag Queen ‘Amateur’ Crime Caper ‘Queen Heist’ and ‘Liberating’ Romcom ‘The Good Widow’ Added to Banijay Finland’s Burgeoning Scripted Slate (Exclusive)

Banijay Finland, behind MHz Choice U.S. pick-up “The Hanko Murder” and popular procedural “Maria Kaillo,” is growing its scripted lineup adding drag queen caper “Queen Heist,” ordered by go-ahead Finnish pubcaster Yle as an eight-part half hour, as well as late-life love feature “The Good Widow,” now in development.

Both the new titles examine real-life issues – self-discovery in “Queen Heist,” inter-generational relationships in “The Good Widow” – but have a large entertainment drive already seen in “The Hanko Murder,” a light crime Noir set in a sunny Finland at the picturesque coastal town of Hanko and mixing a murder and a father-daughter relationship.