Film Review: ‘Becoming Astrid’ Reviewed at Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale Special), Feb. 18, 2018. Running time: 123 MIN. (Original title: “Unga Astrid”) ...

The early adult life of Astrid Lindgren, the spiritual mother of such timeless children’s heroes as Pippi Longstocking and Karlsson-on-the-Roof, is explored in Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid ...

Thomas Vinterberg is ready for “The Brothers Lionheart,” based on Astrid Lindgren’s fantasy novel. “I’m writing it myself with the brilliant British writer Simon Stephens, so it’s a ...

Because it isn’t. Becoming Astrid ’s saving grace is Alba August. She is in almost every frame of this film, and gives life to what, on paper, amounts to a Lifetime channel biopic.

The creator of such popular children’s series as Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof and the Six Bullerby Children, Sweden’s Astrid Lindgren, whose stories have been the ...

Independent studio Media Res (The Morning Show) has enlisted Oscar-winning filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) to spearhead a TV adaptation of the Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s ...

StudioCanal, Heyday Films and the Astrid Lindgren Company have revealed they are in early development on a film adaptation of Pippi Longstocking.  ...

“Lindgren lives in the heart of not only the entire Swedish population, but in those of people far beyond our borders. The story of her life is both fascinating and moving, and this is what we want to ...