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Netflix is producing ‘fictionalised’ series about Spotify


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Published : 16 Jun 2021 07:47 PM | Updated : 17 Jun 2021 12:00 AM

Netflix has tapped the original story of one of the music industry’s biggest startup successes for a forthcoming untitled original series. The series will tell “fictionalised account” of Spotify’s co-founders, including the service’s Chief Daniel Ek.

The six-part series — which is already listed on Netflix, though with limited information — will pull from authors Jonas Leijonhufvud and Sven Carlsson, which documents the rise of Spotify under Ek and his business partner Martin Lorentzon. 

The book is said to have drawn from “over seventy interviews, along with previously untapped sources” for a “David vs Goliath story about how strong convictions, unrelenting willpower, and big dreams can help small players take on the titans of tech.”

Variety reports that the show has cast Swedish actors Edvin Endre in the role of Ek and Christian Hillborg as a fictionalised Lorentzon character. It is unclear whether a Steve Jobs-like figure will appear in the film, though it is certainly possible.    —Variety