Clark – a six episode drama series about the Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson who has been referred to as a “celebrity gangster”, has given rise to the concept of Stockholm syndrome, managed to escape prisons and committed robberies all over Europe. Clark Olofsson will be portrayed by Bill Skarsgård, who is best known for his terrorizing and iconic portrayal of “Pennywise” in the Stephen King saga I t . Later this year he stars in the Netflix film The Devil All The Time and in the Sundance hit Nine Days for Sony Pictures Classic. On television, Skarsgård most recently starred in Hulu’s Castle Rock , a psychological drama series from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King. Internationally acclaimed Jonas Åkerlund, who’s visually driven signature style often pushes the boundaries of the status quo, will be directing. Production company is Scandinavian Content Group. Based on the truth and lies of Clark Olofsson’s autobiography, the Swedish language series will feature Clark’s early years until present day. The notorious gangster started his criminal career in the 1960s and became one of the most controversial personalities in contemporary Swedish history. Convicted of several counts of drug trafficking, attempted murder, assault, theft and dozens of bank robberies, he has spent more than half his life behind bars and has left behind a trail of trauma, heartbreak, disappointment and general devastation. In the 1970s Clark gave rise to the idea of “The Stockholm Syndrome” during a failed bank robbery in Stockholm – and has ever since kept his position as celebrity criminal fooling all of Sweden to fall in love with him. Just like he desired. Clark will be produced by Scandinavian Content Group and directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The series is based on Clark Olofsson’s autobiography “Vafan var det som hände” and will launch exclusively on Netflix. Learn more about the projects and the people involved here: http://scandinaviancontentgroup.com/portfolio-items/clark/