Thåström & Nick Cave

Nick Cave, Thastrom Animated Series ‘Before They Were Gods’ in Works From Mans Marlind, Banijay (Exclusive)

Cave may have never met Swedish rock star Thastrom before, but the series — literally the result of a dream by Marlind — pits them as idealistic, philosophical 14-year-old friends living in Sweden and searching for truth, beauty and wine.

BY ALEX RITMAN

Before They Were Gods COURTESY OF BANIJAY

Nick Cave is getting the animated TV treatment, but in a somewhat unusual manner that seems befitting for the iconic Australian rocker.

The legendary Bad Seeds and Birthday Party frontman, alongside Swedish rock star Thåström, has thrown his support behind a new series from award-winning Swedish director/writer Måns Mårlind (Midnight Sun, The Bridge) and animation company Brokendoll.

Before They Were Gods, which is being developed by Banijay’s acclaimed Swedish production company Yellow Bird, is set in an imaginary world, in which the two musicians were close friends as 14-year-olds, before they would turn into major rock gods. Billed as a story of friendship, the series sees the two search for the ultimate truth, everlasting beauty, and cheap wine. Sometimes they find it, but mostly not. Always there, close to them both, is the promise of endless love in the form of the mysterious and beautiful Linnea who they have both deeply fallen for.

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