SAN DIEGO — Tense hostage negotiations. Near escapes and cliffhanger rescues. Secrets that could rock multiple worlds.
These and other dramatic developments helped propel Netflix's new thriller "The Girl From Oslo" to the No. 4 spot on the streaming service's Top 10 most-viewed series. But one of the biggest surprises about "The Girl From Oslo" is that this TV collaboration between an Israeli cable company and a Norwegian media group has its creative roots in San Diego.
The 10-episode series about three young tourists who are abducted while on vacation in Egypt was co-created and co-written by Israeli screenwriter Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz, who wrote the series during her first stint as a visiting professor at San Diego State University.
