Rapper and comedian Anders Matthesen will play Tommy Seebach, a Danish pop culture icon, in Sf Studios’ new movie, “Under the Stars in the Sky.”

The film will be directed by Kasper Gaardsøe with a screenplay by Jannik Tai Mosholt and Stefan Jaworski. “Under the Stars in the Sky” is produced by Tall and Small, and Sf Studios is co-producing and distributing the film in the Nordics. The movie will start shooting in spring 2024 and have its theatrical release in Denmark in February 2025.

“Under the Stars in the Sky” will chart Seebach’s rise to fame after participating in the Danish Song Grand Prix with the cult hit “Disco Tango” in 1979. The song became a huge hit in Denmark, ranking sixth in the Eurovision Song Contest, at which Seebach represented Denmark three times.

The film also tells a family story, about a father whose addiction got so bad that he...