Variety is reporting that Ben Kingsley has signed on to star in director Daniel Alfredson’s Death of an Author, the first instalment of a feature film adaptation of Hakan Nesser’s upcoming Intrigo trilogy of novels. Kingsley will star alongside Benno Furmann (North Face) and Tuva Novotny (Borg/McEnroe).
“Hakan Nesser has fascinated millions of readers all over the world with his thrilling intrigues taking place in Maardam,” said producer Rick Dugdale. “With our trilogy of feature films we have chosen a unique and extraordinary concept to bring this mysterious world to the big screen.”
The Intrigo novels are set for publication next year and “are set in an undefined country in northern Europe” and “deal with the problems of escape, and the concepts of guilt, revenge, and atonement.”
Death of an Author is set to begin production this week, followed by Samaria and Dear Agnes. All three films are expected to be in the can by the end of August, with the first slated to hit cinemas at the end of 2018.
