Benedict Cumberbatch has joined Blood on Snow with THR breaking the news that the actor will step into the role once set for Tom Hardy. Aaron Taylor-Johnson leads No Time To Die director Cary Fukunaga’s crime thriller alongside Cumberbatch, Eva Green, Emma Laird, and Ben Mendelsohn. Taylor-Johnson stars as a hitman/fixer named Olav, who is […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Tom Hardy to star in Jo Nesbo adaptation Blood on Snow
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Tom Hardy are set to team with No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga for Blood on Snow, an adaptation of the bestselling crime novel from Jo Nesbo. The film, which is being shopped to potential buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be set in 1970s Olso and see Taylor-Johnson […]
Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal re-team for HBO’s The Son from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy
Jake Gyllenhaal will be re-teaming with his Prisoners and Enemy director Denis Villeneuve for The Son, an HBO limited series adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The Son is “a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.” It focuses on Sonny Lofthus, “an escaped convict: an opioid […]
Ben Stiller to direct Oscar Issac in adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s London
This news is something of a refreshing mystery, but what little we do know about London is that Ben Stiller is set to direct Oscar Issac in an adaptation of the short-story by Headhunters writer Jo Nesbo. The Hollywood Reporter say that Issac bought the rights to the story via his Mad Gene Media company, […]
The Snowman director Tomas Alfredson gets very candid about what went wrong with the film
The film adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman is releasing this week in theaters, and the critical reaction hasn’t been pretty. Our own review had this to say: “How it is a film of this magnitude could fall at every hurdle is to be beholden, and one can only presume Alfredson, in years to come, […]
Second Opinion – The Snowman (2017)
The Snowman, 2017. Directed by Tomas Alfredson Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, Toby Jones, Val Kilmer and J.K. Simmons SYNOPSIS: Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. For the third time this year, Michael Fassbender has delivered a decent […]
Tobey Maguire to make directorial debut with Jo Nesbo’s Blood on Snow
THR is reporting that Tobey Maguire will make his directorial debut with Blood on Snow, an adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s 2015 crime thriller novel, which is being produced by Material and Grey Matter Productions. Blood on Snow “centers on Olav, a contract killer in Oslo who, when instructed to kill his adulterous wife, falls into […]
Bond screenwriters adapting Jo Nesbo’s I Am Victor for director Baltasar Kormakur
Regular James Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are to pen an adaptation of Norwegian author Jo Nesbo’s upcoming novel I Am Victor, which has Baltasar Kormakur (Everest) attached to direct and produce. The crime thriller follows “a skilled but morally corrupt and narcissistic divorce attorney. When he finds himself framed for a series […]
Michael Fassbender in talks for Jo Nesbo adaptation The Snowman
According to Variety, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is in talks to star in The Snowman, an adaptation of author Jo Nesbo’s bestselling crime novel, which is set to be directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). The seventh entry in Nesbo’s Harry Hole series, the plot sees the Norwegian detective investigating […]
Movie Review – The Snowman (2017)
The Snowman, 2017. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, Toby Jones, J.K. Simmons, Chloe Sevigny, and Sofia Helin. SYNOPSIS: When an elite crime squad’s lead detective (Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. […]
