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Benedict Cumberbatch replacing Tom Hardy in Blood on Snow

February 16, 2025 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Blood on Snow, Cary Fukunaga, Jo Nesbo, Tom Hardy

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Tom Hardy to star in Jo Nesbo adaptation Blood on Snow

September 8, 2024 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Blood on Snow, Cary Fukunaga, Jo Nesbo, Tom Hardy

Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal re-team for HBO’s The Son from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy

October 20, 2020 by Ricky Church

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Denis Villeneuve, HBO, jake gyllenhaal, Jo Nesbo, Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, The Son

Ben Stiller to direct Oscar Issac in adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s London

June 16, 2020 by Matt Rodgers

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, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: ben stiller, Jo Nesbo, London, Oscar Issac

Second Opinion – The Snowman (2017)

October 21, 2017 by Helen Murdoch

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 […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: charlotte gainsbourg, J.K. Simmons, Jo Nesbo, Jonas Karlsson, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, The Snowman, Toby Jones, Tomas Alfredson, Val Kilmer

The Snowman director Tomas Alfredson gets very candid about what went wrong with the film

October 18, 2017 by Jordan Jones

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, […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Jo Nesbo, Michael Fassbender, The Snowman, Tomas Alfredson

Movie Review – The Snowman (2017)

October 12, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

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. […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Thomas Harris Tagged With: charlotte gainsbourg, Chloe Sevigny, J.K. Simmons, Jo Nesbo, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Sofia Helin, The Snowman, Toby Jones, Tomas Alfredson, Val Kilmer

The Snowman featurette explores the Jo Nesbo adaptation

October 11, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

With The Snowman set to arrive in cinemas this Friday, Universal Pictures has released a new featurette for the upcoming big screen adaptation Jo Nesbo’s best-selling novel which features interviews with the author, director Tomas Alfredson, stars Michael Fassbender, J.K. Simmons, and Rebecca Ferguson, and producers Robyn Slovo and Piodor Gustafsson; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Trailer and […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: J.K. Simmons, Jo Nesbo, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, The Snowman

Bond screenwriters adapting Jo Nesbo’s I Am Victor for director Baltasar Kormakur

April 10, 2017 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Baltasar Kormakur, I Am Victor, Jo Nesbo, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

Tobey Maguire to make directorial debut with Jo Nesbo’s Blood on Snow

April 9, 2017 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Blood on Snow, Jo Nesbo, Tobey Maguire

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