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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Hardy & Cary Fukunaga Team For Jo Nesbo Crime-Thriller ‘Blood On Snow’

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals, Bullet Train, Kraven) is set to star in crime thriller Blood on Snow, based on Jo Nesbø’s best-selling novel of the same name. Cary Joji Fukunaga (No Time to Die, Masters of the Air, True Detective) will direct from a screenplay by Nesbø, with revisions by Ben Power.

Tom Hardy (The Bikeriders, The Revenant, Venom), who is set to play a supporting role as “Fisherman, and Dean Baker will produce the project under their Hardy Son & Baker banner, alongside Fukunaga, Nesbø, Niclas Salomonsson, and Hayden Lautenbach.

The buzzy story unfolds in 1970’s Oslo, where two rival gang leaders—Hoffman and the Fisherman (Hardy) —vie for control. Hoffman’s trusted hitman, Olav (Johnson), is a cold, efficient killer, perfect for the job. But beneath his ruthless exterior lies an unexpected intelligence and an unwavering moral code shaped by a complicated childhood.

When Hoffman orders his own wife to be murdered, Olav’s principles clash with his loyalties. Instead of pulling the trigger, he hatches a scheme that makes him Hoffman’s next target and with nowhere safe to turn, Olav forms an uneasy alliance that places him at the heart of Oslo’s deadly gang war. Once a violent enforcer, Olav’s choice makes him an unlikely hero in a world where no good deed goes unpunished.

Filming is due to take place later this year.

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Kristina Ohlsson shortlisted for 2024 BookBeat Award

Kristina Ohlsson is shortlisted for this year’s BookBeat Award in the “Crime Writer of the Year” category. The winner will be determined based on the audiobook service’s statistics from the past year.

The winning authors and titles will be announced during the Crimetime Awards ceremony at the Gothenburg Book Fair on September 28.

‘The Glass Man’ No. 1 in Sweden

The second installment in Anders de la Motte’s bestselling Leo Asker series, The Glass Man, shoots to No.1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks this week.

Kristina Ohlsson the most sold of quarter two in Sweden

The comprehensive sales statistics for Q2 2024 have been published, and the fourth installment in the August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescue, is the No. 1 most sold title on both the fiction list and the one for total sales. The lists highlight the top 20 bestsellers based on sales value, with total sales including all print and digital formats combined.

‘The Guilt You Carry’ and ‘Death on Capri’ on the Swedish bestseller list

The eight installment in Hjorth & Rosenfeldt’s thrilling Sebastian Bergman series The Guilt You Carry comes in at No. 2 on the bestseller list for paperback this week. Meanwhile, Anders & Anette de la Motte’s murder mystery Death on Capriclaims the No. 5 spot on the hardcover list.

‘Beyond Rescue’ No. 2 on the Swedish bestseller list for the second quarter

The official statistics of the bestselling titles in Sweden during the second quarter of 2024 have just been published. The fourth book in Kristina Ohlsson’s bestselling August Strindberg series, Beyond Rescueis No. 2 in the hardcover category.

Exclusive first trailer of Øystein Karlsen’s ‘So Long, Marianne’

An exclusive first trailer of So Long, Marianne, the Norwegian-Canadian drama series about the life of Leonard Cohen created by Øystein Karlsen, has just been released on Deadline.

The eight-part series tells the story of the Canadian singer and poet’s love story with Marianne Ihlen, who became his muse after they got together in the 1960s and is an intimate tale of two, lonely people falling in love, during a period of their life when they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world, while one is becoming one of the most famous singers of all time.

Alex Wolff (A Quiet Place: Day One, Oppenheimer) plays Cohen, with Thea Sofie Loch Næss (The Last Kingdom, Delete Me,) playing Marianne. Also cast are Anna Torv (The Newsreader, The Last of Us, Mindhunter), Noah Taylor (Preacher, Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones) and Peter Stormare (American Gods, Fargo).

The show premieres on NRK in Norway and German streaming pubcaster ARD Mediathek on September 22 before launching on Crave five days later. Further rollout follows later in the year.

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Ellen Helinder, Kelly Gale, Agnes Kittelsen and Frank Kjosås join the cast of ‘Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole’

It’s now official that Ellen Helinder, Kelly Gale, Agnes Kittelsen and Frank Kjosås are joining the star-studded cast of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, Netflix’s forthcoming crime series based on the Harry Hole novels from Jo Nesbø.
Director Anna Zackrisson (Deliver Me, The Helicopter Heist) has also joined the production, which as previously reported, will star Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman and Pia Tjelta. Created and written by Nesbø, the show’s other director is Øystein Karlsen. The cast will also include Peter Stormare, Simon Berger and Anders Baasmo, among else.

Tor Arne Øvrebø is producing the series, which hails from Working Title Television and Universal International Studios. Executive producers include Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Katy Rozelle, Rene Ezra, Øystein Karlsen, Jo Nesbø, Niclas Salomonsson. The show is slated to debut on Netflix in 2026.

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‘Nothing But the Truth’ still No.1 in Sweden

Stefan Ahnhem’s thrilling stand alone Nothing But the Truth stays put at No. 1 on the bestseller list for paperbacks for the second consecutive week.

‘Blood Ties’ No. 1 in Slovakia

Jo Nesbø’s Blood Ties, to be published in Slovakia on September 10th, is already No. 1 on Martinus, Slovakia’s biggest online retailer.