Following on from the success of Swedish author Steig Larsson and the Millenium trilogy, Jo Nesbo is the next big Scandinavian author whose books have become popular and unsurprisingly have had a lot of interest from writers and directors wanting to adapt them into movies. This also coincides with the success of many TV thrillers that have made their way over from Denmark to the UK and US which include the sublime The Killing and Borgen which have been shown on BBC4.
Jo Nesbo
I recently finished reading 'The Snowman' by Jo Nesbo which features recurring detective Harry Hole and is a great thriller for anybody looking for a new book to read. Martin Scorcese has already shown some considerable interest in directing and producing this movie which is hugely exciting. It is a book with a great plot and complex characters that make it perfect for adapting to the big screen. Nesbo stated he is a lot more apprehensive about selling the Harry Hole stories especially whilst they are being written,
Jo Nesbo has said that all royalties coming from the books now will be donated to his foundation to fight illiteracy in the third world so believes a huge movie deal will help in a big way in terms of money and awareness. My only aim now is to read the book by the time the movie is released.
The film 'Headhunters' is released on Friday 6th April in the UK and the trailer is below:
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