More Jo Nesbo adaptations

After the phenomenal success of 'Headhunters', the big screen version of Nesbo's book of the same name and the similar success of the Steig Larsson books that were adapted to the big screen in their native language (not the English speaking version which actually struggled). It was inevitable that more of these incredibly popular dark murder mystery books from Scandanavia would be bought up and made into films.

The first up is a film based by Norwegian director Magnus Martens who is making 'Jackpot' which Jo Nesbo helped write the screenplay for. The director described it as "that his adaptation channels the black comedy of the Coen brothers and films such as Fargo" which is also something that 'Headhunters' was compared to. The film is about four men who win a huge amount of money on the Football Pools and we see how they come about winning the money as well as what happens afterwards. The structure is richly complex with numerous narratives running simultaneously and is actually released in the UK on Friday 10th August.

The Snowman book cover

The second film is the book that made Jo Nesbo a famous author. The Snowman followed detective Harry Hole who features in a number of Nesbo's books but had the most intriguing and surprising plot of the series. Hole must find the sadistic serial killer lose around Oslo who builds Snowmen outside of people's houses before killing them on the first day of the snow in the winter. With many plot twists and nerve-jingling moments it really is a pleasure to read which should make the film a joy to watch. Oh and I nearly forgot, Martin Scorcese is directing the film so expect an impressive cast and a big budget.