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Yet another Joe Nesbo novella is getting the film treatment.
“Blood on Snow”, the Norwegian author’s 2015 thriller, is being developed as a directing vehicle for actor Tobey Maguire.
The project, to be produced by Maguire’s Material and Lawrence Grey’s Grey Matter Productions, marks the “Spider-Man” and “Wonder Boys” actor’s directorial debut.
Deadline, who have the scoop, say the tale centers around ”a talented trigger man named Olav, who has a love for storytelling and doing the dirty business for his employer, one of Norway’s most powerful crime bosses. When the boss tells Olav to kill his own adulterous wife, Olav finds himself torn between loyalty and love when he falls for the marked woman. It leads him to seek out his boss’s rival, and it puts everything in his life at stake.”
Nesbo uses a character named Harry Hole, a sleuth, in his books. Michael Fassbender plays the role in Tomas Alfredon’s “The Snowman”, released in October. Separately in develoment is “The Son”, which Jake Gyllenhaal and Denis Villenueve are developing.
