Filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga, of True Detective: Season 1 and the last James Bond film No Time to Die, is in the middle of production of his new crime thriller Blood on Snow, an adaptation of the 2015 Jo Nesbo novel of the same name, for which he has assembled a stellar cast comprising Benedict Cumberbatch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, Ben Mendelsohn, and Emma Laird.
As per the latest update in The Hollywood Reporter, Norwegian actor Pilou Asbæk, who played Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones and in Foundation Season 3, has joined the cast. The actor, who is cast in an undisclosed role, came on board after Tom Hardy, who was initially attached to it, wasn't available due to scheduling conflicts. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the lead character, Olav, a hitman.
According to the official synopsis of the book, the story is set in Oslo in the 1970s: "the story of an unusually complicated contract killer—the perfectly sympathetic antihero—that is, as well, an edgy, lyrical meditation on death and love. Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living—terminally—it's hard to get close to anyone. Olav’s latest job puts him at the pinnacle of his trade, just as he's finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. She's his boss's wife. And Olav's just been hired to kill her."
Fukunaga directs the film from a script by Jo Nesbo and Ben Power, with backing from producers Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, in association with Fukunaga, Nesbo, Tracey Seaward, Niclas Salomonsson, Youtchi von Lintel and Dean Baker.
Previously, the Jo Nesbo thriller The Snowman — one of the books featuring the investigator Harry Hole — was adapted by director Thomas Alfredson, starring Michael Fassbender. Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve is also reportedly working on an adaptation of a Jo Nesbo book 'The Son' with Jake Gyllenhaal, with whom he worked on the acclaimed 2013 thriller Prisoners.
