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Pilou Asbæk, best known for his unforgettable turn as the villainous Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones and his current role in Apple TV+’s Foundation, is stepping into yet another high-profile project. The Danish actor has reportedly joined the cast of Blood on Snow, the upcoming crime thriller directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and based on the bestselling novel by Jo Nesbø. Nesbø also co-wrote the film's script with Ben Power.

Asbæk is the latest addition to a powerhouse ensemble that already includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, Emma Laird, and Ben Mendelsohn. Tom Hardy was initially on board the film but had to step away due to scheduling conflicts, leading to Cumberbatch stepping in to fill the role. While it would've been great to see Hardy take on this new project, Cumberbatch’s casting has only heightened anticipation for this movie.

Described as an indie film adaptation...

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Blood on Snow is heating up with its latest cast addition.

Pilou Asbæk, known for his work on Game of Thrones and Foundation, will co-star in the indie film adaptation of author Jo Nesbo’s 2015 crime thriller, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Previously announced castmembers include Benedict Cumberbatch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, Emma Laird and Ben Mendelsohn.

Blood on Snow centers on hit man Olav (Taylor-Johnson), who falls in love with his mob boss’ wife after being hired to kill her. Production on the film began earlier this year in Latvia.

Details of Asbæk’s role have not yet been revealed. THR previously reported that Cumberbatch stepped in to replace Tom Hardy, who was set to star and produce before exiting due to a scheduling conflict.

“Being part of Blood on Snow has been an incredible experience,” says Asbæk. “The team, cast and crew are exceptional,...

Josh Duhamel is a man on a mission of mayhem in the thriller Off the Grid. Collider has an exclusive look at the first trailer for the film, which also stars Greg Kinnear and Peter Stormare. It will be released in select theaters, on demand, and digital on June 27.

In the trailer, Duhamel is Guy, a brilliant scientist working on a generator small enough to fit in the palm of his hand; an invention that could revolutionize life on Earth. His employers agreed, but in a different way; they wanted to make it into a weapon. Thus, Guy dropped off the face of the Earth and took his research with him. Now, after years of living off the grid in Europe, he's been discovered. His sinister ex-employers (Stormare and Kinnear) send hired killers to his new home to destroy everything he's built, but they don't realize Guy has both brains and brawn on his side.

Exclusive: BAFTA-winner Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), coming off a lauded turn in HBO’s The White Lotus S3, is set to star opposite Oscar winner Angelina Jolie in the Marc Forster feature adaptation of Anxious People, the Black Bear and Hope Studios project we told you about coming into the Cannes market.

A buzzy project just got buzzier. The synopsis reads: “The day before Christmas Eve, investment banker Zara (Jolie) begrudgingly finds herself mingling with a group of strangers at an open house. When a reluctant bank robber, Grace (Wood), inadvertently takes the group hostage, chaos and oversharing ensues, secrets are revealed and literally nothing goes according to plan. A film about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.”

Based on A Man Called Ove,...

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Another Simple Favor is a dark comedy mystery crime film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay co-written by Jessica Sharzer and Laeta Kalogridis. The 2025 sequel film is set five years after the events of A Simple Favor, and it follows Stephanie, who’s now a popular true crime vlogger, as she is invited by Emily to her wedding in Italy. The wedding is soon interrupted by a brutal murder, forcing Stephanie to investigate it. Another Simple Favor stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone, Elena Sofia Ricci, Henry Golding, and Allison Janney. So, if you loved the biting dark comedy, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Another Simple Favor, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Benedict Cumberbatch will always be known for his role as Doctor Strange and for playing Sherlock Holmes in the popular TV series, but his next project just got an exciting new look. Vanity Fair has released the first new images from The Roses, the upcoming romantic comedy in which Cumberbatch stars alongside Olivia Colman and Kate McKinnon. The film is a reimagining of the 1989 classic comedy The War of the Roses, and it follows a couple whose marriage crumbles into a catastrophic and hilarious divorce. Cumberbatch and Colman feature on the beach, on a plane, and in other spots from the film in the new images, which also show the first look at other cast members such as Ncuti Gatwa, McKinnon, Allison Janney, and even a shot of director Jay Roach.

The first images of The Roses from Vanity Fair can be found here.

Michael Douglas starred in the original film,...

Despite extremely poor box office returns, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s latest superhero movie has become a major hit on streaming. Taylor-Johnson stars alongside Russell Crowe and Christopher Abbott in Kraven the Hunter, the 2024 Sony Marvel film that debuted in December and grossed only $61 million at the global box office against a $110 million budget, making it one of the biggest flops of the year. However, the film recently premiered on Netflix more than two weeks ago, and not only did it quickly become one of the more popular movies on the platform, but it has weathered the storm of new arrivals to hold down its spot. Kraven the Hunter earned a “rotten” 15% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and general audiences reviewed the film at 73%.

Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway all contributed to the script for Kraven the Hunter, and J.C. Chandor directed the film. Chandor made his directorial debut 15 years ago on Margin Call,...

Director Danny DeVito’s 1989 BAFTA-nominated film The War of the Roses is being revived with a new cast and a new film from Searchlight called The Roses. Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and BAFTA and Emmy winner Benedict Cumberbatch are set to star in The Roses, which, per Variety, has an official release date of Aug. 29.

Billed as a dark comedy-drama, The Roses is being directed by Jay Roach, who directed the Austin Powers trilogy, Meet the Parents, and Dinner for Schmucks. Tony McNamara wrote the script, which is based on DeVito’s The War of the Roses, which in turn was based on the 1981 Warren Adler novel of the same name.

A Picture-Perfect Couple

The specialty banner for The Roses describes the movie as follows: “Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Colman) and Theo (Cumberbatch) successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the facade of their supposed ideal life,...

He may not be returning to Star Wars (yet), but it looks like the Force is bringing together Oscar Isaac and Rogue One director/Andor creator Tony Gilroy. The actor is reportedly set to star in Gilroy's next feature film, a drama about a cello player — though there is very little known about the movie beyond that. If true, it would mark the first time the duo have worked together. But given the talent involved, we could absolutely see it not being the last time these two talented storytellers unite in creative collaboration.

Per the folks over at ComingSoon.net, the film is only in the script stage, with details being kept under wraps. There are, reportedly, several interested studio players involved in negotiations to grab the distribution and/or production rights to the film, currently titled Behemoth. Beyond that, your best guess is as good as ours as far as what will happen.

Exclusive: Regé-Jean Page is continuing to build on an already busy slate as we are hearing he has signed on to star and produce The Count Of Monte Cristo from Department M, the independent production studio founded by industry-leading producers Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer. Page will produce alongside his producing partner Emily Brown throgh their A Mighty Stranger banner alongside Larocca and Schaefer as well as Youtchi von Lintel via his YouRoc banner. Patrick Ness is attached to write.

The original classic novel was penned by Alexandre Dumas and follows a young sailor falsely accused of treason, who, after years of imprisonment, escapes and seeks revenge against those who wronged him, ultimately becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Hollywood has always been fond of this property with several iterations including the 2002 film starring Guy Pearce and Jim Caviezel.

For Page it gives him another fun leading man role...

European film studio Hope Studios, led by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, the veteran producer behind Sony’s hit Tom Hanks movie “A Man Called Otto,” is setting up a feature adaptation of Robin Sharma’s “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari,” the bestselling book about a life-changing journey.

Based on Sharma’s own search for life’s true purpose, “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” tells the story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the personal crisis of his out-of-balance life after a tragedy – and his transformational journey through India. Translated into 70 languages, the book has sold over 10 million copies since being first published in 1999.

The project is the latest high profile IP tackled by Hope Studios, the banner launched in November 2023 by Wikström Nicastro who spent 18 years at the Nordic powerhouse Sf Studios and became one of its pillars, producing more than 20 movies. During his tenure at the banner,...

The following contains spoilers for Invincible season 3, episode 6, "All I Can Say Is I'm Sorry," now streaming on Prime Video.

The latest Invincible episode forces Mark Grayson to confront his past failures but doesn't offer forgiveness.

Speaking to Den of Geek, series creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman discussed adapting the comic's Powerplex storyline and how this villain's agenda reframes Invincible's harrowing season 1 finale in a new light. Jokingly labeling Powerplex (voiced by Aaron Paul) as an "A-Minus" type villain, Kirkman nonetheless felt he "had a point" about the civilian deaths caused by Invincible and Omni-Man's battle and how superhero accountability is treated differently from other humans.

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Tom Hardy has exited Cary Fukunaga’s Blood On Snow and Benedict Cumberbatch is taking his place. More on the news below.

Jo Nesbø is the author behind such crime novels as The Headhunters, The Snowman and The Hanging Sun, all of which have been adapted into films. The latest Nesbø tome to get the adaptation treatment is Blood On Snow, the writer’s 2015 novel.

We reported last year that Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Tom Hardy were gearing up to star in the film, which is to be directed by No Time To Die director Cary Fukunaga. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Hardy has exited the project due to scheduling issues, but he’s being replaced by another prominent British star, Benedict Cumberbatch.

Although it hasn’t been formally confirmed yet, it’s believed that Cumberbatch will play a mob boss named Fisherman. Taylor-Johnson will play Olav, a hit man...

Vince Gilligan will forever be known for creating Walter White, Bryan Cranston's Breaking Bad character who devolved from a harmless chemistry teacher into a dangerous drug kingpin over the course of five seasons. Given today's climate, however, the TV writer now feels he'd rather be known for creating someone a bit more "inspiring."

At the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday night, Gilligan was presented with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement, per THR. During his speech, he observed how he'd earned the honor by writing "one of the all-time great bad guys" by creating Walter White, also known as Heisenberg. Gilligan clarified how he feels differently these days because of the real-life bad guys "running amuck," though he stops short of naming names. Gilligan, who also co-created the prequel series Better Call Saul with Peter Gould, even called for other writers to pull back on making...

Benedict Cumberbatch has landed his next movie role.

The 48-year-old Oscar-nominated actor is replacing Tom Hardy in the upcoming movie adaption of Jo Nesbo‘s crime thriller novel Blood on Snow directed by Cary Fukunaga.

The cast also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green, Emma Laird, and Ben Mendelsohn.

Keep reading to find out more…Tom, 47, was originally supposed to star in the movie, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In the movie, Aaron is starring” a hit man/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. After Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.”

While other character details are being kept under wraps, it is believed that Benedict...

Tom Hardy was slated to star alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Cary Fukunaga’s Blood on Snow, but THR reports that Hardy has had to drop out due to scheduling issues and will be replaced by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Also joining the cast of the crime thriller are Eva Green (Dirty Angels), Emma Laird (The Brutalist), and Ben Mendelsohn (Andor). The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø and stars Taylor-Johnson as a “hitman/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. After Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.” Nesbø co-wrote the script with Ben Powers.

It’s not known exactly who Cumberbatch will be playing, but THR says he’s...

Benedict Cumberbatch is getting some Blood on his hands.

The actor, who is coming off the Sundance premiere of grief drama The Thing with Feathers, is joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Blood on Snow, an indie adaptation of the Jo Nesbo crime thriller being directed by Cary Fukunaga.

Also lighting up the call sheet are Eva Green, Emma Laird and Ben Mendelsohn.

Cumberbatch is replacing Tom Hardy, who was previously on board to act and produce but stepped away due to scheduling issues. The feature is heading to a start of production at the end of month, shooting in Latvia.

Taylor-Johnson is starring a hit man/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. After Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.

Tons of horror news, casting updates, and trailers are released on a weekly basis, making it hard to keep up with all of the exciting movies and TV shows on the horizon. That's why we've created this helpful guide to keep you apprised of all of the latest horror updates!

From new horror video games on the horizon to trailer releases, the following list features all of the biggest updates you missed from this week, including a new look at Until Dawn, Taylor Lautner's interesting werewolf series, and a story teaser for the next Dark Pictures Anthology game!

New Until Dawn trailer teases more monsters

Sony has released another trailer for the upcoming movie version of popular horror video game Until Dawn. This one shows us more of what to expect from the film, which will force the characters to relive their deaths over and over as they try and survive until dawn.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. Today we’re talking to Protagonist Pictures execs Dave Bishop, George Hamilton and James Pugh about how the company has grown from a sales agent to an agile and innovative greenlighting operation. With a proven track record of repping worldwide and international sales on titles such as The Brutalist, The Outrun, Jimpa and Berlinale title Islands, the three discuss production ambitions and next steps.

Protagonist Pictures has been a regular fixture on the international sales circuit for nearly two decades bringing to market titles such as Oscar-nominated film The Brutalist, BAFTA-nominated pic The Outrun and, more recently, Olivia Colman and John Lithgow starrer Jimpa, which premiered in Sundance last month.

This week at the European Film Market in Berlin, the company is...

The 2025 awards season may still be a few weeks from its final hurrah, but it’s already had an impact on the film industry as buyers and sellers prepare to congregate once more at the European Film Market in Berlin.

With a lineup of Oscar frontrunners that includes “The Brutalist,” “Anora,” “The Substance” and “Emilia Pérez” — coupled with some impressive box office figures that look only set to grow — this year’s race has highlighted the desire of cinemagoers for bold, director-driven, out-of-the-ordinary fare.

“When you look at ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘The Substance,’ those films are unique, they told some of the best stories and bring a unique perspective on something,” said Scott Shooman, head of AMC Networks’ Film Group which encompasses IFC Films.

For Shooman, the EFM is exactly the place where international buyers respond to these types of packages — led by creatively minded directors.

Aaron Paul and Jacob Trembley have been cast in the Jo Nesbø horror ‘The Night House.’

Adapted by Nesbø’s bestselling novel, the movie sees Tremblay and Paul play younger and older versions of the protagonist, Richard.

The film’s synopsis reads: In the wake of his parents’ recent death, high schooler Richard (Tremblay) has been sent to live with relatives in the remote town of Ballantyne. One day, during an innocent prank call in a phone booth, Richard shockingly witnesses his classmate violently get sucked into the phone receiver and disappear without a trace. Police suspect Richard to be responsible, and no one believes his story except Karen – a fellow teenage outsider. As Richard and Karen try to understand their friend’s unspeakable death, they soon realise they have unleashed terrifying evil forces. In this twisted spin on a classic horror story, and as reality starts to blur, we...

Aaron Paul and Jacob Tremblay have officially joined the cast of The Night House, a film adaptation of the bestselling horror novel by author Jo Nesbø.

Per Variety, Paul and Tremblay will lead the upcoming horror adaptation as the younger and older versions of the film's protagonist, with more cast members expected to be announced soon. Jesper Ganslandt directs from a script penned by himself and Nesbø. Steven Schneider, best known for horror franchises such as Paranormal Activityand Insidious, serves as the producer of The Night House. The film is still in the pre-production phase, with plans to begin filming this summer. Nesbø also has a Netflix series adaptation of his novels centered around his Detective Harry Hole character in the works, with Tobias Santelmann and Joel Kinnaman set to star.

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Aaron Paul and Jacob Tremblay will join the psychological horror The Night House this Summer. The film is an adaptation of Jo Nesbo's novel by the same name and will be directed by Jesper Ganslandt. In the wake of his parents’ recent death, highschooler Richard (Tremblay) has been sent to live with relatives in the remote town of Ballantyne. One day, during an innocent prank call in a phone booth, Richard shockingly witnesses his classmate violently get sucked into the phone receiver and disappear without a trace. Police suspect Richard to be responsible, and no one believes his story except Karen - a fellow teenage outsider. As Richard and Karen try to understand their friend’s unspeakable death, they soon realise they have unleashed terrifying...

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Jacob Tremblay (Room) and Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”) will star in The Night House for producer Steven Schneider.

Not to be confused with David Bruckner‘s 2020 film of the same name, The Night House is based on the 2023 novel by Jo Nesbø, whose work was previously adapted in 2007’s The Snowman.

Tremblay and Paul will play different aged versions of the protagonist, Richard, in the psychological horror film. It’s set to shoot this summer in Álava, Spain.

In the wake of his parents’ recent death, high schooler Richard has been sent to live with relatives in the remote town of Ballantyne. One day, during an innocent prank call in a phone booth, Richard shockingly witnesses his classmate violently get sucked into the phone receiver and disappear without a trace.

Police suspect Richard to be responsible, and no one believes his story except Karen, a fellow teenage outsider. As Richard...

Aaron Paul and Jacob Tremblay are set to battle spooks and scares in upcoming elevated horror “The Night House,” adapted from Jo Nesbø’s bestselling novel.

The feature comes from genre maestro Steven Schneider who has teamed with Hope Studios’ Fredrik Wikström Nicastro and director Jesper Ganslandt.

Protagonist Pictures is launching international sales on the at the European Film Market in Berlin. WME Independent and UTA Independent Film Group are co-repping U.S. rights.

The psychological horror sees Tremblay and triple Emmy winner Paul play younger and older versions of the protagonist, Richard. Additional casting is currently in discussion and will be announced soon. The film is currently in pre-production, set to shoot this summer mainly in Álava, Spain.

Nesbø and Ganslandt have written the screenplay. Executive producers are Nesbø, Jonas Fors, Niclas Salomonsson and Juan Solá of Federation Spain and Dave Bishop, George Hamilton and James Pugh of Protagonist Pictures.

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A Simple Favor is a dark comedy mystery thriller film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Darcey Bell, the 2018 film follows Stephanie Smothers, a young widowed single mother who runs a vlog, but when her new friend, Emily Nelson, suddenly vanishes, she tries to find her. A Simple Favor stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Linda Cardellini, Dustin Milligan, Jean Smart, Rupert Friend, and Eric Johnson. So, if you loved the dark comedy, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in A Simple Favor, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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You won’t need your magnifying glass for this mystery, because we have all the answers for you. Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole, a Nordic noir series based on author Jo Nesbø’s crime novels about Detective Harry Hole, is coming to Netflix in 2026.

The series stars Tobias Santelmann as Hole, Joel Kinnaman as his adversary (and fellow detective) Tom Waaler, Pia Tjelta as Rakel Fauke, as well as Anders Danielsen Lie, Ane Dahl Torp and pop singer Dagny (Home for Christmas).

Director and executive producer Øystein Karlsen tells Tudum, “It is a great mix of a fast-paced whodunit and a genuine drama with real people and lives the viewer can relate to — and it has more twists and turns than I can remember having...

Netflix announced today that production of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole has wrapped after 113 days of shooting across 160 locations. The streaming service has shared a first-look video featuring Tobias Santelmann as Harry Hole and Joel Kinnaman as Tom Waaler in Harry’s shabby Oslo apartment.

From best-selling author Jo Nesbø, one of the leading crime writers in the world, the nine-episode series will launch on Netflix in 2026.

The streaming service also revealed that Anders Danielsen Lie, Ane Dahl Torp and pop singer Dagny (Home for Christmas) have joined the cast of the anticipated series.

Filming started on May 23, 2024, and has lasted over 113 days in Oslo, including iconic Harry Hole locations like Harry’s favorite hangout Restaurant Schrøder and Frognerbadet.

Created by one of the greatest storytellers in crime fiction, Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is a whodunnit serial killer mystery led by famed anti-hero Harry Hole. Underneath the surface, this...

Exclusive: Department M, the independent studio founded by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, has acquired the film rights to the acclaimed nonfiction book Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War, by Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent and tapped Jessica Goldberg to adapt the script. Department M will produce the feature adaptation alongside Patrick Newall.

The book follows Shannon Kent’s story, who served as an “operator” in the U.S. Military, which of the 1.3 million active-duty service members in the U.S. military, only a tiny fraction are selected in the role. Kent was one of the first women to serve at this level and was widely recognized as one of the best. She was assigned to a unit so secretive that its name can’t even be printed here, where she worked clandestinely to hunt the most wanted terrorists in the world, and in the end,...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Fifth Season and Makeready have acquired the rights to Final Score, a crime thriller spec from Will Hettinger, which Nick Rowland is set to direct.

The project reunites the companies with Rowland after work on a project in a similar vein — the forthcoming crime thriller She Rides Shotgun, starring Taron Egerton, for which Makeready is currently finalizing the domestic deal. News also comes after word that Makeready has extended by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season, also bringing Topic Studios into the fold for a joint venture spanning features, television, and unscripted content.

Said to be tonally in the vein of Sicario, Final Score follows Gamen (50s), the leader of the FBI’s tactical operations team, who recruits ex-Special Forces soldier Andy (30s) to join his unit as they try to take down both the mob and a gang of bank robbers. Brad Weston...

"Joker: Folie a Deux" may have just proven that even big-budget movies won't always top the box office when they have terrible reviews and little love from fans, but apparently the streaming world is still operating on a different level. For nearly three weeks now, the Shailene Woodley and Joseph Gordon-Levitt led film "Killer Heat" has been topping the Amazon Prime movies chart (per FlixPatrol), despite earning an abysmal 15% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes.

It may just be a sparse season for new releases on Prime Video, but given that one of the year's best films, Luca Guadagnino's sexy tennis drama "Challengers," is currently at number six on the most-streamed Prime Video films list, something about "Killer Heat" is clearly appealing to subscribers. The movie, which bypassed theaters and was released directly to Prime, tops a list that as of publication time also includes several kids' films, including John Krasinski's 2024 release "If,...

Jo Nesbo is not merely a “serial” author he is a “spree writer” who mass produces crime novels, children’s books and short stories. Some of those are converted into movies already, some of them even good, including Morten Tyldum’s 2011 thriller Headhunters, some of them bad to the bone, such as Thomas Alfredson’s 2017 “Scandi-noir” procedural The Snowman. With five more Nesbo-written titles for film and television in various stages of production, may the whole Nordic Pantheon and the fallen heroes of Valhalla help us all. The newest adaptation of his work is an Amazon-MGM production that has recently landed on Prime Video.

At first glance, it seems like a no-brainer: an adaptation of a prolific and somewhat “cinematic” writer by a couple of somewhat reputable screenwriters – Bridge Of Spies’ Matt Charman and House Of Gucci’s Roberto Bentivegna – set as the English-language debut of the “festival darling”, Ivorian filmmaker.

Prime Video’s “Killer Heat” is a new mystery thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Nick Bali, a private investigator. It shows Nick traveling to Greece to investigate the shocking death of a wealthy man named Leo Vardakis. Nick is hired by Penelope, Leo’s identical twin brother’s wife. The film takes place entirely on a scenic island and relies on the moodiness of the setting as it unravels new bits of information. It seems heavily inspired by the Hollywood noir classics that redefined the genre conventions decades ago. Fans of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and movies like “Killer Heat,” featuring slow-burn mysteries, can check out this thriller on Prime Video.

This 2024 film is based on Jo Nesbø’s short story – “The Jealousy Man.” The film is directed by Philippe Lacôte, known for directing “Night of the Kings,” a critically acclaimed fantasy drama. Besides Gordon-Levit, the film also stars Shailene Woodley and...

Jo Nesbø adaptation Killer Heat is the latest in a long line of detective films, from Chinatown and The Long Goodbye to the Knives Out series

The private detective film will always be the slinkiest and sexiest of thriller subgenres – minus the strictures and/or corruption of police procedure, crime-solving can feel as alluringly shadowy and illicit as the crime itself. Relatively few of us have ever encountered, let alone hired, a private eye; far more of us, I’d wager, have at some point entertained the fantasy that we’d be quite good at the job ourselves.

Newly out on Amazon Prime, Philippe Lacôte’s Killer Heat isn’t exactly a classic entry in the Pi canon. Based on a Jo Nesbø short story and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a moody detective investigating a sordid love triangle involving twin brothers (Richard Madden and Richard Madden) against attractive Greek island scenery,...

A good tasty noir, like “Love Lies Bleeding,” always feels contemporary, even if set in the past; that’s because it should feel as urgent as the love-and-death stakes it’s about. “Killer Heat,” on the other hand, while not quite so old-fashioned that it creaks, definitely plays like a mirage of detective noirs you’ve seen before. To start with: Could there be a worse title? It makes the movie sound like some straight-to-tape potboiler from the ’80s starring Jim Belushi and Daphne Zuniga. “Killer Heat” opens with the voice of its star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who has a way of sounding like Keanu Reeves’ brainier brother), delivering one of those logy “hardboiled” philosophical nuggets to the audience (“The Icarus myth was set on the island of Crete. And apparently no one there had learned much from his story…”).

But just as you’re ready to nod out, Gordon-Levitt, as...

“Killer Heat” is a new live-action mystery drama feature, directed by Philippe Lacôte, based on author Jo Nesbø’s short story "The Jealousy Man", starring Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden, streaming September 26, 2024 on Amazon Prime Video:

“…on a remote Greek island, twin brothers are caught in a violent love triangle…

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Killer Heat is a mystery crime thriller drama film directed by Philippe Lacôte from a screenplay co-written by Roberto Bentivegna and Matt Charman. Based on the 2021 short story titled The Jealousy Man by author Jo Nesbø, the Prime Video film is set on a Greek island and it follows the story of a troubled detective known as The Jealousy Man who is brought in to investigate the murder of one of twin brothers who were entangled in a love triangle. Killer Heat stars Shailene Woodley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Richard Madden in the lead roles with Billy Clements, Manos Gavras, Abby Lee, Clare Holman, and Babou Ceesay. So, if you loved the intense story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Killer Heat here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Just beyond the shores of Crete, a deceptive puzzle awaits unraveling. Director Philippe Lacôte’s sun-drenched noir Killer Heat seems a cheery summer prospect – mystery abounds on an archetypally photogenic Greek isle. But as American expat private eye Nick Bali assumes the case, darkness looms under the warm facade.

Familiar elements dress the setup: A supposed climbing accident proves more suspicious to bereaved sister-in-law Penelope. She privately recruits Nick to peer beneath the surface, suspecting her brother-in-law’s death conceals a sinister hand. Nick delves into the web of a local shipping tycoon’s sprawling dynasty, where fortunes, jealousies, and dangerous undercurrents run deep. All signs point to the tropical paradise hiding more than meets the eye.

Yet for all the genre trimmings, something feels lacking in Killer Heat’s bones. Characters remain strangers, relationships skin-deep. Plot progresses methodically, but scant intrigue arises – a predictable arc unravels foreseeable answers. Solid performances flounder without fertile soil.

Plot: A thrilling, contemporary mystery in classic noir style, Killer Heat follows private eye Nick Bali, an American expat in Greece, hired to investigate the supposed accidental death of young shipping magnate Leo Vardakis on the island of Crete. The victim’s sister-in-law doesn’t believe the official police report. But what exactly happened to Leo, and why? Despite the sun-drenched beauty of its exotic Mediterranean locale, Nick finds darkness at every turn: where the rich and powerful Vardakis family rule like gods, where jealousies run deep, and anyone could be a suspect.

Review: The hard-boiled detective movie has been a trope since the early days of cinema. The term “noir” has taken on a meaning in modern film that has turned into a cliche itself. If you picture the genre in your mind, you likely conjure up fedoras, femme fatales, cigarettes, cocktails, dastardly villains, and lots of gunfire. The...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley star in a very boring murder mystery streaming on Amazon

What might seem like a relatively easy ask on paper – the director of a buzzy festival hit adapting a Jo Nesbø short story with three likable and attractive actors set on the camera-ready island of Crete – has become a bizarrely effortful slog in the misshape of Killer Heat, a dull and predictable sunshine noir that wastes the time of those involved as well as ours.

Originally known as the far more appealing The Jealousy Man in print, the anonymously retitled mystery plays less like a real movie and more like a case-of-the-week episode of an ITV crime drama (without credits it’s not even 90 minutes long). Joseph Gordon-Levitt, revisiting similar yet considerably lesser territory to his role in Rian Johnson’s stylish 2005 thriller Brick, plays a run-of-the-mill private detective named Nick who is called to...

I love movies like Killer Heat, not just the movie Killer Heat. This type of knockoff fiction can be recycled and found in any big-box department store, where people gobble it up for summer reading. The film offers virtually nothing new on the subject.

Even from the clothes, setting, and moments of shadowy cinematography. So, studios do what they do: cast attractive leads and saturate the story with a faux-noir style, which many will mistake for originality.

The film is standard by the numbers, dusting off the playbook and following the step-by-step mystery genre production. I almost think the talented cast signed on for the Greek island location entirely.

Shailene Woodley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Richard Madden in Killer Heat (2024) | Image via Amazon MGM Studios Related A Superman Game Can Still Work Despite the Kryptonian’s Invincibility if Studios Stop Focusing on Gameplay – Explained Prime Video’s Killer Heat Review and...

Netflix has reaffirmed its commitment to Scandinavian originals, on Thursday an upcoming slate of productions from Sweden, Norway and Denmark that, according to Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, VP of Nordic Content at the streamer, is Netflix’s “most diverse and ambitious to date.”

Netflix has commissioned more than a dozen new and returning Nordic series, with highlights including disaster drama La Palma, about a Norwegian family whose Canary Islands’ holiday is disrupted by a volcanic eruption; The Helicopter Heist, a dramatization of a daring real-life cash depot robbery in Sweden in 2009; and Danish mystery The Habitat, which follows the mysterious disappearance of a young Filipino au pair in an affluent Danish neighborhood.

Three new, previously unannounced titles, all set to launch globally in 2025, include Synden, a crime series set in rural Sweden; the Danish feature film Sult, adapted from Tine Høeg’s 2022 novel, about a couple trying to conceive via fertility...

On Tuesday, Joseph Gordon-Levitt graces the set of Live with Kelly and Mark to discuss his upcoming film, “Killer Heat.” The thriller stars Gordon-Levitt as a damaged detective nicknamed “The Jealousy Man,” who finds himself entangled in a violent love triangle on a remote Greek island. The movie is based on Jo Nesbø’s short story, […]

Live with Kelly and Mark: Joseph Gordon-Levitt...

Exclusive: Scandi crime master Jo Nesbø is adapting his recent novel The Night House, a Stephen King-esque tale set in small town America in the mid-eighties, into a horror movie to film next spring.

The project combines Nesbø with veteran producer Fredrik Wikström Nicastro (A Man Called Otto) of Hope Studios and writer and director Jesper Ganslandt, co-creator and director of hit Netflix show Snabba Cash. Ganslandt will direct, and co-script with Nesbø. Niclas Salomonsson and Nesbø are exec producers.

The synopsis reads: “Recently orphaned, Richard has been sent to live with relatives in the remote US town of Ballantyne. One day, during an innocent prank in a phone booth, Richard shockingly witnesses his classmate getting sucked into the phone receiver – disappearing without a trace. The local police suspect Richard to be responsible and no one believes his story. No one, except Karen – a fellow teenage outsider. Together Richard...

“Killer Heat” is a new live-action mystery drama feature, directed by Philippe Lacôte, based on author Jo Nesbø’s short story "The Jealousy Man", starring Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden, streaming September 26, 2024 on Amazon Prime Video:

“…on a remote Greek island, twin brothers are caught in a violent love triangle…

“…while a damaged loser detective known as ‘The Jealousy Man’ is brought in to investigate..”

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"For some people jealousy is a lot like love. Maybe that's just how I see it..." Prime Video has revealed an official trailer for a crime thriller film called Killer Heat, set on the gorgeous Greek island of Crete. Based on the short story "The Jealousy Man" by Jo Nesbø. This film is debuting streaming on Prime Video in a few weeks, skipping theaters entirely with no festival premieres either. Hmmm. "Jealousy can drive you to the edge." The film follows twin brothers who find themselves in a dangerous love triangle on the island when an American P.I. tries to find out what happened in the accidental death of a young shipping magnate. The investigation is given to "The Jealousy Man," a wounded detective. Despite the sun-drenched beauty of its exotic Mediterranean locale, Nick finds darkness at every turn: where the rich and powerful Vardakis family rule like gods,...

Welcome to your Thursday morning trailer party! Break out the streamers and settle in for a preview buffet, starting with a new teaser for Dexter: Original Sin, the prequel series that shows how budding serial-killer-with-a-heart-of-gold Dexter Morgan became the man we remember from the original Showtime series. Watch it above!

Dexter: Original Sin stars relative unknown Patrick Gibson as a younger Dexter, and then surrounds him with better-known actors like Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Dempsey and Christian Slater as Dexter's father Harry, who sees his son's homicidal tendencies and goes, "Okay, maybe we can work with this." And original Dexter star Michael C. Hall provides Dexter's inner monologue.

The original Dexter show ended back in 2013, but the franchise has been hopping lately. Just a couple of years ago, Hall returned to the title role for a sequel show called Dexter: New Blood. That series ended with Dexter dead, but somehow...

The crowds of film sellers and buyers are still rolling into Toronto from Venice and Telluride, but the puck dropped Thursday night on the acquisitions marketplace with the premiere of Nutcrackers.

David Gordon Green has taken a detour from genre to serve up a Ben Stiller-starrer that proved a crowdpleaser in two opening-night showings.

That kind of movie — with promising premises with stars and directors with proven track records — is all over the schedule. There is a lot to like in this 2024 TIFF acquisitions market. But I’ve just come from an L.A. visit and cannot recall as bleak a black cloud hangover from the twin strikes of last year. It will take time for the business to recover, and this caution could factor into the dealmaking. Also on the minds of distributors is how elusive box office has become. Comparable films to the ones on sale here...

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Splashy Last Week On The Lido

Uncharacteristically buzzy: The Venice Film Festival ends tomorrow after an uncharacteristically buzzy second week. The festival is usually front-loaded, with the splashiest titles playing early. This year, however, Alberto Barbera, who dished to Andreas, said the lengthy runtimes of some competition titles meant the spoils had to spread across both weeks. Enter Brady Corbet’s 215-minute post-wwii epic The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, Isaach De Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola. The pic was well received, landing a 13-minute ovation from the Sala Grande audience. Pedro Almodóvar launched his English-language debut The Room Next Door with his leading ladies Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Tom Hardy have joined the cast of director Cary Fukunaga crime thriller ‘Blood on Snow.’

Based on Jo Nesbø’s best-selling novel of the same name, Nesbø is also penning the script alongside Ben Powers.

The story is set 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,...