Back in October, it was rumored that Martin Scorsese was in talks to direct an adaptation of Jo Nesboâs The Snowman and that is now confirmed. The book marks the seventh entry in Nesboâs âHarry Holeâ series and the plot is officially described as follows:
It is November in Oslo and the first snow of the year has fallen. Birte Becker comes home from work and praises the snowman her husband and son have made in the garden. But they havenât made a snowman. As the family stand by the sitting room window looking out in amazement at the snowman, the son notices that it is facing the house. The black eyes are staring at the window. At them.
Detective Inspector Harry Hole receives an anonymous letter signed âThe Snowman.â Later he finds an alarming common thread in all the old disappearance cases. Married women go missing the day the first snow falls. That same night Sylvia Pedersen is fighting her way through the first snow in a forest outside Oslo. She knows she is running for her life, but she doesnât know what from. Nor does she know what lies ahead. Fortunately.
The Working Title Films project will be written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z). Working Titleâs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce. Nesbo and his literary agent Niclas Salomonsson will receive executive producer credits.
