Scorsese To Make A Snowman

You have probably already guessed but no, this is not a family Christmas movie in the works for the old master. It's actually a serial killer thriller based on a book by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo. Since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hit big Scandinavian thrillers have become Hollywood's new in thing; with another Nesbo's books 'Headhunters' optioned just last week.

One thing is for sure, when DiCaprio is cast in the lead he'll want a name change for the detective.

The news comes from Comingsoon.Net  via The Trades.

Martin Scorsese may have found his followup to the upcoming Hugo. Variety reports that the legendary director has expressed an interested in adapting Jo Nesbø's The Snowman into a feature film. Matthew Michael Carnahan is in talks to provide the screenplay.

The book marks the seventh entry in Nesbø's "Harry Hole" 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 haven’t 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 “The Snowman”. 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 doesn’t know what from. Nor does she know what lies ahead. Fortunately.

Comments

[Matt (Fry)]

Damn it! I don't care about another Scandinavian thriller! I want The Irishman with Pacino, DeNiro and Pesci, damn it!