Nine Stories Productions, Kilter Films and Bold Films will produce in association with Warner Bros. HBO’s release includes the following info about “The Son”: “Bold Films’ David Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, Michel Litvak and Svetlana Metkina also serve as executive producers with Jo Nesbø and Niclas Salomonsson. One of the most popular Jo Nesbo books, as well. “The Son” will mark their first project together since these back-to-back releases. The Son is a standalone novel, one that was published in the year of 2014, spanning about four-hundred pages or so, in total. Since Hole has become a father figure to Oleg, he comes to Norway to determine the truth about the murder. For roughly a third of Nesbø’s new novel, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. “Prisoners” opened in domestic theaters ahead of “Enemy,” but the latter actually went into production almost a year before the former. Synopsis edit Inspector Harry Hole is returned from his self-imposed exile in Hong Kong when he is told that Oleg, the son of his on-off girlfriend Rakel Fauke, has been arrested for the murder of his flatmate, Gusto. from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund. Gyllenhaal first came across the book and sent it to Villeneuve, who agreed to develop the adaptation dating back to the actor’s days working on the Boston marathon bombing drama “Stronger.” While the pair originally aimed to adapt “The Son” into a feature, the script writing process convinced them a longer story format a la a limited TV series would be better suited for the material.Īs the star of Villeneuve’s back to back 2013 films - science-fiction puzzler “Enemy” and kidnapping drama “Prisoners” - Gyllenhaal played a big role in the director’s breakthrough in the U.S. HBO has greenlit a limited series adaptation of the Jo Nesb novel The Son with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned.

Buy Now Read an excerpt Synopsis Sonny Lofthus has been in prison for almost half his life: serving time for crimes he didn’t commit. ‘Barry’ Enters a Strange New World - and Can’t Shake the Old Oneĭeadline reports that Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve have spent years trying to find their next project together. The Son The author of the bestselling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption.

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