Jo Nesbo ‘headhunting’ series Bestseller, Content Efforts to Sell – The Hollywood Reporter

Jo Nesbo .’s Dark Corporate Thriller Headhunting company, became a hit movie of the same name in 2011, being adapted into a TV series.

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Scandinavian star Axel Boyum (Betrayed) and Martin Wallström (Robot Mr.) guide the actors of Headhunting company series, currently in production. Boyum plays Roger Brown (Bøyum), a ruthless corporate headhunter who lies and manipulates the path to success, both personally and professionally. But when his lies start to gravitate towards him, it becomes a danger to both himself and those around him.

NS Headhunting company The film is set in 2002, before the main events of Jo Nesbo’s novel and its film adaptation. NS Headhunting company film directed by Morten Tyldum, starring Aksel Hennie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The Norwegian horror film was a resounding success, grossing nearly $19 million worldwide.

The series was formed as a co-production between Sweden’s C More and TV2 in Norway with Norwegian Yellowbird, a subsidiary of production giant Banijay, producing. Geir Henning Hopeland is directing and co-writing the screenplay with Rolf-Magne G. Andersen.

“Headhunting company will be a film with the true Jo Nesbo spirit – a fast-paced mix of dark humor and thrills,” Hopland said in a statement.

Gudny Hummelvoll for Yellowbird Norway is producing with Eleonore Anselme and Alexia af Kleen. Piodor Gustafsson is an executive producer at C More. Currently filming in Norway, Headhunting company The series is scheduled to premiere in 2022.