Tomas Alfredson to Direct Jo Nesbo's 'The Snowman'

For a long time Martin Scorsese flirted with directing The Snowman, a crime thriller based on the seventh book in Jo Nesbo's crazy popular Harry Hole series. But with Scorsese way too busy with various projects, including the long-delayed Silence, a new director was sought and now one has been found in Tomas Alfredson.

Alfredson, best known for Let the Right One In and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has come aboard the Norwegian thriller that has detective Harry Hole investigating a series of murders by a killer who leaves a Snowman at each crime scene. Alfredson will collaborate on the script with The Killing creator Soren Sveistrup, while Scorsese sticks around as exec-producer.

Not having Scorsese as director probably hurts the bottom line even if Alfredson may be a more natural fit for the material. But if the film does well the plan is to build it into a franchise, of course. 

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Trailer Time: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, starring Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy

I've heard nothing but rave reviews coming out of the Venice International Film Festival for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, not that it should come as any sort of surprise considering the wealth of talent this film has to offer. An adaptation of John LeCarre's classic spy novel, it goes deep into the inner workings of British MI-6, where an ex-agent(Gary Oldman) is brought back to sniff out a traitor in their midst.

The latest trailer, aimed for US audiences rather than the UK(the film comes out next week for them) is a brisk, dialogue heavy showcase, almost as if Aaron Sorkin wanted to make an espionage thriller(which would be awesome).  Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, John Hurt, and Stephen Graham fill out a cast that's completely unfair to every other film out there. December 9th can't come fast enough. Check out the new trailer below...

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