Michael Fassbender been receiving lots of plaudits for his portrayal of Steve Jobs in, oh that film that Danny Boyle directed about Apple’s former boss… whatever it’s called. But he already has one eye on a potential future gig – as Fassbender is in talks to star in the adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s **The Snowman.
Cast thoughts of sweet frosty folk coming to life one winter’s night, though. This is adapted from one of Nesbø’s bestselling series of Harry Hole novels. The Oslo cop, a boozy, fags-and-fatalism maverick in the best traditions of movie ‘tecs like Jake Gittes and Popeye Doyle, is in his early ‘40s in the books and an outsider in his own department. In the story, he’s investigating a missing persons case launched when a woman’s pink scarf is found wrapped around the neck of an ominous-looking snowman.
Working Title has been trying to get this one made for a while, and Martin Scorsese was attached to direct in the past. He’s still named as an executive producer alongside Nesbø himself, with Tomas Alfredson taking up the megaphone, working from an adaptation by Søren Sveistrup.
Fassbender will be back on our screens on October 2 with Macbeth. Steve Jobs (ah! That’s the title!) follows on November 13, and X-Men: Apocalypse will be with us on May 19 next year.