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Jo Nesbø, ‘Snabba Cash’ Director & ‘A Man Called Otto’ Producer Team For U.S.-Set Horror Movie ‘The Night House’


The Stephen King-esque tale is set in small town America in the mid-eighties.

EXCLUSIVE: Scandi crime master Jo Nesbø is adapting his recent novel The Night House, a Stephen King-esque tale set in small town America in the mid-eighties, into a horror movie to film next spring. Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, founder and CEO of Hope Studios, said: “Jo’s novel is both gripping and original – an entertaining roller-coaster of frights, twists and turns. The book is being adapted for the screen by David Magee ( Life of Pi), with the project reuniting the team behind A Man Called Otto, starring Tom Hanks.

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