According to The Hollywood Reporter, Benedict will be joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eva Green and Ben Mendelsohn in adaptation of a Jo Nesbo novel directed by Cary Fukunaga. More detalis below:
Benedict Cumberbatch is getting some Blood on his hands.
The actor, who is coming off the Sundance premiere of grief drama The Thing With Feathers, is joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Blood on Snow, an indie adaptation of the Jo Nesbo crime thriller being directed by Cary Fukunaga.
Also lighting up the call sheet are Eva Green, Emma Laird and Ben Mendelsohn.
Cumberbatch is replacing Tom Hardy, who was previously on board to act and produce but stepped away due to scheduling issues. The feature is heading to a start of production at the end of month, shooting in Latvia.
Taylor-Johnson is starring a hit man/fixer named Olav who is hired by his mob boss to kill the man’s cheating wife. When Olav convinces himself he’s fallen in love with the wife and doesn’t kill her, it sets off a chain of events with tragic consequences that threaten a bloody mob war.
Character descriptions were not revealed, although it is believed that Cumberbatch is playing a rival mob boss named the Fisherman.
Nesbo wrote the script with Ben Powers.
Producing are Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer of Department M, which is also fully financing the feature. Fukunaga, Nesbo, Tracey Seaward, Niclas Salomonsson and Dean Baker are also producing.
