Development Nesbø is adapting the script (with screenwriter
Ben Power), based on his own best-selling novel of the same name.
Cary Joji Fukunaga is attached as director with
Tom Hardy and
Aaron Taylor-Johnson attached to the cast. Hardy and Dean Baker are producers on the project for Hardy Son & Baker, alongside Fukunaga, Nesbø, Niclas Salomonsson, and Hayden Lautenbach and Mike Larocca for Department M. In February 2025, Hardy left the project due to scheduling conflicts, and that
Benedict Cumberbatch was cast instead, with
Eva Green,
Emma Laird, and
Ben Mendelsohn joined the cast as well. In July,
Pilou Asbæk was added to the cast.
Music The original score for the film is created by
Nick Cave and
Warren Ellis.
Filming Principal photography began in February 2025, in
Riga,
Latvia. ==Release==