Monday, September 05, 2011

UK Rights to Icelandic Thriller Black's Game Secured; US Next?

Svartur á leik by Stefán Máni

Entertainment One has secured the UK rights to the film Black's Game, adapted from the 2004 Icelandic crime novel Svartur á leik by Stefán Máni.

The storyline is set in the mid- to late-1990s when the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.

The film, which is currently in post-production, is expected to be shopped at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. With all the interest in Nordic noir, and the fact that Nicolas Winding Refn is executive producing — his crime thriller Drive, adapted from the novel by James Sallis, opens next week — we expect to see a US distributor soon.

Máni is the author of nine crime novels, none of which (to our knowledge) have been translated into English (though a couple have been translated into French and German).

(Source: The Hollywood Reporter.)

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