Fredrik Backman’s My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is back among the New York Times Best Seller List’s top ten, shooting up to No. 5 in its fourth week. It is joined by A Man Called Ove, which comes in at No. 3 in its 20th consecutive week on the list.
Dakota Fanning will star in Academy Award-winning director Janusz Kaminski’s upcoming thriller The Postcard Killings, the movie based on Liza Marklund and James Patterson’s novel Postcard Killers. The screenplay is written by Liza Marklund, Tove Alsterdal and Andrew Stern and it centers on a New Yorker as his life is thrown into turmoil when he learns that his newly married daughter has been brutally murdered. As he digs into the case, similar crimes are reported across Europe with each killing accompanied by a postcard sent to a local journalist. As he follows the trail of clues, a young reporter — played by Fanning — receives the next postcard.
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove leaps up to No. 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List in its 19th consecutive week on the list.
Publishers Weekly May 9th issue dedicates a lengthy article to New York Times Best Selling author Fredrik Backman’s ongoing success in the US. His debut novel A Man Called Ove has recorded extraordinary sales and listings in the English language market as well as the international one, as have the novels that came after it: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry and Britt-Marie Was Here. For a look at the full article, click the “Read more” button below.
Fredrik Backman’s Britt-Marie Was Here has been chosen as the No. 1 pick on the LibraryReads May 2016 list. Based on the nominations of librarians all across America, the LibraryReads list highlights the most highly anticipated books coming out that month. Vicki Nesting of the St. Charles Parish Library, LA, praises Backman’s third novel in her motivation:
“With its wonderful cast of oddball characters and sly sense of humor, this novel is sure to capture readers’ hearts. Highly recommended.”
Bestselling author Jørn Lier Horst’s award-winning series about Police Inspector William Wisting is to be made into a TV series. The dramatization is a collaboration between Good Company Films and Cinenord, who will together create a six to ten episode series for an international audience. The William Wisting TV series is set to start shooting in the autumn of 2017.
Jørn Lier Horst & Hans Jørgen Sandnes’ Operation Circus, the ninth book in their Detective Agency No. 2 series, is No. 1 on the Norwegian bestseller list of children’s fiction.
Mila Kunis and Bryan Cranston are attached to star in Jackpot with Will Gluck (Easy A) directing. Jennifer Garner is also in talks to join the ensemble. Jackpot is a remake of a 2011 Norwegian action comedy directed by Magnus Martens based on a Jo Nesbø story about a man who wakes up in a strip bar clutching a shotgun surrounded by dead men and police guns aimed at him.
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove remains steady at No. 4 on the New York Times Best Seller List in its 18th consecutive week on the list.
The theatrical adaptation of Kaspar Colling Nielsen’s The Danish Civil War 2018-2024 is all set for its world premiere this September. An imaginative contemporary comedy about what can happen when democracy crumbles and humanity loses its faith in love and fellowship, the adaptation of Colling Nielsen’s bestselling title will play at Copenhagen’s Nørrebro Teater between September 10th and October 22nd.
Germany, HarperCollins
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Serbia, Treći Trg
Closed by Emma Granberg
Norway, Trøndelag Fylkeskommune
Closed by Linda Andersson
Albania, Shkupi
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Croatia, Znanje
Closed by Emma Granberg
Serbia, Dokaz
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
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