Martin Scorsese Circling Serial Killer Film The Snowman

Variety reports Working Title who is best known for films like Love Actually, Atonement and the budding George Smiley franchise (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy) is looking to pull in Martin Scorsese to direct their next project. They've got a hold of the rights to Jo Nesbø's The Snowman which involves a Norwegian serial killer and detective Harry Hole. They have screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan (State of Play, World War Z) tackling the script with Martin circling the director's chair.

It's just one installment in a series of novels. Considering how much play David Fincher's Swedish set Millennium Trilogy (Dragon Tattoo) and Ridley Scott's British set Red Riding Trilogy (remake) is getting. It seems like studios could be looking for the next European set serial killer thriller.

Scorsese has a couple projects coming up which includes The Irishman (I Heard You Paint Houses) and Silence. The Irishman currently has Al Pacino, Harvey Keitell, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci attached and a script by Steve Zallian (Dragon Tattoo, Gangs of New York). I'd like to think Marty would focus first on The Irishman then go after this Norgweian set thriller.

Fox Hires Screenwriter For Tony Scott's Nemesis

Since Fox is starting to put finishing touches on X-Men First Class and Darren Aronofsky's Wolverine is revving up for production it seems they're moving on to their next comic book film. LatinoReview reveals the studio has hired Matthew Michael Carnahan to write the screenplay for director Tony Scott's Nemesis. Carnahan's credits include State of Play, Lions for Lambs and the long in development World War Z. The film based on the Mark Millar comic series focuses on a Batman-type supervillain who uses his resources for evil instead of good.