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The Son (Nesbø Novel)
''The Son'' ( no, Sønnen, 2014) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø. It is the second stand-alone crime novel by Nesbø, following ''Headhunters'' (2008). Plot Sonny Lofthus is serving time for crimes he did not commit. As payment, he receives a steady supply of drugs to satisfy his addiction. His life changes completely when he learns the truth about his father's death. Inspiration Nesbø started work on ''The Son'' during Good Friday in 2012. The plot is inspired by the Bible. Adaptation An HBO limited series based on the novel is set to be directed by Denis Villeneuve and produced by Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker's Nine Stories and Michel Litvak's Bold Films, with Jo Nesbø executive producing it alongside Niclas Salomonsson. In 2020, Lenore Zion, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy Lisa Joy (born May 23, 1977) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and attorney. She is best known as the co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the HBO scie ...
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Jo Nesbø
Jo Nesbø (; born Jon Nesbø; 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian writer, musician, economist, and former football player and reporter. More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in Norway as of March 2014; his work has been translated into over 50 languages, and by 2021 had sold some 50 million copies worldwide, making him the most successful Norwegian author of all time. Siegel, Lee (5 May 2014).Pure Evil: Jo Nesbø and the rise of Scandinavian crime fiction. ''The New Yorker''. Retrieved 1 December 2019. "Nesbø's Harry Hole novels have sold twenty-three million copies, in forty languages." Known primarily for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole, Nesbø is also the main vocalist and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. In 2007 he released his first children's book, ''Doktor Proktors Prompepulver'' (English translation: ''Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder''). The 2011 film '' Headhunters'' is based on Nesbø's novel ''Hodejegerne (The Headhun ...
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Jake Gyllenhaal
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (; ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in ''City Slickers'' (1991), followed by roles in his father's films '' A Dangerous Woman'' (1993) and ''Homegrown'' (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in '' October Sky'' (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in ''Donnie Darko'' (2001). Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 science fiction disaster film ''The Day After Tomorrow''. He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama ''Brokeback Mountain'', for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller ''Zodiac'' (2007), the romantic comedy '' Love & Other Drugs'' (2010), and the science fiction film ''Source Code'' (2011). Fur ...
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Novels By Jo Nesbø
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historic ...
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2014 Norwegian Novels
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Showrunner
A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also the head writer, script and story editor. They consult with network and studio bosses and lead the artistic vision of the show, including the writers room, editing department, as well as select the set design, staff, cast members, and each actor's wardrobe and hairstyle. In many instances, the showrunner also created the show, and subsequent seasons could feature different showrunners. While the director has creative control over a film's production, and the executive producer's role is limited to investing, in television shows, the showrunner outranks the episodic directors. History In a January 1990 submission to the United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Adminis ...
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Lisa Joy
Lisa Joy (born May 23, 1977) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and attorney. She is best known as the co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the HBO science-fiction drama series ''Westworld'' (2016–2022). For her work on the series, she received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Joy's other work includes the ABC comedy series ''Pushing Daisies'' (2007–2009) and the USA Network crime drama series ''Burn Notice'' (2009–2011). In 2021, she made her feature film directorial debut with ''Reminiscence''. Early life Lisa Joy was raised in New Jersey. Her parents are both immigrants, her father is English and her mother is Taiwanese. Joy graduated from Stanford University and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles before attending Harvard Law School.Heather Wood Rudulph, Get That Life: How I Became the Co-Creator of Westworld, Cosmopolitan, https://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a8664279/lisa-joy-westworld-co-creator-get- ...
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Jonathan Nolan
Jonathan Nolan (born 6 June 1976) is a British-American screenwriter, producer, director and author. He is the creator of the CBS science fiction series ''Person of Interest'' (2011–2016) and co-creator of the HBO science fiction western series '' Westworld'' (2016–2022). Nolan has collaborated on several films with his brother, director Christopher Nolan, who adapted Jonathan's short story "Memento Mori" into the neo-noir thriller film ''Memento'' (2000). Together, the brothers co-wrote the mystery thriller film '' The Prestige'' (2006), the superhero films ''The Dark Knight'' (2008) and ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), and the science fiction film ''Interstellar'' (2014). Nolan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Memento'', and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ''Westworld'', among a number of other awards. Early life Jonathan Nolan was born in ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his fa ...
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Bold Films
Bold Films is an American independent film, television and live stage development, production and finance company. Bold was founded in 2004. Bold's first three films were ''Slingshot'', '' Come Early Morning'' and ''Mini's First Time''. In 2006 the company had its first hit, producing and financing the Golden Globe-nominated period piece '' Bobby'', written and directed by Emilio Estevez. In 2009 Bold produced and released Joe Dante's 3D thriller '' The Hole'', which won an award for Best 3D Film at the Venice Film Festival. Roger Ebert called the best use of 3D ever. In 2010 Bold had its first major studio film '' Legion'', which was co-financed and released by Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2011 Bold co-produced and co-financed with OddLot Entertainment '' Drive'' starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, for which director Nicolas Winding Refn won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival while also receiving accolades from the BAFTA Awa ...
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Nine Stories Productions
Nine Stories Productions is a New York-based film, theater and television production company founded by Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker in 2015. Nine Stories has a first-look deal with Bold Films, the company behind ''Whiplash, Drive,'' and '' Nightcrawler'', the latter of which Gyllenhaal starred in and produced. Gyllenhaal won an Independent Spirit Award for producing ''Nightcrawler'' and was an executive producer on David Ayer's ''End of Watch.'' Marker produced Cary Fukunaga's critically acclaimed child soldier drama ''Beasts of No Nation'' and was an executive producer on Academy Award nominated '' The Kids Are All Right.'' Following the deal with Bold Films, Gyllenhaal explained: “ hey chooseto tell stories that I love — unflinching yet entertaining. I look forward to making movies that are successful both artistically and financially. That’s what old CEOGary ichael Watersand hairmanMichel itvakdo. They are nonconformists who have already proven to be terrific partn ...
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Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve (; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for '' Maelström'' in 2001, '' Polytechnique'' in 2009, '' Incendies'' in 2010 and '' Enemy'' in 2013. The first three of these films also won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, while the latter was awarded the prize for best Canadian film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Internationally, he is known for directing several critically acclaimed films, including the thrillers '' Prisoners'' (2013) and ''Sicario'' (2015), as well as the science fiction films '' Arrival'' (2016) and '' Blade Runner 2049'' (2017). For his work on ''Arrival'', he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He was awarded the prize of Director of the Decade by the Hollywood Critics Association in December 2019. His latest film, ''Dune'' (2021), based on Frank Herbert's nov ...
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Norwegian Language
Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are not mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Today there are two official forms of ''written'' Norwegian, (lite ...
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