“The series will premiere on Netflix on March 26, 2026.”, — write: www.unian.ua
The series will premiere on Netflix on March 26, 2026.
A frame from the series “Detective Hole” / screenshot from YouTube NetflixThe streaming service Netflix showed the first teaser of the Norwegian detective series “Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole”, based on the bestsellers of Jo Nesbo – one of the most popular writers in the “Scandinavian detective” genre.
This series of novels tells the story of the brilliant detective Harry Hole of the Oslo police, known for his unconventional methods of investigation.
The plot of the series was based on the fifth book of the series “Pentogram” (The Devil’s Star), which covers two arcs in parallel – the appearance of a new serial killer in Oslo and the continuous enmity of Hole with the corrupt and completely ruthless police colleague Tom Waller.
The leading roles in the series were played by actors popular far beyond Norway, Tobias Zantelman (“Heracles”, “On the Crest of the Wave”, TV series “Fatherland”, “The Last Kingdom”, “Marcella”) and Joel Kinnaman (“Robocop”, “Suicide Squad”, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, TV series “Murder”, “Altered Carbon”).
Yu Nesbe himself acted as the screenwriter of the series.
The show will premiere on Netflix on March 26, 2026. The first season will have 9 episodes, which will probably be released simultaneously.
Yu Nesbe is a famous writerThe Norwegian Ju Nesbe was born in Oslo in 1960 and first began his career as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the Norwegian rock band Di Derre, founded in 1992.
However, his writing brought him real fame – in 1997, his first book “The Bat” was published, opening a series of novels about the detective Harry Hole. It was this hero who became the central character in the author’s considerable bibliography.
At the moment, Nesbe is considered one of the most successful and popular writers in the “Scandinavian detective” genre.
In addition to books, he has also written original scripts for several popular Norwegian TV series, including Deadline Torp (2004) and Occupied (2015-2020).
Also, his novels have been filmed several times, starting in 2011, when the black comedy crime thriller “Bounty Hunters” was released, starring “Game of Thrones” star Nikolas Coster-Waldau.
Films based on Nesbe’s books were also made in Hollywood. So, in 2017, the psychological thriller “Snowman” was released by the Swedish director Thomas Alfredsson (“Let Me In”, “Spy Get Out!”), starring Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”, “Shame”, “Operation “Black Case”, X-Men franchise”) and Rebecca Ferguson (“Doctor Dream”, “House of Dynamite”, franchise “Dune”, “Mission Impossible”) This was the first screen adaptation of the Harry Hole novels.
In addition, in 2024, Amazon Prime released the neo-noir detective “Killing Heat” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“500 Days of Summer”, “Inception”, “The Dark Knight Trilogy”), Shailene Woodley (“Divergent” franchise, “Big Little Lies”) and Richard Madden (“Rocketman”, “The Eternals”, “Game of Thrones”).
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