The ‘Detective Hole’ TV Series Rights the Big Wrongs the Beloved Scandi Cop Endured with ‘The Snowman’

Newsletters Open Menu Close Open Search Close Read Next: Where Jessie Buckley, Michael B. Jordan, Amy Madigan, and More Oscar Winners Are Headed Next Newsletters Close Open Menu Close Open Search Search for: Search for: Close Menu Follow Us Facebook X Instagram Pinterest YouTube Alerts & Newsletters Email address to subscribe to newsletter. Subscribe By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy . We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. IndieWire is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 IndieWire Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. I Gave You All the Clues The ‘Detective Hole’ TV Series Rights the Big Wrongs the Beloved Scandi Cop Endured with ‘The Snowman’ Nine years after the disastrous film version of "The Snowman," Jo Nesbø’s grizzled antihero gets the adaptation he deserves. By Jon O'Brien Jon O'Brien More stories by Jon Does ‘The Beatles Anthology’ Really Need Another Encore? Read more Move Over, Netflix — Emma Thompson Enters the Streaming Era with Apple TV’s Dark ‘Down Cemetery Road’ Read more Norman Lear’s Timely Swan Song ‘Boots’ Shines the Light on Military Homophobia — but Not Brightly Enough Read more March 23, 2026 11:00 am Share Share on Facebook Post Google Preferred Share on LinkedIn Show more sharing options Share to Flipboard Submit to Reddit Pin it Post to Tumblr Email Print This Page Share on WhatsApp The first time Jo Nesbø’s brooding detective Harry Hole trudged from the airport book shelves list to the screen was in 2017’s “The Snowman,” the Michael Fassbender-starry flop as troubled as its antihero. A rushed shoot, which cut roughly 15 percent from the script, made its mystery entirely incomprehensible, while a misguided marketing campaign centered on childlike doodles made what, on the page, was a disturbing psychological thriller look as menacing ...