Everest director Baltasar Kormakur to adapt Olaf Olafsson’s novel
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Baltasar Kormakur, identified for his movies like journey drama Everest and motion/thriller 2 Guns, is directing a pandemic-set love story. Tentatively titled Touching, the movie is predicated on Icelandic writer Olaf Olafsson’s bestselling novel Snerting, which got here out final yr. According to reviews, set amid the 2020 pandemic Snerting is a sensual and thrilling love story unfolding throughout the globe and woven into historic occasions.
The story takes place in at this time’s Reykjav’ok and Tokyo, and in London within the Nineteen Sixties. Olafsson is adapting his guide right into a screenplay.Kormakur may also produce the venture through his banner RVK Studios.“The guide was so gripping that it saved me studying for an entire night time.
I used to be immediately impressed to make a movie based mostly on it,’ the Icelandic filmmaker mentioned. Olafsson mentioned he has been an admirer of Kormakur’s work. “With his expertise internationally and his eager understanding of our native nation and countrymen, I couldn’t think about a greater director to make the novel into a movie,’ he added.
