The producers instead decided to do something radical (and encouraging): they went back to the beginning of the story and cast 25-year-old Dylan O'Brien as Mitch Rapp.
#HEADHUNTERS MOVIE BASED ON NOVEL MOVIE#
The movie series was originally slated to begin with Consent to Kill and actors who were considered for the role included Colin Farrell and Gerard Butler.
Fortunately for readers (and potential movie viewers), Flynn left behind 13 novels that feature Mitch Rapp and author Kyle Mills has taken over the series, adding two more novels (so far) to the Rapp series.Īmerican Assassin is based on the 2010 novel that flashed back to Rapp's origin story.
He died young (only 47!) in 2013 after a battle with prostate cancer.
REVIEW: Headhunters (Hodejegerne) (DVD) (kdvr.Unfortunately, Vince Flynn isn't around to see the movie. Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters Blu-Ray Review (). “Headhunters” film review – Be careful what you wish for… (). You Won’t Regret Tracking Down “Headhunters” (). There is just something so satisfying in watching these Scandinavian crime thrillers (see also: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The book does a more believable job wrapping up the story if only because it goes into more specific detail than the film, but the film doesn’t require as much specification for a succinct denouement. The best part about Headhunters is that even if you’ve read it, there are so many twists and turns that you’ll still find surprises when viewing it.Īnd if, at the end, it feels like the story wraps up into too neat of a box, it’s because that is the only way to wrap up the story threads and provide a satisfying ending for our protagonist. Seeing these moments come alive can be truly horrifying however-all the blood especially reminds you how gruesome this story is. Just like in the novel, this film never lets up in the action and suspense. Both omissions just allow the film to flow more fluidly. They also leave out the complex rules for interviewing that Roger is as obsessed with as he is with his hair. In the film they do downplay Roger’s obsession with his “perfect” hair, so when he’s forced to shave his head, it comes off as more of a complete emotional breakdown instead of one based on vanity. Nesbo’s tightly written thriller was easy for the screenwriters to adapt into a tightly written script. The film almost never strays from the novel, which says more about Nesbo as a writer than about the screenwriters Lars Gudmestad and Ulf Ryberg. What’s great about this thriller is that you know something is going to go wrong, but it’s never quite what you expect. But there is more going on around Roger and the people in his life than he could even have imagined. From that setup alone, you can tell that not all will go well (and it does not). 
When a legendary painting is discovered in the house of his new client, Clas Greve ( Game of Thrones’ Jaime Lannister-Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), Roger can’t help but attempt to steal it. In his attempts to create a perfect life for his wife Diana (Synnove Macody Lund)-he’ll do anything for her except give her a child-he finds himself spending above his means and so he steals art and sells it on the black market to make extra money. Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) is a corporate headhunter (and part-time art thief) who is unknowingly thrown into a game of manipulation, which results in the death of many. Based on Jo Nesbo’s novel of the same name, Headhunters makes for an equally thrilling film about deception and distrust.
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