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Email Print Related News Terrence Malick's long-awaited return splits Cannes Mon, May 16 2011 "Thor" hammers away at box office competition again Sun, May 15 2011 Film "Too Big To Fail" is a financial horror flick Thu, May 12 2011 Woody Allen film charms Cannes, Lady Gaga surprises Wed, May 11 2011 Cannes kicks off with Woody Allen comedy Tue, May 10 2011 Analysis & Opinion Harun Yahya’s Muslim creationists tour France denouncing Darwin She’s armed with a good quote… Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » By Scott Roxborough Mon May 16, 2011 7:28pm EDT CANNES, France (Hollywood Reporter) - The global success of the "Millennium" films — $175 million worldwide not counting David Fincher's upcoming U.S. remake - has buyers in Cannes scrambling to find a Scandinavian crime machine to replace "Millennium's" late author Stieg Larsson. Some of the prime candidates - including Norway's Jo Nesbo and Swedish crime queens Camilla Lackberg and Lisa Marklund - were walking the Croisette this week, promoting adaptations of their bestselling chillers. These films - "Headhunters," "The German Child" and "Nobel's Last Will" — are some of the first Scandinavian crime dramas to hit the market post-"Millennium," so anticipation is high. Not in Cannes, but still on the Nordic to-watch list are Jens Lapidus, whose Stockholm noir trilogy spawned the hit film "Easy Money," picked up for the U.S. by The Weinstein Co. and for a U.S. remake by Warner Bros. And Lars Kepler, whose "The Hypnotist," the first book in a planned eight-book series, is being adapted for the big screen by Swedish Hollywood-director Lasse Hallstrom. Aside from geography, what these authors share with Larsson and what's causing buyers to salivate, is they bring with them proven franchises with books that have sold in dozens of territories. Marklund's series on tabloid crime journalist Annika Bengtzon have sold some 10 million copies. Nesbo's novels, including those featuring alcoholic Oslo detective Harry Hole, are available in 40 countries. Lackberg's "Fjallbacka Murder" books, including "The German Child," have moved 8 million copies worldwide. Lackberg just returned from a U.S. tour to Cannes, where TrustNordisk is pre-selling "The Fjallbacka Murders," planned as two features films and TV series based on the adventures of small town author and crime solver Erica Falck. "I know everyone's looking for the next Stieg Larsson. Well, I'm available," Lackberg joked, adding that the success of "Millennium" "opened up the door for Scandinavian writers. Suddenly, we're on the map." Norwegian author Jo Nesbo doesn't like the Larsson tag but the link hasn't hurt "Headhunters," which had its market premiere in Cannes on Monday. Magnolia pre-bought U.S. rights for the story of a corporate headhunter and secret art thief after seeing a five-minute promo in Berlin in February. For his even-more successful Harry Hole franchise, Nesbo has done a deal with Working Title for a version of the latest book "The Snowman." "For a crime writer they had the best pitch," Nesbo told The Hollywood Reporter. "They said, 'We produced 'Fargo.'' I said: 'I'm listening.'" Such is the clout of Scandinavian crime scribes these days that Nesbo was able to wrangle out veto rights on the director and screenwriter for The Snowman film, which is still in development. But Jenny Gilbertsson, the producer who is adapting Marklund's Annika Bengtzon books for the big screen, warns of expecting any of these new authors to duplicate Stieg Larsson's jaw-dropping success. "These are very successful authors and they are very good and 'Millennium' has definitely improved the market for Scandinavian crime internationally," Gilbertsson said. 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