Rebecca Ferguson is in early talks to co-star with Michael Fassbender in Working Title and Universal's “The Snowman.”

“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” helmer Tomas Alfredson will direct the film written by Soren Sveistrup. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce alongside Piodor Gustafsson.

The film revolves around Harry Hole (played by Fassbender), a detective who has been featured in 10 of Jo Nesbo's novels. Described as a loose cannon in the Oslo police force, Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.

When Working Title originally optioned the book, the idea was to make a series similar to the Alex Cross films that have starred Morgan Freeman and most recently Tyler Perry.

Ferguson is riding high after her breakout performance in “Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation,” having already landed a lead role in the adaptation of the bestseller “The Girl on the Train” opposite Emily Blunt.

Source: Deadline