Amazon Studios is ready to brighten your Monday mood with news about an exciting film adaptation. Today, the studio announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper, Poker Face, Inception), Shailene Woodley (Big Little Liars, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars), and Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Rocketman, Cinderella)would star in Killer Heat, a detective thriller with an impressive team of creatives behind the project.
Philippe Lacôte (La Nuit Des Rois, Run, African Metropolis) directs from a script penned by Roberto Bentivegna (House of Gucci), with revisions by Oscar and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies; Treason). Killer Heat is based on Jo Nesbø‘s short story The Jealousy Man, which follows two twin brothers caught in a violent love triangle on a remote Greek island. A damaged detective called “The Jealousy Man” is called to investigate.
Makeready’s Brad Weston is producing the film, with Jo Nesbø (bestselling Harry Hole book series), Niclas Salomonsson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Karnowski, and Makeready’s Collin Creighton executive producing. Makeready’s Oscar Montemayor will associate produce.
After appearing in Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Poker Face TV series, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is busier than ever. He stars in the anticipated Beverly Hills Cop sequel, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, and the upcoming crime comedy Providence, starring Lily James, Joey Lauren Adams, Traci Lords, Tim Blake Nelson, Uzo Aduba, Jim Gaffigan, Himesh Patel, and more.
Per Amazon’s official press release for Killer Heat:
Shailene Woodley will be seen in Dirty Money opposite Seth Rogen and Paul Dano for Sony and Ferrari opposite Adam Driver for Michael Mann. She will also star in the comedy, Robots opposite Jack Whitehall for Neon. On the television side, Woodley will star in the television series Three Women, adapted from Lisa Taddeo’s bestselling novel.
Best known for his compelling performance as ‘Robb Stark’ in Game of Thrones, Richard Madden is an award-winning actor who will next star in a leading role opposite Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Prime Video’s highly anticipated series Citadel, set to release on April 28. Previously, Madden starred opposite Gemma Chan and Angelina Jolie in The Eternals for Marvel, Rocketman for Paramount, Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner 1917, and Disney’s Cinderella.
Have you read Nesbø’s short story The Jealousy Man? If you have, are you excited about the tale being adapted into an Amazon Studios film? Feel free to let us know in the comments below.