Daniel Espinosa, director of Child 44, will re-team with his Easy Money producer Fredrik Wikstrom Nicastro for The Emigrants, an epic drama based on the novel by Vilhelm Moberg.
The book was previously adapted by Jan Troell in 1971. That version, starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow, was nominated for five Oscars, including for best picture.
Petter Skavlan, the screenwriter known for the Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki, will adapt the book for the new version.
Espinosa and Nicastro last collaborated on Easy Money (2010), the hit Swedish drug drama that launched Espinosa’s Hollywood career.
