Olin, Zilliacus join Hallstrom's 'Hypnotist'

LONDON -- Lena Olin and Finnish actor Tobias Zilliacus have became a member of Mikael Persbrandt because the leading cast in Lasse Hallstrom's "The Hypnotherapist," his first Swedish film for twenty-four years. Modified from Lars Kepler's worldwide bestseller, it is a thriller in regards to a mental health specialist (Persbrandt) who unwillingly concurs to assist a detective (Zilliacus) by utilizing hypnosis to locate the identity of the serial killer. Olin, who's married to Hallstrom, plays the hypnotist's wife. The pic, which will probably be the beginning of a franchise, will begin shooting in The month of january, to become launched October 2012 in Sweden. It's created by Borje Hansson and Peter Possne for Svensk Filmindustr and Sonet Film. Professional producer is Bertil Ohlsson, who created Hallstrom's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" In other illustration of the worldwide interest in Scandinavian crime tales, Svensk has pre-offered the project to a lot more than 30 nations. Distribs include Studiocanal within the U.K., TF1 in France, Prokino in German-speaking areas, Hopscotch/E1 in New zealand and australia, Aurum in The country, Keowon in Korea, UA in Hong Kong, Alfa Films in Argentina, Lumiere in Benelux, Cineplex in Colombia, EEAP in Eastern Europe, Rosebud in A holiday in greece and Levi in Israel. Kepler's 2009 novel has offered a lot more than 600,000 copies in Sweden alone. Hallstrom's newest film was "Fish Fishing within the Yemen," which opened in the Toronto Film Festival. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com