Jo Nesbø is adapting the series themselves, with the first season based on Nesbø’s novel The Devil's Star, the fifth in the Harry Hole series. Working Title are producing the series for Netflix, with Oystein Karlsen and Anna Zackrisson as directors. Tor Arne Øvrebø is producing while executive producers are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Katy Rozelle, Rene Ezra, Øystein Karlsen, Jo Nesbø and Niclas Salomonsson.[1][2]