Danish actor Nikolaj Lie Kaas will play the lead in THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, the first film in a planned four-feature crime franchise based on the so-called DEPARTMENT Q bestsellers by author Jussi Adler-Olsen.
Lie Kaas will play police detective Carl Morck. Together with his partner, Morck gets involved in a five-year-old cold case involving a missing woman. Their investigation leads them on a journey across Scandinavia, as they track down a psychopathic killer.
A box-office champ at home, where his credits include local blockbuster A FUNNY MAN (2011), Lie Kaas is also a known commodity internationally, with supporting roles in features such as THE WHISTLEBLOWER (2010) and ANGELS AND DEMONS (2009).
Mikkel Norgaard (CLOWN - THE MOVIE) has signed on to direct THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES from a script by Nikolaj Arcel, who penned the script to the original Swedish THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
TrustNordisk is pre-selling the film in Cannes and has already signed deals with NFP in Germany and Frenetic Films in Switzerland for all four titles in the DEPARTMENT Q franchise.