Jake Gyllenhaal is coming to HBO. The cable channel has given a series order to an adaptation of The Son, the bestselling novel from Jo Nesbø. Denis Villeneuve is attached to direct. Gyllenhaal will star in the drama and executive produce with Villeneuve, Nine Stories’ Riva Marker, Lenore Zion, and Kilter Films’ Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and Athena Wickham. Nolan, Joy, and Zion will showrun the series and Zion will write it.