Few stars have risen to prominence in recent times quite like Rebecca Ferguson. Fresh off her big break in this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the actress has found herself on numerous shortlists across the four corners of Hollywood, as major studios, clearly impressed by her turn opposite Tom Cruise, look to secure her for their nascent productions.

Among the scripts vying for Ferguson’s attention are Tomas Alfredson’s long-gestating adaptation The Snowman and Ridley Scott’s Alien: Paradise Lost. That’s according to Deadline, with the outlet reporting that the former feature would have Ferguson join Michael Fassbender for a Norwegian murder thriller with a stylized twist. Adapted from Jo Nesbø’s novel of the same name, the story orbits around the sudden and unexplained disappearance of a young mother (Ferguson, potentially) leading Fassbender’s detective to stumble onto the tracks of what he believes to be...