Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has joined Paramount+ UK and Ireland series The Crow Girl as an executive producer and will also contribute to the drama’s soundtrack.
The psychological thriller, based on the trilogy of novels by Swedish crime-writing duo Jerker Eriksson and Hakan Axlander Sundquist, who write under the pseudonym Erik Axl Sund, is currently in production in Bristol.
Slash said: “I fell in love with Erik Axl Sund’s novel The Crow Girl and was really excited to partner with Buccaneer to produce it.
Tony Wood, co-chief executive of Buccaneer said: “Working with Slash has been a privilege.
“He knew Erik Axl Sund’s powerhouse of a trilogy before we did, and he brings an amazing insight to it.
“Working with an artist of such standing from the music world has brought a fresh perspective to the project and has massively elevated the work.”
UK-based production company Buccaneer sits behind crime dramas Marcella, Whitstable Pearl and Irvine Welsh’s Crime.
The Crow Girl trilogy, which was merged into a single volume for UK readers, begins in Stockholm when the body of a young boy is found.
Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg heads the case and before long two more mutilated child corpses are discovered.
The forthcoming series will comprise six hour-long episodes and star Broadchurch’s Eve Myles, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office actress Katherine Kelly and Vigil’s Dougray Scott.
