We’re just three days from the April 22nd theatrical release of The Witch (watch it HERE) and The Lighthouse (watch that one HERE) director Robert Eggers’ latest film The Northman, and a red band trailer has arrived online to give a preview of the blood and violence The Northman has in store for the audience. Check it out in the embed above!
Our own Chris Bumbray has seen The Northman and gave it a perfect 10/10 review, which you can read at THIS LINK. He described the film as an “absolute masterpiece” and “probably the best historical epic since Kingdom of Heaven. A truly unique journey into madness and revenge Viking-style! A must-see in theaters — the sound and visual demand it.”
Scripted by Eggers and Icelandic poetic / novelist Sjón, The Northman has only been described as
“a Viking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century” that will show “how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.”
The film reunites Eggers with his The Witch stars Ralph Ineson and Anya Taylor-Joy. Also in the cast are Alexander Skarsgård (The Stand), Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Björk (Dancer in the Dark), Ethan Hawke (Sinister), Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web), Olwen Fouéré (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Willem Dafoe, who Eggers previously worked with on The Lighthouse.
We do know that the story was inspired by the Scandinavian legends that William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was based on. Skarsgård is playing Amleth, who was the direct inspiration for the character Prince Hamlet.
The Northman was produced by Lars Knudsen, with New Regency providing the financing.
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