On Wednesday, Focus Features dropped the second action-packed trailer for The Northman, which will be released in UK theaters this Friday and US theaters on April 22.
The preview capitalizes on early reviews from Epic Film Guys, Time Out, Feeling Seen Podcast, and Slash Film which helped the $90M-budget 12th century-set epic score 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
In it, Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård is out for revenge as Viking Prince-turned-warrior Amleth, who declares: ‘Fate has no mercy. I cannot escape my fate.’
Coming soon! On Wednesday, Focus Features dropped the second action-packed trailer for The Northman, which will be released in UK theaters this Friday and US theaters on April 22
As a boy, Amleth witnessed his father King Aurvandill War-Raven (four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke) get beheaded by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang).
Many years later, Amleth seeks justice by having his men swarm, pillage and burn a village connected to Fjölnir in a bloody massacre.
There are two glimpses of Emmy nominee Anya Taylor-Joy as sorceress Olga of the Birch Forest.
‘A beast of a film’: The preview capitalizes on early reviews from Epic Film Guys, Time Out, Feeling Seen Podcast, and Slash Film which helped the $90M-budget 12th century-set epic score 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes
In it, Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård is out for revenge as Viking Prince-turned-warrior Amleth, who declares: ‘Fate has no mercy. I cannot escape my fate’
Origin: As a boy, Amleth witnessed his father King Aurvandill War-Raven (R, Ethan Hawke) get beheaded by his uncle Fjölnir (L, Claes Bang)
Savagery: Many years later, Amleth seeks justice by having his men swarm, pillage and burn a village connected to Fjölnir in a bloody massacre
There’s a blink-and-you-missed-it flash of four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool.
And there are two shots of 15-time Grammy nominee Björk as the eerie Seeress, a sort of ‘Slav witch.’
It was Alexander who helped convince Oscar winner Nicole Kidman to join The Northman after playing her abusive husband in the hit HBO series Big Little Lies from 2017-2019.
Ethereal: There are two glimpses of Emmy nominee Anya Taylor-Joy as sorceress Olga of the Birch Forest
Boo! There’s a blink-and-you-missed-it flash of four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool
She has Viking blood: And there are two shots of 15-time Grammy nominee Björk as the eerie Seeress, a sort of ‘Slav witch’
The Swedish 45-year-old told GQ Hype on Wednesday: ‘Nicole was probably expecting me to suggest a rom-com. And instead I’m, like, “Hey! Do you wanna play my incestuous mom?”
In the new trailer, the Australian 54-year-old could be seen in only one shot as Queen Gudrún, the mother of Amleth.
The Northman is the third feature film from director Robert Eggers, who previously helmed The Lighthouse in 2019 and The Witch in 2015.
Reunited: It was Alexander who helped convince Oscar winner Nicole Kidman to join The Northman after playing her abusive husband in the hit HBO series Big Little Lies from 2017-2019
The Swedish 45-year-old told GQ Hype on Wednesday: ‘Nicole was probably expecting me to suggest a rom-com. And instead I’m, like, “Hey! Do you wanna play my incestuous mom?”
Nine-year age difference: In the new trailer, the Australian 54-year-old could be seen in only one shot as Queen Gudrún, the mother of Amleth
‘The quote about it being “this generation’s Gladiator,” Rob and I just had a conversation about that,’ Skarsgård told the mag.
‘We both felt that my moral journey in The Northman is, uh, pretty different from Russell Crowe’s in Gladiator. But then we agreed, it’s really not a bad way to sell a movie. It’s a f***ing cool quote. So why fight it?’
An open mountain top in Northern Ireland doubled for Scandinavian countries to more authentically depict the legend, which served as the inspiration behind William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
April 4 screening in Rome: The Northman is the third feature film from director Robert Eggers (M), who previously helmed The Lighthouse in 2019 and The Witch in 2015
Skarsgård told the mag: ‘The quote about it being “this generation’s Gladiator,” Rob and I just had a conversation about that. We both felt that my moral journey in The Northman is, uh, pretty different from Russell Crowe’s in Gladiator. But then we agreed, it’s really not a bad way to sell a movie. It’s a f***ing cool quote. So why fight it?’
Dramatic setting: An open mountain top in Northern Ireland doubled for Scandinavian countries to more authentically depict the legend, which served as the inspiration behind William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
