Tag: Viking
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Montreal’s Sphere Films International to close down
Co-presidents Anick Poirier and Lorne Price led highly regarded business.Montreal-based sales agent Sphere Films International is to close down on June 16 as parent company Sphere said it was refocusing its distribution activities.The highly regarded sales business led by co-presidents Anick Poirier and Lorne Price was noted throughout the global independent community for championing arthouse…
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Best Werewolf TV Shows to Sink Your Teeth Into
This month marked the return of the Teen Wolf universe with Teen Wolf: the Movie and Wolf Pack. The Norwegian werewolf drama Viking Wolf also made it to Netflix’s top 10 last week, bringing one of our favorite creatures back to the silver screen. While they don’t get as much attention as ghosts or vampires,…
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The Euro 75: Viking Film (Netherlands)
Collaboration with directors Sacha Polak and animator Mascha Halberstad were crucial to Viking’s growth.Need to know: Amsterdam-based Viking Film was set up by Marleen Slot in 2011 after she had worked as a producer at Lemming Film for many years. The company name refers to Slot’s background as the daughter of a fisherman from a…
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From ‘The Bad Guys’ to ‘The Northman,’ Younger Audiences Lead a Box-Office Comeback
As exhibitors gather in Las Vegas for their annual CinemaCon convention this week, this weekend’s box office will provide their rallies with optimism. It fell short of 100 million, but there’s a few talking points to battle the concern that theaters are too franchise dependent.It also provided a case study in balance: Four films grossed…
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Alexander Skarsgård Still Has His Volcano Thong from ‘The Northman’
“The Northman” opens in theaters this weekend, and Robert Eggers’ Viking epic has already attracted plenty of attention for its period accuracy, unapologetic maximalism, and Alexander Skarsgård naked on a volcano. The film culminates in a massive battle that takes place inside an Icelandic volcano that took weeks to choreograph and film, with Skarsgård spending…
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Alexander Skarsgård Says He Took on ‘Melancholia’ Without Reading Las von Trier’s Script
When Alexander Skarsgård enjoys collaborating with a fellow artist, he’ll sure stay loyal to them.After winning an Emmy for playing Nicole Kidman’s emotionally and physically abusive husband in “Big Little Lies,” Skarsgård suggested Kidman play his mother in Robert Eggers’ Viking epic “The Northman,” now in theaters. And Skarsgård is even looking to explore a…
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Robert Eggers’ The Northman Will Be Fighting A Major Uphill Battle At The Box Office
April isn’t quite summertime for Hollywood, but in some ways, it’s almost like an extension of the summer moviegoing season. Many big movies get released in April, as there are only so many weeks on the calendar in the actual summer. To that end, April of 2022 will see several big popcorn flicks hitting theaters…
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The Northman Filmmaker Robert Eggers Was Inspired By This Ancient Norse Story
Robert Eggers’ latest offering, “The Northman,” gives its lead Viking (played by Alexander Skarsgård) a simple set of high-stakes motivations: avenge father, save mother, kill Fjolnir. The synopsis for the epic, starring Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe, describes it as a revenge thriller that “explores how far…
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Robert Eggers’ Viking Movie ‘The Northman’ Will Be More Epic Than ‘The Witch’ and ‘The Lighthouse’
Robert Eggers has established himself as an exciting filmmaker to watch with stylish low-budget horror films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, but he may just outdo himself with his upcoming film, The Northman. The director has been forced to change his prepping process for The Northman production, not just because of the ongoing coronavirus…