First trailer of The Northmanwhich is the director’s latest film The Witch and The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, has been released. Eggers’ latest film is set in 10th century Iceland, and stars Alexander Skarsgard as Amleth, a Viking prince on a mission to avenge the death of his slain father. The Northman will be released in theaters on April 22, 2022.
Eggers will also be reuniting with the stars from the previous two films for The Northman that is star The WitchAnya Taylor-Joy and the cast of The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe. Apart from them, this film will also be enlivened by various cool stars such as Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman, Björk, Claes Bang, Murray McArthur, Ian Gerard Whyte, Kate Dickie, Hafpór Júlíus Björnsson, and Ralph Ineson. For Björk, The Northman marks his first film since Lars von Trier’s 2000 film Dancers in the Dark.
Here is the official synopsis for The Northman:
“From the visionary director Robert Eggers, here is THE Northman, an action-packed epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge the murder of his father. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.”
Apart from directing, Eggers also co-wrote The Northman along with the Icelandic novelist and poet, Sjón. In a recent interview, Eggers talked about the scale of The Northman, which is bigger than anything he’s ever done before. “The scale is huge and there are so many more locations and things that I can’t do all of them or know every prop myself. That’s a challenge in itself with this new film.” Eggers also said, “We’re designing all these worlds, building these villages, we’re making thousands of costumes and props, training horses the things they need to do, designing shots for films.” Eggers continued, “But in this film it can be said that it’s rare to have a scene that isn’t on the boat or doesn’t have a lot of extras.”
