Come on—how incredible does that look? Not just the story, which has big Conan and Gladiator vibes, or the cast, which is filled with Oscar-caliber talent including Nicole Kidman, Björk, and Willem Dafoe, but just the look of it. It’s very clear that Eggers has been given the biggest palette of his life and he’s using it to the full extent of his powers.
Also among the cast is everyone’s favorite genre savior, Ralph Ineson, who worked with Eggers on The Witch. When we spoke to the actor earlier this year, he expressed his excitement over the project. “Well, we shot in Belfast mostly all of [2020],” Ineson told io9. “I came in for just a few days towards the end of the movie. I play a Viking from Ukraine, a Rus’ Viking. I think it’s going to be really stunning. I saw a four-minute little segment that they put together whilst we were out there in Belfast and I kind of walked away with about 10 images burned into my mind. It’s absolutely stunning. Having Rob Eggers and [cinematographer] Jarin Blaschke working together—and Craig Lathrop, a [production] designer they work with—the three of them and the world they created, it’s absolutely immense because obviously, they’re working with hugely bigger budgets than when I worked with them first on The Witch. So, yeah, it’s absolutely stunning to see. And I can’t wait for people to see it. Alexander Skarsgård is amazing in the moments I’ve seen. It’s incredible.”
We can’t wait. The Northman will be out April 22, 2022.
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