We haven't heard too much about ye olde sci-fi tale OUTLANDER, but the new international poster seems to be pressing the LORD OF THE RINGS connection and fantasy aesthetic while downplaying the alien angle.
That's the rather intriguing core concept -- Jim Caviezel is an intergalactic tracker who lands on Earth in the time of Vikings while pursuing a nasty space creature called the Moorwen. Sword-swinging, mead-guzzling and flesh-ripping ensue, with John Hurt, Sophia Myles and Ron Perlman offering their steel.
Extra Tidbit:
Karl Urban was originally set to star in OUTLANDER, but moved on to PATHFINDER instead. Whoops...
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5:16AM on 04/29/2008
The movie started as a version of Beowulf. They changed stuff in the early script stages to distance it from beowulf, so I'd be surpris...
The movie started as a version of Beowulf. They changed stuff in the early script stages to distance it from beowulf, so I'd be surprised if they directly alude to the legends beyond basic story similarities. But the idea is that such an event as aliens and monsters comming to earth would almost definitely be transformed into legend/myth status in short order.