Sound the horns, light the pyres, and unfurl your furs, for it's been announced that Robert Eggers, the director behind the newly-crowned horror classic, THE WITCH, has potentially gathered a star-studded cast for his latest project, THE NORTHMAN. Hailing from New Regency, the upcoming project has Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard, Anja Taylor-Joy, Bill Skarsgard, and Willem Dafoe in talks to join what's being described as a "Viking revenge saga."
According to reports, Eggers' viking tale of blood and blade will be set in Icelan at the turn of the 10th century. Eggers wrote the script himself alongside Icelandic poet and novelist, Sjón. Recently, Dafoe teamed with Eggers for THE LIGHTHOUSE, which also stars soon-to-be-Batman, Robert Pattinson. For those of you who've yet to learn about THE LIGHTHOUSE, the hypnotic and hallucinatory tale tells of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Filmed entirely in black and white, THE LIGHTHOUSE was recently named best movie at Cannes’ Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight by the International Federation of Film Critics.
Details related to THE NORTHMAN are scarce at this time, though we have learned that Lars Knudsen (HEREDITARY, MIDSOMMAR) will produce.