PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE NORTHMAN EPIC HISTORICAL REVENGE MOVIE WITH ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, NICOLE KIDMAN, ETHAN HAWKE, ANYA TAYLOR JOY, WILLEM DAFOE

 THE NORTHMAN EPIC MOVIE 

CONQUER YOUR FATE

If flawlessly shirtles Alexander God of Asgard, I mean, Skarsgard, in Tarzan a few years ago was not enough to sate your appetites, maybe him deliciously

The Northman arrives April 22nd

shirtless as a Viking will do the required task? His epic historical adventure THE NORTH MAN, directed and written by Robert Eggers (he did Willem Dafoe's Lighthouse before), will arrive into cinemas April 22nd bringing to us an action filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder. I hear the movie is extremely brutal and gory, which probably shouldn't surprise us given it is about the bloodthirsty and violent Vikings. So it is not for the faint hearted, both for the

The movie cost about $60 million to make

violence and Alexander's abs. He even said that he probably wouldn't do another movie so bloody and that he does not know where to go next with his career after this brutal experience. Poet and writer Sjon from Iceland helped Eggers pen the script for this historical movie, and beside Alexander Skarsgard, the cast of the film also includes painfully bad Nicole Kidman as Queen Gudrun , Ethan Hawke as King Aurvandil, Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool, Anya Taylor Joy as Olga of the Birch Forest, Claes Bang as Fjölnir and Iceland's own weird singer Björk as the Slav Witch Seeress.

Alexander Skargard plays the lead role

 

THE NORTH MAN 

Set at the turn of the 10th century, in year 914 to be more precise,  in the cold country of Iceland, has the story which centres on a Viking named Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård), who witnesses the murder of his father, King Aurvandil (Ethan Hawke), at the hands of his uncle, Fjolnir the Brotherless (Claes Bang). With his mother, Queen Gudrun (Nicole Kidman) now captured, Amleth flees his native land, but not before declaring his revenge on those who have wronged him.

DID YOU KNOW?

The film, which cost about $60 million to make, was supposed to start production in the tragic month of March 2020 when Covid outbreak started. It is interesting that Skargard originally became famous for his role in True Blood series in which he played Eric Northman, a 10th century Viking who was turned into a Vampire. Meanwhile, Anya Taylor Joy already played in a Viking film before, in 2015's Viking Quest. Nicole Kidman who is just nine years older than Alexander in reality, plays his mother, she previously played in Big Little Lies his wife whom he abuses, to make things even more chaotic, she was raped in Dogville by his father Stellan Skarsgard! The film takes place in what constitutes modern Scotland, Ukraine and Iceland. 

BREAKING NEWS: WILD TRAILER FOR VIKING EPIC NORTHMAN WITH ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, NICOLE KIDMAN, WILLEM DAFOE, ANYA TAYLOR JOY, ETHAN HAWKE

  THE NORTHMAN TRAILER  

WITH ALEXANDER SKARSGARD

The Northman is out next April in cinemas

Breaking news, people, Focus Features has sent us the first trailer for Robert Eggers directed epic revenge thriller adventure THE NORTHMAN which is sailing into cinemas this April starring Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor Joy, Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman! Out in theatres April 22nd it stars Skarsgard as a Viking seeking vengeance in an epic revenge story that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father. Check out the first photos from the film and trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

  THE NORTHMAN  EPIC SAGA

 is an epic story told through the eyes of Amleth (Skarsgård), who witnesses the murder of his father, King Aurvandil (Ethan Hawke), at the hands of his uncle, Fjolnir (Claes Bang). With his mother, Queen Gudrun (Nicole

Alexander Skarsgard fulfills his dream of playing a Viking

Kidman), captured, Amleth flees his native land. But he vows revenge on the one who took everything from him. It is a Viking saga filled with magic and swords and mysticism!

 

WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

 Icelandic singer Bjork returns to the big screens after more than fifteen years playing a character named Seeress in the film, Anya Taylor

Anya Taylor Joy is an enchantress called Olga

Joy, who already worked with the director in Witch, plays an enchantress called Olga, who likes to break people's minds, while Willem Dafoe is

Ethan Hawke is Amleth's father King Aurvandil

Heimir the Fool. Alexander Skarsgard made his muscles even bigger than they were in his famous Tarzan movie. Robert Eggers wrote the script with

Nicole Kidman is queen Gudrun in the film

Oscar nominee Sjon. The filming of the movie was supposed to start in the infamous March of 2020 when Covid outbreak suddenly started. The $60 million feature was mostly shot in Ireland.

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'HOWARD'S END' MINI SERIES

 MATTHEW MACFADYEN AND TRACEY ULLMAN LEAD THE CAST

In their tradition of adapting classic books into mini series BBC has already announced the new adaptation of E. M. Forster's HOWARD'S END but now we have the cast as well: Matthew MacFadyen, brilliant comedian Tracey Ullman and flop star Hayley Atwell have been hired!

To air on BBC One in UK and on Starz in USA, the four part series explores the changing landscape of social and class divisions in England at the turn of the century through the prism of three families: the intellectual and idealistic Schlegels, the wealthy Wilcoxes from the world of business and the working-class Basts. Hayley Atwell will be Margaret Schlegel, Matthew Macfadyen will be widower Henry Wilcox, and Tracey Ullman will play Aunt Juley Mund.

'RADIOACTIVE' MOVIE

A MARIE CURIE BIOPIC

Speaking of the turn of the century, 'Deadline' reports that Marjane Satrapi will helm RADIOACTIVE, a movie adaptation of Lauren Redniss graphic novel on famous scientist Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize winner, and her extraordinary scientific discoveries through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre, and the seismic effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

Born in Poland in 1867, Curie moved to France in 1891 and married Pierre in 1895. They worked together to develop the theory of radioactivity and techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes and discovered the elements polonium and radium. The pair were at the dawn of a new scientific and technological era that ushered in the nuclear age.

'MAUDIE' TRAILER

ETHAN HAWKE & SALLY HAWKINS

There's also a touching first trailer and colourful poster for British drama movie MAUDIE which, starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, which opens up in cinemas this spring and summer following  an arthritic Nova Scotia woman who works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community. 

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 'PRIME SUSPECT' PREQUEL

STEFANIE MARTINI & SAM REID

We're going British today, people, and first off news coming from the sequel or prequel of Helen Mirren's popular TV series PRIME SUSPECT in which she played police officer Jane Tennison for almost ten years. ITV is preparing a prequel series TENNISON in which lovely Stefanie Martini, whom we loved this spring as the star of DOCTOR THORNE, will play the young Tennison. Our equally beloved Sam Reid (Hatfields and McCoys, Belle) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) will also star in the six episode series as her superiors. The story portrays the young Tennison at the beginning of her career, revealing how and why she became such a complex and formidable character in the Metropolitan Police. We shall also watch Martini in Tarsem's EMERALD CITY TV series next year.

 'KEEPING UP APPEARANCES' 

PREQUEL TV SPECIAL PHOTOS
Meanwhile, BBC has revealed the first photos for another prequel to an all time classic - for their TV movie special on legendary TV sitcom KEEPING UP APPEARANCES which will air probably in the festive season. This time Kerry Howard will play the young Hyacinth Bucket who was originally so utterly masterfully played by beloved Patricia Routledge! One of Europe's favourite sitcom's followed the snobbish Hyacinth whose opinion of her own standing in the society, much higher than it ever should've been, kept her getting involved in all kinds of hilarious every day situations. The one hour special follows Hyacinth as a young maid in the 1950s, as she attempts to prove that she's better than her lower-class family. Katie Redford, Katherine Pearce, Mark Addy, Kerry Howard and Tamla Kari also star in the prequel.

 'THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN' 

SECOND TRAILER IS HERE!

Sony has released today the second trailer for yet another remake, this time for famous western classic THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN which will bang its way into cinemas at the end of September.

With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns - played by Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung Hun Lee, Manuel Garcia Rulfo and Martin Sensmeier. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money!

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'ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE'

 GETS HILARIOUS NEW POSTERS!

New posters day today at the spy's lair, people, starting with utterly hilarious new ones for the fifth instalment in the super popular animated saga ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE which should bring some icy refreshment to the cinemas July 22nd although the slogan says: kiss your ice goodbye :) Ray Romano, Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Wanda Sykes and Keke Palmer return to their beloved voice roles!

KISS YOUR ICE GOODBYE  
This time, Scrat's pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, the trio Manny, Diego and Sid and the rest of the herd as well leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while travelling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.

'THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN'

NEW POSTER WITH CHRIS PRATT

A new poster has also been released for the latest Hollywood remake, this time for classic western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN which this time includes Chris Pratt, Matt Bomer, Cam Gigandet, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Byung Hun Lee and Denzel Washington.  It will bang its way into cinemas this September. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

'BAD MOMS' NEW POSTERS

THE LADIES ARE GOING WILD

Also hitting theatres worldwide and also getting new posters is hilarious comedy movie BAD MOMS starring Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate, Kristen Bell! It follows a woman with a seemingly perfect life - a great marriage, overachieving kids, beautiful home, stunning looks and still holding down a career. However she's over worked, over committed and exhausted to the point that she's about to snap. Fed up, she joins forces with two other over stressed moms and all go on a quest to liberate themselves from conventional responsibilities, going on a wild un-mom like binge of freedom, fun and self indulgence - putting them on a collision course with PTA Queen Bee Gwendolyn and her clique of devoted perfect moms.

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'GIRL ON THE TRAIN' TRAILER

WITH EMILY BLUNT, LUKE EVANS AND JUSTIN THEROUX

Two trailers for you today beginning with the first one for Emily Blunt's THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, the adaptation of Paula Hawkins book, also starring Luke Evans, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez and Allison Janney! In the thriller, Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasising about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

'MAGNIFICENT SEVEN' TRAILER

REMAKE WITH CHRIS PRATT

Now, here's something we heard almost nothing about even though it is out this year and has a stellar cast: the first trailer and photos have finally been released for the remake of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN which is out this September!

DENZEL WASHINGTON  & ETHAN HAWKE, BYUNG HUN LEE   
With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. The Magnificent Seven are Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

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SAOIRSE RONAN

CAST IN 'ON CHESIL BEACH' MOVIE

While she is waiting to see whether she will win Best Actress Oscar tomorrow for her role in BROOKLYN, Saoirse Ronan has booked another new role for her: she has boarded period set movie ON CHESIL BEACH. Adaptation of Ian McEwan book and set in England in 1962 it follows Florence (Ronan), one half of two young lovers, in the touching story of how their unexpressed misunderstandings and fears shape the rest of their lives. It is a tender story that shows how the entire course of a life can be changed – by a gesture not made or a word not spoken. Epic mini series' THE HOLLOW CROWN's Dominic Cooke is having his directorial movie debut. 

'WILL' EPIC TV SERIES

OLIVIA DEJONGE FEMALE LEAD
In TV waters, young Olivia Dejonge will play the female lead in Shekhar Kapur's and TNT's hip historical musical series WILL, the wild story of young William Shakespeare (Laurie Davidson) and his arrival onto the punk rock theater scene that was 16th century London – the seductive, violent world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows. It’s described as the hot, contemporary, dangerous version of Shakespeare’s life, played to a modern soundtrack, exposing all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance. Dejonge will play WILL's love interest.

'MAGGIE'S PLAN' TRAILER

 ETHAN HAWKE,JULIANNE MOORE

The only trailer I have for you today is for unusual comedy movie MAGGIE'S PLAN starring Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph and Travis Fimmel. Maggie 's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex wife are actually perfect for each other?