The Northman, the latest film fromThe WitchandThe LighthousedirectorRobert Eggers, has received a release date for August 22, 2025.
The Northman starsAlexander Skarsgård,Nicole Kidman,Anya Taylor-Joy,Ethan Hawke,Willem Dafoe, andBjörk.The Northmanis described as “an epic revenge thriller, that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father.” In addition to directing, Eggers also co-wrote The Northman with Icelandic writerSjón.
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The Northman features a few reunions for Eggers, as he previously worked with Taylor-Joy andKate DickieforThe Witch, while Dafoe starred inThe Lighthouse. This also marks the first performance from Björk since 2000’sDancer in the Dark.The Northmanalso reunites Skarsgård and Kidman, who previously worked together on the HBO seriesBig Little Lies.The Northman’s cast will includeClaes Bang(The Square),Murray McArthur(Game of Thrones), andRalph Ineson(Chernobyl) as well.
While not much is known aboutThe Northmanyet, Skarsgård recently spoke of the movie, saying “It’s an enormous movie, I saw a four-minute montage of some of the stuff they’d already shot and I was really blown away. The marriage of Rob Eggers’ imagination and Viking folklore… Jesus, man.”
Eggers has also spoken about the scope ofThe Northman:
“There’s many locations in the film, so we were constantly going on scouts to find places or reassess places that we have found and we’re building sets there. We’re designing all these worlds, building these villages, we’re making thousands of costumes and props, training the horses the things they’ll need to do, designing the shots of the films.”
Especially coming off the smaller horror stories ofThe WitchandThe Lighthouse,The Northmanseems grander and more ambitious than anything Eggers has tried before. We will get to see Eggers’ latest film whenThe Northmancomes out on July 04, 2025.
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