The Northman

[Revolverr]

 

[TheVileOne]

This movie looks amazing. I don't think we've ever seen a proper Hollywood viking movie of this scale and scope before. if we have, someone please correct me.

 

[Boom]

Looooot of creeps in that comments section. Yeesh.

 

[Revolverr]

Looooot of creeps in that comments section. Yeesh.

I saw that, disgusting

Spoiler

 

[Pennywise]

This movie looks amazing. I don't think we've ever seen a proper Hollywood viking movie of this scale and scope before. if we have, someone please correct me.

Were you at CinemaCon or the screening?

 

[TheVileOne]

Were you at CinemaCon or the screening?

Yes.

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[Pennywise]

Yes.

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You’re pretty lucky!

 

[TheVileOne]

You’re pretty lucky!

In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.

I worked hard to be there.

 

[Pennywise]

In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.

I worked hard to be there.

Do you think you could give a description on what you saw? Almost all the websites were pretty vague.

 

[TheVileOne]

Do you think you could give a description on what you saw? Almost all the websites were pretty vague.

Have you heard of Vinland Saga, the anime? It kind of looks like a live-action version of Vinland saga. Appears to be a revenge tale. Young boy seeks revenge in adulthood on his father/family being killed by enemy viking raid. Looks like an authentic, high production values viking movie with a stellar cast. Anya-Taylor Joy appears to be the love interest. I'm assuming Alexander Skarsgaard is the main guy. Vikings raiding and pillaging.

 

[Pennywise]

Have you heard of Vinland saga, the anime? It kind of looks like a live-action version of Vinland saga. Appears to be a revenge tale. Young boy seeks revenge in adulthood on his father/family being killed by enemy viking raid. Looks like an authentic, high production values viking movie with a stellar cast. Anya-Taylor Joy appears to be the love interest. I'm assuming Alexander Skarsgaard is the main guy. Vikings raiding and pillaging.

Sounds awesome! Will check out the anime!

 

[Revolverr]

There's more than good info in that reddit AMA.

 

[TheVileOne]

IMHO this looks like Robert Eggers doing a Gladiator level movie. I think this is a movie that could catapult him to mainstream stardom.

Cool sequence in the trailer shows Skarsgaard's character catching a battle spear outside an enemy base and seamlessly throwing it back at its thrower.

 

[Boom]

I thought they tested this a few months back and the general consensus was that it sort of dragged and needed to be edited a bit more. And I think Eggers has been doing some reshoots.

 

[Pennywise]

IMHO this looks like Robert Eggers doing a Gladiator level movie. I think this is a movie that could catapult him to mainstream stardom.

Cool sequence in the trailer shows Skarsgaard's character catching a battle spear outside base and seamlessly throwing it back at its thrower.

Just this description is getting me hyped!!!

 

[Luigi]

IMHO this looks like Robert Eggers doing a Gladiator level movie. I think this is a movie that could catapult him to mainstream stardom.

Cool sequence in the trailer shows Skarsgaard's character catching a battle spear outside an enemy base and seamlessly throwing it back at its thrower.

Sounds flipping amazing!

 

[Deck Rickard]

IMHO this looks like Robert Eggers doing a Gladiator level movie. I think this is a movie that could catapult him to mainstream stardom.

Cool sequence in the trailer shows Skarsgaard's character catching a battle spear outside an enemy base and seamlessly throwing it back at its thrower.

Curious, since this is Eggers doing what sounds like a film with more mainstream appeal… do you think that his style (from what you’ve seen in this movie and not so much from his other films) would ever work in a CBM? Just curious since Marvel and WB seem to be taking more chances of late with auteur-type filmmakers. I’d be interested to see Eggers take on a dark superhero property like Midnight Suns or Hellblazer… maybe.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I can see them wanting Eggers, but I can't really see Eggers playing ball with them unless they gave him total creative control. Which Marvel isn't prone to do.

 

[TheVileOne]

Curious, since this is Eggers doing what sounds like a film with more mainstream appeal… do you think that his style (from what you’ve seen in this movie and not so much from his other films) would ever work in a CBM? Just curious since Marvel and WB seem to be taking more chances of late with auteur-type filmmakers. I’d be interested to see Eggers take on a dark superhero property like Midnight Suns or Hellblazer… maybe.

The thing is, I don't really see comic book movies as comic book movies. I just see them as movies period. Do I think based off the footage I've seen of Northman that Eggers could graduate up to a bigger budget movie and do a major tentpole film? Yes, most definitely. But it also depends on if he's interested in doing one and the type of story and type of character. I think it's even better that he started with small films, and now he's doing a more mid-budget period viking drama. So to go from here to say a Marvel or DC movie would be a logical step, depending on what it is.

I think it hurt Josh Trank that he went from a low budget found footage superhero film straight to Fantastic Four. Some directors can handle that jump, some cannot.

 

[Boom]

I need Eggers to make a medieval dragon movie. Like I literally need it. I'm seriously going to beg him the next time he does an AMA.

 

[shauner111]

I want his Rasputin mini-series.

 

[TheVileOne]

I need Eggers to make a medieval dragon movie. Like I literally need it. I'm seriously going to beg him the next time he does an AMA.

Arthurian lore with dragons?

 

[Boom]

Arthurian lore with dragons?

Yep. Or the Volgsunga Saga with Sigurd and Fafnir.

 

[Gothamsknight]

IMHO this looks like Robert Eggers doing a Gladiator level movie. I think this is a movie that could catapult him to mainstream stardom.

Cool sequence in the trailer shows Skarsgaard's character catching a battle spear outside an enemy base and seamlessly throwing it back at its thrower.

omg, I seriously need to see a trailer already haha. This just sounds like everything I was hoping for. As I've said a million times, I'd literally watch anything Eggers makes.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]