The Northman trailer: Alexander Skarsgård is on a Viking revenge spree

Robert Eggers is the filmmaker behind the acclaimed Indie Movies The Witch The LighthouseThe film, starring a larger cast, will be back. Some of his castmates from the previous films are reunited by The Northman, along with a few other well-known actors. He then tells a Viking tale about revenge.

Alexander Skarsgård stars as Amleth, a Viking prince who witnessed his father’s (Ethan Hawk) murder and his mother’s (Nicole Kidman) abduction when he was a child. Now an adult, Amleth is enacting his revenge with consultation from enchantresses (Björk and Anya-Taylor Joy). Briefly seen in the film’s trailer is Willem Dafoe (Heimer the Fool), seen in Eggers last film, The LighthouseAs Wickie Thomas Wake. Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie, Taylor-Joy’s puritan parents from The WitchThe following will be available: The Northman.

Eggers, who are known for intimate movies like The Northman, is taking a bold step. In an interview with EW, the director explained the story’sOderigins. “It’s basically the story of Hamlet or The Lion King, which was originally an old Norse story where the Hamlet character was called Amleth,” said Eggers. “We’ve told it in our own way. It is a Viking saga with magic and swords and mysticism and all the stuff that you’d want from that.”

Eggers also told EW that he and Skarsgård came together over their mutual frustration over wanting to make a Viking movie. Director and actor Skarsgard wanted to create something genuine, the opposite of what pop culture usually portrays Vikings. “Hocus Pocus had kind of nailed the last nail in the coffin of witches being so scary,” said Eggers. “With The Witch, I wanted to say, ‘Actually, let me show you what witches are for real.’ People think that they know Vikings. The Kirk Douglas Viking film is what they think of. [1958’s The Vikings]. People think that cartoon characters with horn helmets are like scientists-fiction rock star Vikings. This is something very different.”

Eggers co-wrote the film with Sjón, an Icelandic novelist and poet he met through mutual friend, Björk.

The NorthmanIn April 2022, it will be in theaters.