While they aren’t the only two getting reunited for the film,
director Robert Eggers is
once again working with Anya Talyor-Joy for his new film, The Northman
The film looks to be a historical epic that follows a young Viking prince’s quest to avenge his family’s murder. It has a pretty loaded cast including Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, and will once again see the Robert Eggers working with Anya Taylor-Joy, with whom he collaborated on his debut film, The Witch.
Eggers will also be reuniting with another one of his previous
actors from his most recent film, The Lighthouse. Willem Dafoe will be playing
the character Heimir the Fool, and he looks to be bringing the unhinged lunacy
to the role that he is now well known for
Starting off as a costume and production designer,
Eggers has since made quite a name for himself in the directing scene with two
critically acclaimed films that were both received just as well by audiences.
His films are usually quite strange and have a heavy dose of ambiguity, but
they are also wonderfully inventive and full of striking imagery and
performances.
This
time around he looks to be stepping away from the horror genre (but not too
far) and is instead directing an action/thriller. For his first two films, he
worked with A24, but this time around the movie is being produced by Focus
Features, a division of Universal.
The Northman is currently in post-production and is set to hit
theatres on April 22, 2022.