"The Northman" already has a release date. Will Robert Eggers keep up?

Few directors have risen to the category of cult movie buff like the recent explosion of filmmaker Robert Eggers. Before dedicating himself body and soul to the seventh art, he was a designer and director of theater productions in New York and, without knowing how much of his theatrical experience he will have applied to the cinema, it is certainly glimpsed in his only two projects, a staging out of the ordinary. The witch garnered great criticism from the press and managed to be a highly profitable phenomenon at the box office (it grossed more than 40 million with a budget of 4). A reflection of this success was his inclusion in the lists for the best of the year 2015. Eggers would take 4 years to release his next project, flooded by his brother’s interest in adapting Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Light-House, the director se He offered to finish his story, removing parts of the story to bring it closer to a thriller about madness and terror. The lighthouse attracted attention for its light cast in gloomy black and white and for how Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson delivered two of the best performances of the year. His third film, The Northman, has just announced its release date: April 8, 2022. A Tale of Vengeance and Vikings Starring Alexander Skarsgård, The Northman is an epic revenge thriller, which chronicles how far he will go Viking prince to execute his father’s murderers. In this third project, Eggers will repeat with Williem Dafoe and Anya Taylor-Joy and stars such as Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke and Björk will join the cast. The project is expected to be the largest to date for this promising director or at least, That is what follows from the words of Skarsgård who recently stated:“It’s a huge movie, I saw a four-minute montage of some of the things that they had already filmed and I was really impressed. Rob Eggers imagination and Viking folklore… God man. ”Robert Eggers also spoke of the magnitude of his new film, stating the great work and display they got on the set. “There are many locations in the film, so we were constantly looking for explorers to find places (…) we are making thousands of costumes and accessories, training the horses on what to do, designing the shots for the movies,” he finished explaining director. You will have to be patient to find out if The Northman is up to its two previous productions and, if it gets a space in the most relevant nominations and awards on the circuit.