#thenorthman

This poster design contest for "The Northman," organized by "Talenthouse" was such a fun piece to do. It's a dark, and dramatic Viking revenge thriller directed by an amazing director, Robert Eggers, and it comes out today.

After watching the trailer, and seeing the Scandinavian landscape as such an integral aspect, I channeled my inner Frazetta, and imagined our protagonist warrior Amleth, towering above the crest of an erupting volcano, (A nice symbol of his emotional state of rage within- he is a "berserker" after all). After researching the film deeper, I discovered the film's story is an adaptation of a Norse legend, (the source material for Hamlet), so then I knew I wanted to portray Amleth's father, King Aurvandil, as a ghost (a nod to Shakespeare's play) The other supernatural elements/characters ended up migrating into the green smoke organically. At the bottom is our villain, the uncle Fjölnir , who looms menacingly, blocking the imprisoned Queen Gudrun between his sword and a cage of dead tree trunks.

Thanks for looking! If you have any thoughts or questions, let me know below!

I'm so happy to hear this news!! The Northman will be released next year in Japan!!!! Amleth is one of my favorite Alex roles. When I knew making a Viking movie is Alex's dream from his childhood, I was so impressed. I read and watched a lot of interviews about it in English. My English is not perfect, but I tried to understand so hard how this movie was made and what Alex and Robert Eggers aimed to. And I understood Alex's strong passion and desire. He said in the interview (YouTube: The Northman - Alexander Skarsgård on finding the 'inner beast' for his visceral new film), "I wanted it to be big and epic and entertaining, but it had to be historically accurate." It's not easy. But Alex, Robert, Anya, the other amazing casts and all the crew did a great job. I've rewatched it many times since I got the Blu-ray in July. Amleth is an amazing character and The Northman is extraordinarily beautiful and wonderful movie!!

Photos: Twitter NORTHMAN_JP / YouTube 鬼才ロバート・エガース監督作！映画『ノースマン　導かれし復讐者』特報 https://youtu.be/bH4r_1tvJOs