Alexander Skarsgård is the King of the North in first trailer for Robert Eggers’ Viking epic ‘The Northman’
Focus Features today released the first trailer for The Northman, the new film from Robert Eggers, director of The Witch and The Lighthouse.
The Northman is an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince named Amleth on his quest to avenge his father’s murder and stars Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård, Emmy and Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe and Oscar nominee Björk in her first film is 22 years.
Focus Features will release The Northman on April 22, 2022. Here is the first trailer.

Photos: Aiden Monaghan / Focus Features
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