Mads Mikkelsen
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Restored Cult Classic ‘Pusher’ to Premiere in Venice Classics
A newly-restored version of Nicolas Winding Refn’s 1996 Danish cult classic Pusher will be featured at this year’s Venice Film Festival in the Venice Classics Competition Restored Films section. The Danish crime drama, which featured a break-out performance by a young Mads Mikkelsen alongside co-star Kim Bodnia, will premiere at the 81st Venice Festival, which […]
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‘Riders of Justice’ Remake From ‘Peanut Butter Falcon’ Filmmakers in The Works
Peanut Butter Falcon filmmakers Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson have been tapped to adapt and direct the remake of Riders of Justice for Lionsgate. Schwartz and Nilson also directed the feature Los Frikis, which earned the top jury prize at the Miami Film Festival. Their previous film, The Peanut Butter Falcon, a modern day take on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn […]
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‘The Promised Land’ Director on Taming the Wild With Mads Mikkelsen
The Promised Land, from Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, is a story of ambition. Set in 1755, it follows Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), a bankrupt former soldier determined to secure the royal title denied him by birth — the film’s Danish title, Bastarden, is a reference to Kahlen’s origins as the illegitimate son of a […]
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Oscars: Denmark Picks ‘The Promised Land’ for Best International Feature Category
Denmark has picked its 2024 Oscar contender, selecting period epic The Promised Land as its official Academy Award entry in the best international feature category. The drama, which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year, stars Mads Mikkelsen as a driven man determined to cultivate the wild Danish heath, the last area […]
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Icon Takes Mads Mikkelsen’s ‘The Promised Land’ for U.K.
Icon Film Distribution has picked up The Promised Land, the Danish period drama starring Mads Mikkelsen for the U.K. The Nordic Western sees Mikkelsen reteam with Nikolaj Arcel, the director of 2012’s A Royal Affair, a steamy period piece that scored an Oscar nomination for best international feature and launched the career of co-star Alicia […]
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‘The Promised Land’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Smolders Magnificently in Nikolaj Arcel’s Gripping Historical Epic
The Danish director and star of the Oscar-nominated 'A Royal Affair' reteam on this Nordic Western about a low-born military man determined to cultivate the wild Jutland heath against daunting odds.
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Venice: Nicolaj Arcel on Re-Teaming With ‘Royal Affair’ Star Mads Mikkelsen for ‘The Promised Land’
The Promised Land, the new film from Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, is a story of ambition. Set in 1755 it follows Captain Ludvig Kahlen, a bankrupt former soldier determined to secure the royal title denied him by birth — the film’s Danish title, Bastarden, is a reference to Kahlen’s origins as the illegitimate son of […]
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Venice Rising Star: Amanda Collin on How Losing ‘Raised by Wolves’ Led Her to ‘The Promised Land’
As the old adage goes, when one door closes, another opens. Gwyneth Paltrow can attest to that (for any kids in the audience, we’re referring to 1998 rom-com Sliding Doors). As can Amanda Collin. The Danish actress was in South Africa shooting the second season of HBO Max’s Ridley Scott-produced sci-fi Raised By Wolves (she played the […]
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Jenna Ortega’s ‘Finestkind,’ Dakota Johnson’s ‘Daddio’ Added to Toronto Film Fest Lineup
Despite the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors and WGA writers strikes, the Toronto Film Festival continues to turn up the star wattage for its 48th edition, adding movies with Dakota Johnson, Bérénice Bejo, Awkwafina, Sandra Oh and Mads Mikkelsen to its lineup on Thursday. For the Gala section, TIFF unveiled the A-list heavy crime drama Finestkind from Brian Helgeland, […]
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Box Office: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Cursed With $60M Domestic Opening
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny dug up an estimated $60 million in its domestic debut, a troubled start for the fifth and final installment in the famed adventure-action series starring Harrison Ford. The hope now is that the Disney and Lucasfilm tentpole will hold in well, beginning this week as Americans celebrate the […]
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Inside the Glorious — and Troubled — History of Italy’s Taormina Film Festival
If location truly was everything, the Taormina Film Festival would be the biggest in the world. Here on “Isola bella” (Sicilian for “beautiful island”) you have it all: The sun, the sea and sunsets that look CGI-ed in their beauty (one of the reasons The White Lotus picked the region as a backdrop for its […]
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Harrison Ford Reflects on End of His ‘Indiana Jones’ Journey, Says Movies “Have Given Me a Freedom”
After more than four decades, Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones journey is coming to an end, with his fifth and final performance as the iconic character in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Following an emotional world premiere at Cannes, the film made its U.S. debut at the Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday, where Ford […]
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