Samuel Goldwyn Movies has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for Anders Thomas Jensen’s The Final Viking, starring Mads Mikkelsen.
The Final Viking marks Anders Thomas Jensen’s sixth function as a director. All six movies star Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. The movie’s official synopsis reads: Anker is launched from jail following a fifteen-years sentence for theft. The cash from the heist was buried by Anker’s brother, Manfred. Solely he is aware of the place it’s. Sadly, Manfred has since developed a psychological dysfunction, inflicting him to neglect all. Collectively, the brothers embark on an sudden journey to find the cash and uncover who they are surely.
The movie debuted at this yr’s Venice Movie Competition, adopted by the North American premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. Thomas Jensen directs from a screenplay he wrote. The movie was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann for Zentropa Entertainments4 in co-production with Zentropa Sweden and Movie i Väst. TrustNordisk is on worldwide gross sales.
The deal was negotiated between Peter Goldwyn, President at Samuel Goldwyn Movies, and Susan Wendt, Managing Director at TrustNordisk.
“After our success with the Oscar-winning One other Spherical, we’re delighted to have one other Mads Mikkelsen venture to carry to U.S. theaters subsequent yr – particularly one from acclaimed filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen,” mentioned SGF president Peter Goldwyn. “The pairing of Mads Mikkelsen with Nikolaj Lie Kaas is actually one thing wonderful.”
Susan Wendt of TrustNordisk added: “I’m actually glad to have closed yet one more cope with Samuel Goldwyn, who is basically passionate in regards to the movie, and I couldn’t think about a greater companion bringing it to US audiences.”
