Now gibson is invading england and scotland in movie. Fury road mel gibson gives details on his viking movie, which has now been titled berserker, his movie about jewish warrior judah maccabee and being replaced by tom hardy in mad max. In 2008, a year before the initial announcement of the viking project, mr. Instead, they seem to prefer to operate in smaller groups, attacking independently. Mel gibson to direct kamikaze world war 2 thriller destroyer. In the pipeline behind destroyer, a remake of the world war ii saga of the uss laffey which would reteam gibson with daddys home 2 costar mark wahlberg, and berserker, a viking epic set in. It will probably include old english as well, spoken by the anglosaxons. Solstice studios russell crowe road rage thriller unhinged to be first film back in movie theaters july 1. In this way, other allies would know to keep their distance. The most barbaric and overthetop of these viking stories were of the viking berserker. This mel gibson interview originally appeared september 6 after the triumphant venice film festival premiere of hacksaw ridge. Mel gibson on the chances of lethal weapon 5, and his planned viking movie, berserker. Short film i made to target casting as a viking warrior character.
The berserker will be a real and visceral movie about the viking age. Mel gibson says no to lethal weapon 5 but berserker. Kann sein lange geplantes wikinger epos berserker punkten, sofern es denn gedreht. A ferocious and cannibalistic viking warrior from the 10th century is an incarnate reality in the backwoods of utah and preys upon luckless college students in this horror featurewhich contains. Cowrote new draft with braveheart screenwriter randall wallace by matt goldberg february 7, 2012. The viking movie project developed by mel gibson is not dead.
Music borrowed from james horners amazing work on mel gibsons film, apocalypto. Mel gibson will direct an untitled period drama about viking culture, a storyline that will be as unsparing as gibsons other period directing efforts, braveheart, the passion of. The event was widely reported by the icelandic media. One day he finds out his roommates boyfriend witnessed a murder, and he sets out to investigate what happened to. Mel gibson says his wild bunch remake started as a bad idea and is about violent men and last chances. Gibson revealed that his longdeveloping viking movie berserker is still in the.
Mel colmcille gerard gibson ao born january 3, 1956 is an american actor and filmmaker. Mel gibson gives details on his viking movie, which has now been titled berserker, his movie about jewish warrior judah maccabee and being replaced by tom hardy in mad max. Mel gibson says his real and visceral viking epic berserker is. Mel gibson hasnt given up his viking movie, berserker. Berserkers were said to have been lone viking warriors who donned nothing but a bearskin or a bear coat, which, in old norse, is pronounced, bjornserkr sound familiar. Liberals say mel gibsons latest film is vile, racist. Atop that list is a film on the italian banking family the medicis, the viking epic berserker, and a passion sequel that braveheart scribe randall.
What happened to mel gibsons berserker vikings movie. So if the movie gets made it will likely be in old norse. Just as hacksaw ridge dealt with the battle of okinawa in the pacific theatre of the war, destroyer too tackles the subject, although from a. When a clan of viking berserker warriors terrorise saxon youths in a ritualistic manhunt, the youths must fight back. The rambling critique also said gibson is the rights. Mel gibsons berserker trailer vorfreude mit kinotino. It was written, directed and produced by paul matthews and had its main release in 2004. Mel gibson s viking film berserker still moving forward nick newman august 14, 2012 he might be racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, homophobic, and the director of some notverygood films, but you cant keep mel gibson down. The 8 greatest films that were never made city pages. The projects that gibson has ready to go a longgestating viking berserker he cowrote with braveheart screenwriter randall wallace and a biblical epic about the jewish historical. The dialogue seemed worth another look as hacksaw ridge.
Its a dream project of gibson and was originally supposed to team him with leonardo dicaprio a few years ago. The new viking movie is titles berserker properly because it will be as bloody as you seen before i mean this is a viking room right haha. With paul johansson, craig sheffer, kari wuhrer, patrick bergin. Mel said quote berserker will be real and visceral. A warlords son is cursed to be reborn lifetime after lifetime and fated to. The volva has fairly welldone until she started screaming and telling the protagonist odin will feast on your soul. After the success of hacksaw ridge i hope we can see him getting a chance to make his viking epic berserker now. But berserker troops could be a doubleedged sword, as they were difficult to control in a battle and were often illsuited to formation warfare. No word on if the plan to film the whole project in the defunct old norse and anglosaxon languages. Gibson will helm destroyer, a world war ii naval war movie. Viking berserkers fierce warriors or drugfuelled madmen. Berserker, the longplanned viking epic which, last we heard, was getting some rewrite work from his braveheart scribe, randall wallace. This will be the case with the viking movie, berserker, too.
Mel gibson says hes cowritten a new draft of his viking movie, berserker. The berserkers in dark ages britain, a group of young saxons are captured by a clan of fearsome viking warriors and used as prey in a ritualistic manhunt. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as. Its still called berserker and i believe its going forward. With sol heras, douglas russell, amber jean rowan, simon armstrong. Information, latest rumours and news about mel gibsons upcoming viking movie. Modern historians characterize vikings more as fur traders than the bloodthirsty savages theyre often depicted as.
Ive talked to actors and stuff, and there are some good names attached who want to do it. Promising as that may be, it was a whole six months ago, and another wave of controversy hitting after that news left me. In dark ages britain, a group of young saxons are captured by a clan of fearsome viking warriors and used as prey in a ritualistic manhunt. By the 12th century, organised berserker wargangs had been completely disbanded. Mel gibson says no to lethal weapon 5 but berserker still moving forward, will be in english sort of.
Mel gibson loves using historical languages in his period films. Mel gibsons viking film berserker still moving forward nick newman august 14, 2012 he might be racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, homophobic, and the director of some notverygood films, but you cant keep mel gibson down. Ii saga destroyer, a viking epic titled berserker, and a. What happened to mel gibsons berserkervikings movie. Theres an old platitude that to know history is to be catholic, and so mel gibson is taking on two historical projects guaranteed to treat christian themes. What life was actually like for a viking berserker. Mel gibsons viking revenge movie back in the works. I feel that mel will be nicolas winding refns 2009 viking movie, valhalla rising for realistic and action as with mels past movies mad max action. Mel gibsons upcoming berserker and maccabees will be. Mel gibsons upcoming berserker and maccabees will be catholic films saint olaf ii, martyr edit. Real and visceral the viking movie project developed by mel gibson is not dead. Mel gibsons viking film berserker still moving forward.