Ahead of its arrival on Netflix this May, the streaming service has released a new trailer and images for director Jonas Åkerlund’s limited drama series Clark which follows Clark Oloffson (Bill Skarsgård), the notorious Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson whose 1973 bank robbery gave rise to the expression “Stockholm Syndrome”; take a look here… The fictional […]
Bill Skarsgard stars in trailer for Netflix crime series Clark
Netflix has released the first trailer for Clark, the upcoming drama series from director Jonas Akerlund which stars Bill Skarsgard as the notorious Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson whose activities gave rise to the expression “Stockholm Syndrome” following the famous Norrmalmstorg bank robbery in 1973; watch it here… The fictional drama series Clark follows the man […]
Lords of Chaos’ Jonas Åkerlund to direct Brian Epstein biopic Midas Man
Trevor Beattie Films and StudioPOW have set Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos) to direct Midas Man, a biopic of Brian Epstein, the legendary star-maker and visionary music manager behind The Beatles. “Brian Epstein’s story has everything I’m looking for in a story,” said Åkerlund. “It’s all about Brian’s singularity for me. I love that Brian seemed […]
Lords of Chaos with critic and podcaster Zobo With a Shotgun – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #41
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic and podcaster Zobo With a Shotgun stops by to discuss the black metal biopic Lords of Chaos… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film blogger and […]
Movie Review – Lords of Chaos (2018)
Lords of Chaos, 2018. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Starring Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Valter Skarsgård and Sky Ferreira. SYNOPSIS: A teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome. The black metal community can appear, to onlookers, a quasi-circus act. A subculture of disgruntled teenagers […]
The director of Netflix’s Polar teases sequel possibilities
Jonas Åkerlund, the director of Netflix’s original film Polar, has teased potential sequel possibilities should they get the green light. The latest original film to make its way to Netflix viewers around the world is Jonas Åkerlund’s Polar, an adaptation of a graphic novel from author Víctor Santos. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen as a retired hitman, who […]
Second Opinion – Polar (2019)
Polar, 2019. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Richard Dreyfuss and Matt Lucas. SYNOPSIS: The world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with […]
Movie Review – Polar (2019)
Polar, 2019 Directed by Jonas Akerlund. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, Richard Dreyfuss and Matt Lucas. SYNOPSIS: A talented hitman is nearing retirement and will receive an eight-million dollar pension on his fiftieth birthday. His employers send out a team of younger assassins to take him out before his big payday. Based on […]
Black metal horror-thriller Lords of Chaos gets a new trailer
With just three weeks to go until its theatrical release, a new trailer has arrived online for director Jonas Akerlund’s upcoming horror-thriller Lords of Chaos. The film is based on the true events surrounding the Norwegian black metal bands Mayhem and Burzum in the early 90s and features a cast that includes Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, […]
Mads Mikkelsen is the world’s top assassin in Polar trailer
Netflix has released the trailer for their upcoming Dark Horse Comics adaptation Polar starring Hannibal and Doctor Strange villain Mads Mikkelsen. Playing the world’s retired top assassin The Black Kaiser, he is on the run from his former employers after he’s deemed a liability and marked for death. The film is directed by Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos) […]
