More medieval action under way - after Thale, Escape is lining up
- Norwegian director Roar Uthaug casts his Cold Prey lead actress as a gang leader in 1663, which has already excited the UK, Germany and the Middle East
Norwegian producers Are Heidenstrøm and Martin Sundland, of Fantefilm Fiksjon, who backed the Cold Prey [+see also:
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Uthaug (pictured), who made the first Cold Prey, has cast his then lead actress Ingrid Bolsø Berdal as a woman gang leader in 1663, when Norway was ravaged by the Black Death. A poor family looking for a better life is attacked by robbers, who only spare the life of the daughter (Berdal), who realises that she had better find a way out.
Scripted by Thomas Moldestad, the €2.1 million production supported by the Norwegian Film Institute also stars Isabel Andreasen, Tobias Santelmann, lead vocalist Kristian Espedal of black metal group Gorgoroth and Richard Skog, who was named Norway’s Strongest Man 2009. Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS will handle domestic distribution.
Escape follows in the horror track of Norwegian director André Øvredal’s The Troll Hunter [+see also:
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