Universal acquires Viking Movie

Universal Pictures has acquired Baltasar Kormákur’s Viking movie, Vikingr, reports RÚV.

The film is based on classic stories deriving from the Icelandic Sagas and documents the larger-than-life heroes, adventures and battles of early Nordic settlers as well as daily life in the Viking age. According to Baltasar, Vikingr offers a fresh look at Viking culture that is both intimate and epic.

Baltasar – who is in post production for his mountaineering drama Everest (also from Universal) – wrote the screenplay with Ólafur Egill Egilsson and will direct the movie himself.

Vikingr producers include Kormákur under his RVK Studios banner; Marc Platt Productions’ Marc Platt and Adam Siegel; Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner; and Nathalie Marciano.