DixieDestroyer
Hall of Famer
An update on Mel Gibson's forthcoming Viking movie from CF friend James Edwards at The Political Cesspool. You can bet Mel's movie won't have cultmarx casting of a ******* as a Viking or Nordic god (ala "Thor"
).
Mel Gibson set to film Viking epic in Old Norse
When thinking about European history the stories of the Vikings have always been among the most fascinating to me.
Needless to say, this is one movie that we should all make plans to go see.
He may have faced criticism for his interpretation of William Wallace's battle for Scottish independence in Braveheart, but that hasn't deterred Mel Gibson from producing another history-based movie.
This time the actor is planning to turn his directorial skills towards the Viking invasion of England and Scotland in the ninth century.
Gibson, 54, will follow a similar route to his previous films The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto by filming all of the scenes using Old Norse language, with English subtitles.
The forthcoming movie is as-of-yet untitled, but Gibson plans a historically accurate and violent recreation of the Viking terror that engulfed Scotland and England over a thousand years ago.
Gibson said: ‘I think it's going to be [in] English â€" the English that would have been spoken back then â€" and Old Norse. Whatever the ninth century had to offer. I'm going to give you real.
‘The very first idea I ever had about making a film was when I was 16 years old and I wanted to make a Viking movie.
‘And I wanted to make it in Old Norse, which I was studying at the time. That was the first big, epic, wacky idea I ever had.'
And, as with The Passion of the Christ, he said he plans to include brutally violent scenes for added realism.
He revealed: ‘I want a Viking to scare you. I don't want a Viking to say, "I'm going to die with a sword in my hand."Â
‘I want to see somebody who I have never seen before speaking low, guttural German who scares the living â€" out of me coming up to my house.'
Last year the actor, who girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva gave birth to the couple's first daughter Lucia in October last year, defended Braveheart against criticism about its historical inaccuracies.
He said: ‘Some people wanted me to feel guilty about that. You know, "you have messed up history"Â.
‘There is very little history about the man. There is some, but you have to make up the bits in between because there wasn't somebody following him around writing. He did exist and he did have an impact.'
The script is being developed by William Monahan, who wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-winning crime drama The Departed and work is expected to begin in the autumn.
Producer Graham King said: ‘This will be an awe-inspiring story.'
Keep in mind that Mel Gibson's father, Hutton, is a good friend of ours who has twice appeared on The Political Cesspool Radio Program.
Hutton's most recent interview with us set off a media firestorm of global publicity.
Be sure to visit Hutton Gibson's website and show him your support.
http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2011/05/23/mel-gibson-set-to-film-viking-epic-in-old-norse/
Hutton Gibson's Website
Mel Gibson set to film Viking epic in Old Norse
When thinking about European history the stories of the Vikings have always been among the most fascinating to me.
Needless to say, this is one movie that we should all make plans to go see.
He may have faced criticism for his interpretation of William Wallace's battle for Scottish independence in Braveheart, but that hasn't deterred Mel Gibson from producing another history-based movie.
This time the actor is planning to turn his directorial skills towards the Viking invasion of England and Scotland in the ninth century.
Gibson, 54, will follow a similar route to his previous films The Passion Of The Christ and Apocalypto by filming all of the scenes using Old Norse language, with English subtitles.
The forthcoming movie is as-of-yet untitled, but Gibson plans a historically accurate and violent recreation of the Viking terror that engulfed Scotland and England over a thousand years ago.
Gibson said: ‘I think it's going to be [in] English â€" the English that would have been spoken back then â€" and Old Norse. Whatever the ninth century had to offer. I'm going to give you real.
‘The very first idea I ever had about making a film was when I was 16 years old and I wanted to make a Viking movie.
‘And I wanted to make it in Old Norse, which I was studying at the time. That was the first big, epic, wacky idea I ever had.'
And, as with The Passion of the Christ, he said he plans to include brutally violent scenes for added realism.
He revealed: ‘I want a Viking to scare you. I don't want a Viking to say, "I'm going to die with a sword in my hand."Â
‘I want to see somebody who I have never seen before speaking low, guttural German who scares the living â€" out of me coming up to my house.'
Last year the actor, who girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva gave birth to the couple's first daughter Lucia in October last year, defended Braveheart against criticism about its historical inaccuracies.
He said: ‘Some people wanted me to feel guilty about that. You know, "you have messed up history"Â.
‘There is very little history about the man. There is some, but you have to make up the bits in between because there wasn't somebody following him around writing. He did exist and he did have an impact.'
The script is being developed by William Monahan, who wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-winning crime drama The Departed and work is expected to begin in the autumn.
Producer Graham King said: ‘This will be an awe-inspiring story.'
Keep in mind that Mel Gibson's father, Hutton, is a good friend of ours who has twice appeared on The Political Cesspool Radio Program.
Hutton's most recent interview with us set off a media firestorm of global publicity.
Be sure to visit Hutton Gibson's website and show him your support.
http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2011/05/23/mel-gibson-set-to-film-viking-epic-in-old-norse/
Hutton Gibson's Website
