Viking Tale Finds Path To Rings Actor
LORD OF THE RINGS actor Karl Urban is in talks to star in PATHFINDER, a Viking epic produced by Phoenix Pictures and director Marcus Nispel (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake), according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 20th Century Fox will distribute.
The film is a remake of Nils Gaups 1987 Norwegian picture, which Phoenix acquired the rights to in 2001. The original followed Norway's warlike clans around the year 1000 A.D., however the redo script from scribe Laeta Kalogridis (ALEXANDER) moves the action to North America around the same time.