Robert Eggers (The Northman; The VVitch; The Lighthouse)
The Writers Panel
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How Does a Story Start to Take Shape?
"i had this idea of this volcano sword fight naked, and obviously i knew it would be a revenge story," says director Jenson Button. "Even the most viking lurgic icelander knows exactly what viking saga characters they're literally directly related to." The film is based on Shakespeare's shakespeare-based hamlet off of a norse folk tale named amled. It was funded by Lars cnuson, who has been trying to make a viking movie for ten years.
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