CANNES: The Danish actor is part of a stellar European cast put together by UK director Ken McMullen (1871) for his upcoming film Hamlet Revenant.

Other cast members include Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne, Connie Nielsen, Lambert Wilson, Maria Boda, Dominique Pinon and Lex Shrapnel. The film is produced by Albatros Films (FR) in co-production with Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion (DE), Filmexport Group (IT) Sequoia Pictures (DK) and ZDF in co-operation with Arte with the support of ArtsKoCo.

Filming is set to start in the second half of 2017. In McMullen’s original adaptation of Shakespeare’s iconic work, the director brings to the surface the violence and destructive instincts that haunt the human psyche. It is envisaged as an ‘intense motion picture with a haunting and atmospheric visual aesthetic’.

TrustNordisk just added the film to its extensive Cannes line up including the market screenings You Disappear, Darkland, I Remember You and The Divine Order, and Lars von Trier’s The House that Jack Built among its hottest pre-sales titles.