The sole survivor of a plane crash in an icy wasteland lives by his wits as he waits for help to arrive. But when a long-awaitedrescue effort fails, he faces a life-or-death decision: remain in the relative safety of his camp and hope to be found,or embark on an arduous trek that may be the only hope for both him and a critically injured stranger.
An official selection of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Arctic marks the feature debut of writer and director Joe Penna, creator of the innovative and popular YouTube channel MysteryGuitarMan. Mads Mikkelsen delivers an engrossing tour de force performance as Overgård, a resourceful yet increasingly desperate man stranded in a remote, snow-covered wilderness.
Filmed in Iceland under grueling conditions, Arctic is a captivating,white knuckle cinematic experience that explores our insurmountable will to survive and overcome. The film is directed by Joe Penna from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Morrison.
An official selection of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Arctic marks the feature debut of writer and director Joe Penna, creator of the innovative and popular YouTube channel MysteryGuitarMan. Mads Mikkelsen delivers an engrossing tour de force performance as Overgård, a resourceful yet increasingly desperate man stranded in a remote, snow-covered wilderness.
Filmed in Iceland under grueling conditions, Arctic is a captivating,white knuckle cinematic experience that explores our insurmountable will to survive and overcome. The film is directed by Joe Penna from a script he co-wrote with Ryan Morrison.
- 1/4/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bleecker Street acquired the icy drama “Arctic” starring Mads Mikkelsen for North America and some international territories at the Cannes Film Festival, the studio announced on Friday.
Mikkelsen stars as an intrepid adventurer who is stranded in the Arctic after his plane crashes. With a determined attitude and sharp survival skills he aims to find a path to be rescued, but when a helicopter seeking to save him crashes, he must make moral and ethical decisions about those survivors too.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night.
Also Read: 16 Cannes Winners That Went on to Take Oscar Gold (Photos)
First-time director Joe Penna co-wrote the script with Ryan Morrison, who also edited the film. Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (“Prisoners“) also stars. The film offers vast, forbidding images of the frozen mountains of the Arctic, and Mikkelsen is the core of the movie, as a man drawing on vast inner reserves in his desire to survive, but also demonstrating moral courage in seeking to save a fellow survivor.
Producers are Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films, who also financed, and Noah C. Haeussner of Union Entertainment Group. Martha De Laurentiis, Manu Gargi and Einar Thorsteinsson are executive producers.
The deal was negotiated between Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street with CAA Media Finance and UTA for U.S. rights with Xyz handling international sales on behalf of the filmmakers.
Read original story Bleecker Street Acquires Mads Mikkelsen Survival Drama ‘Arctic’ At TheWrap...
Mikkelsen stars as an intrepid adventurer who is stranded in the Arctic after his plane crashes. With a determined attitude and sharp survival skills he aims to find a path to be rescued, but when a helicopter seeking to save him crashes, he must make moral and ethical decisions about those survivors too.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night.
Also Read: 16 Cannes Winners That Went on to Take Oscar Gold (Photos)
First-time director Joe Penna co-wrote the script with Ryan Morrison, who also edited the film. Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (“Prisoners“) also stars. The film offers vast, forbidding images of the frozen mountains of the Arctic, and Mikkelsen is the core of the movie, as a man drawing on vast inner reserves in his desire to survive, but also demonstrating moral courage in seeking to save a fellow survivor.
Producers are Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films, who also financed, and Noah C. Haeussner of Union Entertainment Group. Martha De Laurentiis, Manu Gargi and Einar Thorsteinsson are executive producers.
The deal was negotiated between Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street with CAA Media Finance and UTA for U.S. rights with Xyz handling international sales on behalf of the filmmakers.
Read original story Bleecker Street Acquires Mads Mikkelsen Survival Drama ‘Arctic’ At TheWrap...
- 5/11/2018
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Bleecker Street has acquired North American distribution rights and select international territories on Joe Penna’s Arctic. The director’s feature-film debut stars Mads Mikkelsen and had its world premiere last night in an Official Selection Midnight berth here at the Cannes Film Festival.
The title follows a man (Mikkelsen) stranded in the Arctic, who is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
The script was written by Penna and Ryan Morrison, who also edited the film. Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (Prisoners) also stars.
Producers are Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films, who also financed, and Noah C Haeussner of Union Entertainment Group. Martha De Laurentiis, Manu Gargi and Einar Thorsteinsson are executive producers.
The title follows a man (Mikkelsen) stranded in the Arctic, who is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
The script was written by Penna and Ryan Morrison, who also edited the film. Maria Thelma Smáradóttir (Prisoners) also stars.
Producers are Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films, who also financed, and Noah C Haeussner of Union Entertainment Group. Martha De Laurentiis, Manu Gargi and Einar Thorsteinsson are executive producers.
- 5/11/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Film had its Cannes premiere on May 10.
Joe Penna’s Arctic has been picked up by New York-based distributor Bleecker Street for North America and select international territories, Screen can reveal.
The survival thriller financed by Armory Films and starring Mads Mikkelsen premiered at Cannes last night (May 10) as a Midnight Screening.
The deal was negotiated between Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group for Us rights with Xyz handling international sales on behalf of the filmmakers.
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures produced. In the film,...
Joe Penna’s Arctic has been picked up by New York-based distributor Bleecker Street for North America and select international territories, Screen can reveal.
The survival thriller financed by Armory Films and starring Mads Mikkelsen premiered at Cannes last night (May 10) as a Midnight Screening.
The deal was negotiated between Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group for Us rights with Xyz handling international sales on behalf of the filmmakers.
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures produced. In the film,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay & Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film had its Cannes premiere on May 10.
Joe Penna’s Arctic has been picked up by New York-based distributor Bleecker Street for North America and select international territories, Screen can reveal.
The survival thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen premiered at Cannes last night as a Midnight Screening.
CAA Media Finance and UTA handled the Us sale. Xyz Films is representing international.
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures produced. In the film, Mikkelsen plays a man stranded in the Arctic, waiting to be rescued. After a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must decide whether to remain in...
Joe Penna’s Arctic has been picked up by New York-based distributor Bleecker Street for North America and select international territories, Screen can reveal.
The survival thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen premiered at Cannes last night as a Midnight Screening.
CAA Media Finance and UTA handled the Us sale. Xyz Films is representing international.
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures produced. In the film, Mikkelsen plays a man stranded in the Arctic, waiting to be rescued. After a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must decide whether to remain in...
- 5/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay & Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Paris-based Backup Media has acquired multi-territory rights to Joe Penna’s feature debut “Arctic,” a gripping survival thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen (“Hannibal”) which will make its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight section.
Written by Penna and Ryan Morrison, “Arctic” follows Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic who is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost, and he must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp, or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
Armory Films’s Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros, the duo behind Dee Rees’s Oscar-nominated “Mudbound,” produced “Arctic” alongside Noah C Haeussner of Union. Martha de Laurentiis, Manu Gargi and Einar Thorsteinsson exec produced the film. Xyz Films is representing the international rights with CAA/UTA handling domestic.
Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros...
Written by Penna and Ryan Morrison, “Arctic” follows Mikkelsen as a man stranded in the Arctic who is finally about to receive his long-awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost, and he must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp, or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
Armory Films’s Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros, the duo behind Dee Rees’s Oscar-nominated “Mudbound,” produced “Arctic” alongside Noah C Haeussner of Union. Martha de Laurentiis, Manu Gargi and Einar Thorsteinsson exec produced the film. Xyz Films is representing the international rights with CAA/UTA handling domestic.
Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros...
- 4/30/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Xyz Films handles international sales.
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures have announced that Mads Mikkelsen is starring in the survival thriller Arctic.
Production is underway on the story centred on a man stranded in the Arctic, who is finally about to be rescued.
After a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
Joe Penna directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Ryan Morrison.
Arctic is shooting on location in the Icelandic mountains. Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films produce with Noah C Haeussner of Union.
Martha De Laurentiis, Einar Thorsteinsson and Cassian Elwes serve as executive producers.
Mikkelsen was most recently seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. He reunites with Arctic executive producer De Laurentiis, with whom he...
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures have announced that Mads Mikkelsen is starring in the survival thriller Arctic.
Production is underway on the story centred on a man stranded in the Arctic, who is finally about to be rescued.
After a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
Joe Penna directs and co-wrote the screenplay with Ryan Morrison.
Arctic is shooting on location in the Icelandic mountains. Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films produce with Noah C Haeussner of Union.
Martha De Laurentiis, Einar Thorsteinsson and Cassian Elwes serve as executive producers.
Mikkelsen was most recently seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. He reunites with Arctic executive producer De Laurentiis, with whom he...
- 4/19/2017
- ScreenDaily
Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group and Pegasus Pictures announced today that Mads Mikkelsen (Dr. Strange, Star Wars, The Hunt) is starring in the survival thriller Arctic, directed by Joe Penna. Co-written by Penna and Ryan Morrison, the film is being produced by Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films and Noah C Haeussner of Union, and is being executive produced by Martha De Laurentiis, Einar Thorsteinsson and Cassian Elwes. The film also marks the first re-teaming of Mikkelsen and De Laurentiis since NBC’s “Hannibal.” Production is currently underway, with Xyz Films handling international sales.
The story surrounds a man (Mikkelsen) stranded in the Arctic, who is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
The story surrounds a man (Mikkelsen) stranded in the Arctic, who is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.
- 4/19/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kayti Burt Apr 20, 2017
Fancy seeing Mads Mikkelsen trying to survive in the Arctic? You might just be in luck...
Mads Mikkelsen, he of Hannibal and Doctor Strange and Rogue One, has been cast to star in Arctic, a survival thriller currently in production, according to Deadline.
The premise? A man stranded in the Arctic is about to get his long-awaited rescue, only for the opportunity to slip through his fingers. With no rescue coming, the man must decide whether to remain at his camp or start off across the tundra in the hopes of something better. That man will be played by Mikkelsen.
It's nice to see Mikkelsen getting a less antagonistic role. After Casino Royale, the Danish actor tends to get cast as the bad guy (his performance in the extraordinary The Hunt shows just what he can do). Who knows if the man will make it out of the Arctic,...
Fancy seeing Mads Mikkelsen trying to survive in the Arctic? You might just be in luck...
Mads Mikkelsen, he of Hannibal and Doctor Strange and Rogue One, has been cast to star in Arctic, a survival thriller currently in production, according to Deadline.
The premise? A man stranded in the Arctic is about to get his long-awaited rescue, only for the opportunity to slip through his fingers. With no rescue coming, the man must decide whether to remain at his camp or start off across the tundra in the hopes of something better. That man will be played by Mikkelsen.
It's nice to see Mikkelsen getting a less antagonistic role. After Casino Royale, the Danish actor tends to get cast as the bad guy (his performance in the extraordinary The Hunt shows just what he can do). Who knows if the man will make it out of the Arctic,...
- 4/19/2017
- Den of Geek
Kayti Burt Jan 3, 2019
Survival thriller Arctic will see Mads Mikkelsen's character trying to survive in a harsh, frigid climate.
Mads Mikkelsen, he of Hannibal, Doctor Strange and Rogue One, stars in Arctic, a survival thriller currently in production.
The premise? A man stranded in the Arctic is about to get his long-awaited rescue, only for the opportunity to slip through his fingers. With no rescue coming, the man must decide whether to remain at his camp or start off across the tundra in the hopes of something better. That man will be played by Mikkelsen.
It's nice to see Mikkelsen getting a less antagonistic role. After Casino Royale, the Danish actor tends to get cast as the bad guy. Who knows if the man will make it out of the Arctic, but it will be nice to unapologetically cheer for Mikkelsen in a film.
Arctic Trailer
Check out the frigid first trailer for Arctic!
Survival thriller Arctic will see Mads Mikkelsen's character trying to survive in a harsh, frigid climate.
Mads Mikkelsen, he of Hannibal, Doctor Strange and Rogue One, stars in Arctic, a survival thriller currently in production.
The premise? A man stranded in the Arctic is about to get his long-awaited rescue, only for the opportunity to slip through his fingers. With no rescue coming, the man must decide whether to remain at his camp or start off across the tundra in the hopes of something better. That man will be played by Mikkelsen.
It's nice to see Mikkelsen getting a less antagonistic role. After Casino Royale, the Danish actor tends to get cast as the bad guy. Who knows if the man will make it out of the Arctic, but it will be nice to unapologetically cheer for Mikkelsen in a film.
Arctic Trailer
Check out the frigid first trailer for Arctic!
- 4/19/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Mads Mikkelsen, who previously starred in NBC’s Hannibal series, has been tapped as the lead in survival thriller Arctic, with Joe Penna attached to direct for Armory Films, Union Entertainment Group, and Pegasus Pictures. The pic, which is currently in production, reunites Mikkelsen with Hannibal Ep Martha De Laurentiis, who is exec producing the film along with Einar Thorsteinsson and Cassian Elwes. Penna and Ryan Morrison co-wrote the script, which follows…...
- 4/19/2017
- Deadline
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