Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires U.S. Rights to Mads Mikkelsen’s The Last Viking
The dark comedy premiered at Venice, then Toronto, with near‑global sales through TrustNordisk.
Overview
- Samuel Goldwyn Films plans a U.S. theatrical release next year, building on its previous success with Mikkelsen’s Another Round.
- The deal was negotiated between SGF president Peter Goldwyn and TrustNordisk managing director Susan Wendt.
- TrustNordisk reports confirmed sales in more than 60 territories, including Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan.
- The film debuted out of competition at the Venice Film Festival before its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen reunites Mikkelsen with Nikolaj Lie Kaas for his sixth feature, a darkly comic tale of two brothers, lost heist money and fractured identity.