There’s a movie that hasn’t been getting a whole lot of buzz despite fitting into the sort of niche that we movie site guys love to talk about. All we’ve done is one Weekend Movie News Wrap-Up post where we showed you the poster for… Outlander.
What is Outlander about? As the title of this post says - it pits Vikings against a giant alien.
Seriously.
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Tell me this description doesn’t make you want to go see it:
“As an age old battle rages amongst the stars, Kainan’s ship burns brightly as it crashes into the Nordic coast. As his space craft comes to rest in the fjords of ancient Norway, it’s with dismay that Kainan realizes that he wasn’t the only survivor. A second passenger, a Moorwen also emerges from the wreckage. A Fierce and animal-like creature, the Moorwen is intent on causing harm to those it perceives have wronged it. As the Moorwen kills everything in its path, Kainan must work together with the Vikings to destroy the beast before it destroys them all.”
Sound like cheesy fun? It does to me. But wait… there’s more.
Stars appearing in the film include James Caviezel, Ron Perlman and John Hurt!
Dread Central had reported five days ago that although the film was previously slated for a theatrical release, Movies Unlimited made the DVD available for pre-order on Amazon.com for delivery on November 18th. Now obviously with no release date yet announced for the big screen, that left pretty much no time at all for a theatrical release, although supposedly contractually the film HAD to have a theatrical release.
I suppose the Weinsteins (who control the film) could pull a “Midnight Meat Train” and release it in 100 theaters or less, and then shoot it off to DVD land.
Ah, but according to the official Outlander site:
“Dirk Blackman, Producer and Co-writer of Outlander has been looking into the DVD date issue and has informed us that yes the DVD date is completely erroneous. The Weinstein Company has stated that there is absolutely *NO* official DVD Release date and are infact going to be contacting Amazon and Movies Unlimited to hopefull have the listing either taken down or altered. So all you fans out theere that want to see this movie in wide release please do not put on a defeatist attitude. Let people know you want to see it happen. There’s still hope.”
Outlander has generated a fair amount of passion in the hearts of those who have seen it or are familiar with the production. A month ago Moriarity of AICN made a plea for theatrical release and gave a heck of a lot of background about the film.
Apparently it cost close to $50 million and that’s not chump change. Here again is the poster, followed by a couple of trailers for your viewing enjoyment. 
Here’s the international trailer
And the US trailer
So what do you think? A whole lot of huffing and puffing over nothing? Or a film that deserves a shot at the big screen?
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I really wish this movie comes out. Watching the trailer gives a sort of “epic” feel to it, drawing me into the whole historic world. Kind of like what fantasy movies accomplish for me, and I love watching movies like that. If not, then I’ll buy the DVD, but would love to watch this in the theater. And I’ve been a fan of Jim Caviezel since Frequency.
But about Ron Pearlman… I have a friend who had a girlfriend that looks like Ron Pearlman… I waited until they broke up, so I could ask him, “What the hell were you thinking????” lol
I think they will make a third Hellboy.
Ken, what was his answer?! And did he manage to get the smell of cigar smoke out of the upholstery?
The alien speaks in Old Norse. Even without a kickass trailer that would of sold me.
Well it whould be sad to NOT se this on the BIG screen. I know the Scandinavians whould go and se it for SURE!
Well, it appears like it won’t see the big screen… Oh well…
I dont know. Seems kind of Sci-Fi channel-ish to me. The big screen may do it better justice though.
This movie by it’s trailer alone, has peeked my interest. Especially with it’s mix of Old World, which never really gets’ really enough exposure in films. Hell, the last film that I can recall that had Nordic Vikings in it was “The 13th Warrior”, and before that was the epic film with Kirk Douglas & Tony Curtis, “The Vikings”. That time period is intereting enough, then your adding in an Alien Presence to the film. I say, this film, if given enough of promotion, could be a sleeper at the box office. I know I’ll be seeing it, more than once.
This is so worth the BIG Screen, in Canada and Nova Scotia I might add. Cause there are a lot of background extra’s in it from there who should get to see this film on the Big Screen…
So Bring it!!!!! Cant wait….
You should make sure that you contact your local theater. It looks like a limited release. If you don’t let them know you want it to play, they might overlook it when it is offered! You should direct your inquiries to the highest management level at the theater.
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