Lords of Chaos (film)

Lords of Chaos
Theatrical poster
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Produced by
  • Kwesi Dickson
  • Danny Gabai
  • Jim Czarnecki
  • Erik Gordon
  • Jack Arbuthnott
  • Ko Mori
Screenplay by Dennis Magnusson
Jonas Åkerlund
Based on Lords of Chaos
by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind
Starring Rory Culkin
Emory Cohen
Jack Kilmer
Sky Ferreira
Cinematography Pär M. Ekberg
Edited by Rickard Krantz
Distributed by Vice Films
Release date
  • January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23) (Sundance)
Running time
 112 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Sweden

Lords of Chaos is a 2018 horror-thriller film directed by Jonas Åkerlund and written by Dennis Magnusson and Åkerlund. It stars Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, and Sky Ferreira. It is based on the 1998 non-fiction book of the same name by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind, which follows a series of crimes that occurred in Oslo, Norway in the early 1990s surrounding the black metal bands Mayhem and Burzum. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Plot

Øystein Aarseth starts the first Norwegian Black Metal band in the early 1980s, and the band’s actions cause a string of events including suicide, murder, and arson.

Cast

Production

Conception

Japanese director Sion Sono was set to direct a movie based on the book, with Jackson Rathbone starring as Vikernes.[1][2] It would be Sono's first English-language film. The screenplay was written by Hans Fjellestad (who was earlier reported to be the film's director as well[3]), Ryan Page, Adam Parfrey (the book's publisher), and Sono.[4][5][6] In July 2009 Sono stated that filming (in Norway) would begin in August or September and end in December.[1][7] The film was set to be released in 2010.[4] However, it was later announced that Rathbone would no longer be playing Vikernes due to scheduling conflicts.[8]

Filming

In May 2015, it was announced that former Bathory's drummer and film director Jonas Åkerlund would direct the film.[9][10] The film was set to shoot in the fall of 2015 in Norway, but for unknown reasons, filming didn't begin until 2016.[11] The film was shot in Oslo, Norway, with live performance scenes shot in Budapest, Hungary. The live sequences shoot also included filming for the Metallica music video ManUNkind, starring the cast of the movie.[12]

Varg Vikernes, who has criticized the film since the first project, stated in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel in 2016 that when approached by the filmmakers, he, along with Mayhem and Darkthrone denied the rights for their music to be used in the film.[13]

The rumor started by Vikernes, that Mayhem's music would not be included in the movie, was dispelled by Åkerlund in an interview with Rolling Stone.[14]

Release

The film's first screening was held during 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2018 in Park City, Utah.[15]

In October 2018, a first-quarter 2019 release window for the United States was announced, with Arrow Films securing the rights for distribution in the United Kingdom.[16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Shackleton, Liz (May 19, 2009). "Japan's Sion Sono summons Lords of Chaos for English debut". Screen International. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ "BURZUM Mastermind To Be Portrayed By 'Twilight' Heartthrob In 'Lords Of Chaos' Movie". Blabbermouth.net. May 21, 2009. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Lords of Chaos Movie to Go into Production in May". blabbermouth.net. April 11, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
  4. 1 2 Official site Archived December 11, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ O'Hara, Helen (May 27, 2009). "Twilight's Rathbone Is Lord Of Chaos". Empire. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
  6. ↑ Ouellette, Kevin (March 2, 2009). "Sion Sono shooting 'Lords of Chaos' in Norway this spring". Nippon Cinema. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
  7. ↑ Hoenigman, David F. (July 28, 2009). "Channeling Chaos – An Interview with Sion Sono". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
  8. ↑ Twilight Man Drops Out Of ‘Lords Of Chaos’ Movie Archived January 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (May 4, 2015). "Cannes: Jonas Akerlund to Direct 'Lords of Chaos' for Ridley Scott's Scott Free, RSA, Vice". variety.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Jonas Akerlund to Direct Film Based on Mayhem's Euronymous". Loudwire. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ "'Lords Of Chaos' Norwegian Black-Metal Movie Shooting In Oslo: First Look". blabbermouth.net. November 18, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  12. ↑ Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-metallicas-bloody-black-metal-channeling-manunkind-video-111189/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ ThuleanPerspective (December 20, 2016), About the 'Lords of Chaos' movie, retrieved January 22, 2018
  14. ↑ Rolling Stone (January 31, 2018), Jonas Akerlund on Black Metal, Mayhem and the Making of 'Lords of Chaos', retrieved March 31, 2018
  15. ↑ "lords-of-chaos". www.sundance.org. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Arrow Nabs 'Lords of Chaos' for U.K., Black Metal Movie Set for Early 2019 U.S. Release". variety.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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