Asterix and the Vikings
Disney may have jumped completely on the CGI bandwagon, but Danish animation studio, A. Film A/S is keeping the hand drawn spirit alive with Asterix and the Vikings, “Europe´s most ambitious and expensive animated feature film to date.”
According to the synopsis on Asterix NZ:
In the book Asterix and the Normans a group of fearless Viking Warriors travels to Asterix’s village in a quest to discover the meaning of fear, as they had heard that fear gives you wings. Unfortunately, it just so happened that the Gaulish Village fear only one thing, that the sky may fall on their heads, and the Vikings are out of luck. That is until they encounter Vitalstatistix’s cowardly young nephew, Justforkix….
This is where the film deviates from the book, specifically developing “the Nordic aspects of the storyline“. The Vikings abduct Justforkix and bring him back to their homeland. Asterix and Obelix must travel to the icy Norway to rescue him. At one point in the movie, Asterix and Obelix have to disguise themselves as Vikings (See Images).
There are also original characters created for this movie, such as Olaf Timandahaf’s wife and daughter Abba, who becomes a love interest for Justforkix!
The movie has been described as being “road movie-esque“.
The film rolls into Belgium, France and the Netherlands in April and then onto Germany and Finland in May and Denmark in June.
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Thursday 26 Jan 2006 | Paul | Animation
