Mads Mikkelsen Archives

Mads Mikkelsen & Nikolaj Arcel To Team Up Again On Another Danish Period Piece, ‘King’s Land’

May 26, 2022 11:33 am

Despite his stateside appeal, Mads Mikkelsen has never stopped making films in his native Denmark. And now, he's signed up for another one, a reunion with director Nikolaj Arcel, who he last worked with on 201...

‘Indiana Jones 5’: Mads Mikkelsen Says New Indy Is Going “Heavily Back To The First & Second Film” Roots

Christopher Marc

April 14, 2022 10:59 am

News

The "Indiana Jones" franchise is making a comeback with a fifth and potentially final film as the long-delayed production finally went in front of cameras last year. After multiple development hiccups that led...

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Review: The Franchise Finally Finds Its Footing

Drew Taylor

April 5, 2022 10:00 am

News, Reviews

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” has not had the easiest journey. Based on a slender volume of in-universe lore, it was author J.K. Rowling’s attempt to expand the so-called Wizarding World by focusin...

New ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore’ Trailer: Return To The Wizarding World On April 15

Ned Booth

February 28, 2022 10:00 am

News, Trailers

Since it started in 2016, critical praise for the "Fantastic Beasts" series hasn't panned out exactly as Warner Bros. anticipated. Still, this is a "Harry Potter"-adjacent franchise, so it's a cash cow, albeit...

The Best Film Performances Of 2021

Matthew Monagle and The Playlist Staff

December 21, 2021 12:56 pm

Features, News

Great acting was everywhere in 2021. While we received the usual assortment of great performances in festival standouts and end-of-year awards contenders, we also found inspired performances in big-budget mult...

‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Mads Mikkelsen In Talks to Replace Johnny Depp As Grindelwald

Mads Mikkelsen Doesn’t Have A Johnny Depp Hot Take But Would’ve Loved To Talk To Him About ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Role

Charles Barfield

June 29, 2021 11:44 am

News

The controversy surrounding Johnny Depp and his allegedly violent relationship with ex-wife Amber Heard has been making headlines for what seems like decades, at this point. Most people have chosen sides and a...

Mads Mikkelsen Thinks The Leonardo DiCaprio-Led ‘Another Round’ Remake Is Going To Be “Tricky”

Charles Barfield

May 14, 2021 1:11 pm

News

No matter what the film is, when a Hollywood studio announces its intentions to make an English-language remake of an acclaimed foreign-language film, folks get upset. Most of the time, it all revolves around ...

‘Riders Of Justice’: Mads Mikkelsen & A Great Ensemble Lend Emotional Depth To This Revenge Thriller [Review]

Andrew Crump

May 12, 2021 12:47 pm

News, Reviews

Mads Mikkelsen rang out the worst year on record playing a dad in the latest from one of his standby directors, Thomas Vinterberg ("Another Round"), then followed up with another dad role in the latest from Do...

Thomas Vinterberg Is “Full Of Hope & Curiosity” Regarding Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Another Round’ Remake

Charles Barfield

April 27, 2021 12:45 pm

News

One of the most surprising bits of news to come out of the Oscars aftermath is the report that Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company has secured the rights to an English-language remake of the Oscar-winning f...

‘Another Round’: Leonardo DiCaprio To Star In An English-Language Remake Of Thomas Vinterberg’s Film

Charles Barfield

April 26, 2021 2:07 pm

News

If you’re a fan of Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning film, “Another Round,” it might be time for you to take a seat. I am about to deliver some news that might be upsetting. Even though we should have expected...

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