Vikings vs Alien Monster

Vikings vs an alien creature, battling it out among the fjords! How cool does this sound?

An age-old battle rages amongst the stars. Kainan’s people have been fighting the Moorwen, fierce animal-like creatures, for dominance. When his space craft crashes into 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 and into the time of the Vikings, intent on causing harm to those it perceives have wronged it. As the Moorwen kills everything in its path, Kainan has to try and get the feuding tribes to work together long enough to destroy the beast before it destroys them all.

This is Outlander, an epic scifi fantasy directed by Howard McCain and featuring vikings, a crashed alien spaceship and a rampaging monster designed by Patrick Tatopoulos of Godzilla, Independence Day, Pitch Black, Silent Hill and assorted other big-budget monster design fame.

I was naturally wondering about the monster and whether it achieved kaiju proportions. The jury’s still out, but some of these conceptual designs are suggestively positive:

Outlander Moorwen 1

Outlander Moorwen Trap

Moorwen statue

Outland monster

And because it looks so good, here’s a shot of the prow of the viking ship:

Viking ship

And one last image, of the alien spaceship’s arrival:

Ship crashing

You can find out lots about the film here.

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11 Responses to Vikings vs Alien Monster

  1. Avery says:

    I think that I’ve just had a ‘ geek-gasm ‘!! I’ve got to see this movie!!The images are incredible!!

  2. Backbrain says:

    “Geek-gasm”! That’s great, Avery! That’s a term that needs to enter the language! I may have to do a blog entry just about that term!

  3. Todd says:

    OK, I officially now have a new movie to “jones” on till it comes out;0)!!!

    Thanks for this heads-up and all that info, Rob.

    T

  4. Backbrain says:

    “to jones on”? I don’t think I’ve heard that usage before either! I shudder to think what it means….

  5. Avery says:

    I think that this film is gonna deliver the goods!! The visuals are stunning,and the creature designs are his best yet!! The whole concept of ‘ Vikings vs. Kaiju ‘ is brilliant!! Plus the cast are all very talented actors.I can’t wait to see this one!! I’m glad that after all the production delays we’re finally gonna get the chance to see it!!

  6. Backbrain says:

    I agree, Avery. The responses I’ve heard to this have been full-on enthusiasm! They might be on to a winner.

  7. Avery says:

    I have to admit that I’m more excited about this film than I’ve been for any other in quite some time.Don’t get me wrong,I absolutely loved “Cloverfield”,but this has really got me a bit more excited.I can hardly wait!!

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  9. vicky says:

    I got a nice Peterson jersey from sport-jerseys.biz.

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