The Big Picture Jeff Bridges is set to play one of English literature's most famous monsters in Grendel. He will face off against Dave Bautista's Beowulf in the new life-action fantasy film, which will feature practical special-effects creatures from the Jim Henson Company. Deadline reports that the film will be shopped at the Cannes Film Festival later this month.
Grendel is an adaptation of the 1971 John Gardner novel of the same name, which retells the Old English epic poem Beowulf from the perspective of its villain, the monster Grendel. It will also star Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar, Sam Elliott as the Dragon, Thomasin McKenzie as Queen Wealhtheow, and Aidan Turner as Unferth. The film is slated to be written and directed by Robert D. Krzykowski, who directed Elliott and Turner in 2018's The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot.
What is 'Beowulf'? Close Written by an unknown author before the year 1000 BCE, Beowulf is one of the most significant works in the English language. It tells the story of the warrior Beowulf, who came to the aid of Danish king Hrothgar to battle the monstrous Grendel. After defeating Grendel, Beowulf must contend with Grendel's mother, and eventually returns to his homeland to become the king himself, before falling in battle with a dragon.
Brian Henson and Vince Raisa will produce Grendel for The Jim Henson Company, along with Krzykowski, Jay Glazer, Dennis Berardi, and Jon D. Wagner. Bridges will executive produce with John Sayles, Tamara Birkemoe, and Joe Jenckes of Ashland Hill Media Finance, which will finance the movie. T Bone Burnett will score the film.
Grendel is set to be shopped at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival; no release date has yet been set. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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