Magnolia Pictures has picked up North American rights to Irish/Norwegian co-production ‘The Last King’.

Directed by Oscar nominee Nils Gaup’s (‘Pathfinder’), ‘The Last King’ stars Jakob Oftebro and Kristofer Hivju as medieval warriors who embark on a perilous journey through the harsh Norwegian mountains to bring their dying King’s infant son to safety.

Magnolia Pictures, who previously distributed ‘Force Majeure’ and ‘Tangerine’, is set to release in 2016, according to ScreenDaily.

The film was produced in Ireland by Newgrange Pictures with funding by the Irish Film Board. It was also produced by Stein B. Kvae and Finn Gjerdrum for Paradox Film 3 AS, co-produced by Nordisk Film and Proton Cinema+Theatre with support from Norwegian Film Institute and Eurimages.

It was developed in collaboration with The Media Programme, Film3 and Midtnorsk Filmsenter. Norwegian release is set for February 12, 2016.

Previous deals include Koch Media for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Italy (Minerva Pictures Group), Czech Republic (Film Europe Media Company) Middle East (Gulf Film), India (Pictureworks) and Estonia (Estinfilm).

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