Project Detail

Lords of Chaos

Synopsis

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s results in a very violent outcome.
Oslo, 1987. 17-year-old Euronymous is determined to escape his traditional upbringing and becomes fixated on creating ‘true Norwegian black metal’ with his band Mayhem. He mounts shocking publicity stunts to put the band’s name on the map, but the lines between show and reality start to blur. Arson, violence and a vicious murder shock the nation that is under siege by these Lords of Chaos.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - Midnight Section - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Features
Running time: 112 mins
Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Producer: Kwesi Dickson, Erik Gordon, Jack Arbuthnott, Ko Mori, Jim Czarnecki
Co-Producer: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jacqui Edenbrow, Andrew Coffing
Executive Producer: Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith, Vincent Landay, Natalie Farrey, Ashley Richardson, Adam Parfrey, Carlo Dusi, Jonas Åkerlund; Co-Executive Producer: Abazar Khayami
Editor: Rickard Krantz
Screenwriter: Dennis Magnusson and Jonas Åkerlund
Director of Photography: Pär M. Ekberg
Production Designer: Emma Fairley
Principal cast: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Sky Ferreira, Jack Kilmer, Anthony De La Torre, Valter Skarsgård, Sam Coleman, Jonathan Barnwell, Wilson Gonzalez, Lucian Charles Collier, James Edwin

Genre

Action Music Drama Dance

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Sweden, US coproduction

Eleven Arts (US), Vice Films (UK), Insurgent Media (US) in association with Scott Free Films and RSA Films (UK), Chimney (SE), 4 1/2 Films (NO)

VICE

Al Brown
Jacqui Edenbrow
New North Place
London
EC2A 4JA

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

42 - 48 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7NB

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