<![CDATA[io9: Viggo Mortensen]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Viggo Mortensen]]> http://io9.com/tag/viggo mortensen http://io9.com/tag/viggo mortensen <![CDATA[How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road]]> How do you keep your humanity in the face of death, cannibals and destruction? This 11 minute feature from The Road goes deep with Viggo Mortensen, using clips, interviews and analysis. Plus listen to three tracks from Nick Cave's soundtrack. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411143&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["The Road" Is Lined With Dismal Sayings, Skulls On Sticks In New Trailer]]> Thanksgiving will see you giving thanks that you're not living in the movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, judging from the ultra-bleak new trailer. Takeaway message: the world is dying, and pleasant dreams mean you've given up on living. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5393918&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Another Roadblock For The Road: Post-Apocalyptic Film Delayed Until Thanksgiving]]> The movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, starring Viggo Mortensen, has already been delayed by over a year — but now it's facing yet another delay, from Oct. 16 to Nov. 25. Because cannibals and a ruined Earth are just what you need to gather the whole family around, for Thanksgiving... More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5358508&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[First Official Review Of The Road Calls It The Most Important Movie Of The Year]]> The first official review of Cormac McCarthy's big screen adaptation of The Road has been released, full of praise for the soul-crushing work of John Hillcoat and Viggo Mortensen. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5251030&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Viggo Takes Young Wolverine On "The Road"]]> The movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic bestseller The Road is roaring ahead, with the casting of Kodi Smit-McPhee (pictured) as the son of Viggo Mortensen's character. Smit-McPhee also plays the young Logan in the Wolverine solo movie. The Road starts filiming next month in Pittsburgh (possibly the most dystopian location they could find) and also co-stars Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce. And we've got a new synopsis. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=350851&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Post-Apocalyptic Lit Becomes Movie With Pretty People]]> Cormac McCarthy is currently riding a wave of cinematic bliss after the success of the Coen Brothers adaptation of his dark No Country For Old Men. Hopefully that washed the bad taste out of everyone's mouth that was the movie version his All The Pretty Horses. Next up is a film version of McCarthy's dark post-nuclear tale The Road, which Charlize Theron has just agreed to star in. But can Hollywood really do justice to this dark, literary tale? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=345074&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Viggo Mortenson As The Father Of Science Fiction?]]> Sylvester Stallone wants Viggo Mortensen to pick up the pen and cavort with ravens in a film he's directing about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Long known for his dark horror, fantasy and detective tales, Poe also created the first futuristic dystopia in fiction. More »
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