PATHFINDER (2006) - 20thC Fox remake of Ofelas in the works

[the68monkey]

Looks like a Hollywood remake of Ofelas is in the works, due for a September release:

A thousand years in the past, a young Viking boy is accidentally left behind during a skirmish between the Vikings and Native Americans. The Native Americans raise the boy as their own, but when their village is wiped out from a Viking raid, the adopted Viking becomes his people's savior in battling the Norsemen.

source: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809233138/info (via Njål)

Interesting, as this is a remake of the 1987 Norwegian film by Nils Gaup that pits a young Sami boy against a tribe of men intent on ethnic cleansing in the frozen Scandinavian regions of about 1000 A.D. (Ofelas at imdb ). I first saw Ofelas on the German DVD, thanks to Njål, and oddly enough, we had discussed the similarities between the rituals and lifestyles of the Sami and some Native American tribes. It looks like the remake will be more accessible to a North American audience with the change of setting, but maybe it will bring more attention to the original, which was a good, worthy film. The remake has a lot of differences and looks like a splashy, big-budget remake, compared to the original. One thing I really enjoyed about the Norwegian film was that the people looked like real people, not plastic movie stars. Doesn't look like the remake will preserve that feature. :p

Edit:

Trailer for Pathfinder (2006):

Windows media

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(can't get that QuickTime link to work right, but if you visit the yahoo link above, you can find it)