Possibly the worst idea in the history of music...

[(((0)))]

Black metal may become mainstream.

Honestly, no. No way will 14 year old girls begin finding black metalto be their favorite music.

 

[arg]

black metal will be grossly misrepresented in this, im sure

 

[Srontgorrth]

black metal will be grossly misrepresented in this, im sure

Everything will be grossly misrepresented in this @_@

 

[Meh]

who gives a shit if it does

Not I.

Honestly, no. No way will 14 year old girls begin finding black metalto be their favorite music.

Stranger things have happened.

However, my post was mostly sarcasm/poking fun at the "elitist" black metal fans.

 

[General Zaroff]

 

[Omni]

Varg will probably have a pretty strong case if he wants to sue for defamation of character, considering that this guy is going to play him, and the movie is being directed by people who have no idea what happened in Norway during the 90's.

 

[Blind Guardian]

Wow haha, Vikernes Creek.

 

[black blood]

The authors have managed to fill the heads of a generation of metal fans with lies. What could have been a righteous revolt has been made into some pathetic, embarrassing, brain-dead, impotent and traditional poser-culture best exemplified by bands like DIMMU BORGIR — and indeed VENOM!"

Did he just refer to Venom as a poser band?
I truly hate that man, seems only fitting that he is portrayed on screen by some douchebag.

 

[Vossyrus]

I think this is hilarious news, especially with regards to people who take the genre too seriously.

Honestly, no. No way will 14 year old girls begin finding black metalto be their favorite music.

Burzum = the new Cannibal Corpse on 14yr girls' myspace profiles. You know that band they claim to be a fan of because they heard their ex-bf play one song from them a long time ago.

But seriously, black metal is definitely growing in popularity, especially with the younger teens and I've always felt that black metal wasn't as inaccessible as it's made out to be.

 

[HeadbangerFromHell]

This will be a disgrace of a movie. It shouldn't exist in the first place, but that little fruit playing as Varg?! That's just wrong! *facepalm*

 

[Omni]

If you want an excruciating mental image, try picturing that guy posing as Varg with the armor and club.

 

[GhostVoices]

I still think this whole movie is just one big belated April Fools joke.

Ugh, worst film idea ever.

If you want an excruciating mental image, try picturing that guy posing as Varg with the armor and club.

I hate you for putting that image in my head

 

[Einherjar86]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=43850

Jackson Rathbone, the teen heartthrob from "Twilight", has reportedly agreed to play Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting fire to three churches — in the upcoming movie "Lords Of Chaos".

Based on Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind's book of the same name, the film depicts true events and revolves around the black metal sub-culture that spawned a wave of murders and church arsons across Norway in the early 1990s.

Making his English-language debut with "Lords Of Chaos" will be hot Japanese director Sion Sono.

Stuart Pollok of Los Angeles-based Saltire Entertainment, Ko Mori of Eleven Arts and Oh Jungwan of Korea's Bom Productions are producing the film, which starts shooting in Norway in mid-September.

Three years ago, plans had been underway to make the book into a film. However, the producers lacked funding at the time.

Now, however, with funding underway, producer Pollok is in Cannes to promote the project.

Why did you choose to make this film?

"It is a fascinating topic, a great visual world to depict, and a fun portrayal of Norway," Pollok told Dagbladet.no. "Black metal is possibly the largest cultural export of Norway in the past twenty years."

In his manuscript to Norway's Hans Fjellestad, Pollok revealed that the film will be based on actual events.

It will be a story of youth and youthful energy, said Pollok, but he emphasised that the film will fall under the teen film category, and that it will be a psychological horror film.

The events that came to pass are interesting and fascinating, said Pollok.

Pollok confirmed to Dagbladet.no that he will also be casting Norwegian actors.

Svein Andresen of Film Camp, which is responsible for the Norwegian recording locations and production, stated "What happened has been widely known to the public for a long time, and is now known worldwide. This was a gang that declared war on society. Actually, it is not surprising that Norwegian filmmakers have picked up on this piece of history."

Rathbone plays Jasper in Summit's "Twilight" series and is currently shooting the lead role in M. Night Shyamalan's $140-million "The Last Airbender" for Paramount Pictures.

In a 2004 statement posted on the Burzum.org web site, Vikernes slammed the "Lord Of Chaos" book as "a pool of mud," insisting that "the vast majority of all the statements made in this book are either misinterpretations; taken out of context; misunderstandings; malicious lies made by enemies; a result of ignorance; extreme exaggerations; and/or third-hand information at best. This includes the statements attributed to me!" He went on to say, "This book serves only one single purpose and that is to create a myth around my name and to mystify me. If that was their objective they have indeed succeeded with their work. Well, the book seems to have served one other purpose too. The authors have managed to fill the heads of a generation of metal fans with lies. What could have been a righteous revolt has been made into some pathetic, embarrassing, brain-dead, impotent and traditional poser-culture best exemplified by bands like DIMMU BORGIR — and indeed VENOM!"

Awesome, I can't wait to see this!

 

[Death Aflame]

who gives a shit if it does

This.

Could be an interesting film, though I doubt it. Also, I could not care less if the events depicted are accurate to the 'true' story or not.

 

[XSASweet]

Well, to be fair, why would he be in this kind of movie? the twilight movies will get him plenty of prestige (or something), why bother with this? He may like burzum for all we know, going by what he looks like is kind of stupid tbh.

 

[(((0)))]

I think this is hilarious news, especially with regards to people who take the genre too seriously.



Burzum = the new Cannibal Corpse on 14yr girls' myspace profiles. You know that band they claim to be a fan of because they heard their ex-bf play one song from them a long time ago.

But seriously, black metal is definitely growing in popularity, especially with the younger teens and I've always felt that black metal wasn't as inaccessible as it's made out to be.

I need to see proof of these 14 year olds, and more than just two accounts. You won't see black metal on MTV in high rotation EVER. The aesthetics are much too overblown, the sound way to raw or epic, and the extremity is more lyrical. Whereas, stuff like Cannibal Corpse, or similar bands, would be a much more shocking. Black Metal would have caught on much faster with the young scene kids by now.

Well, to be fair, why would he be in this kind of movie? the twilight movies will get him plenty of prestige (or something), why bother with this? He may like burzum for all we know, going by what he looks like is kind of stupid tbh.

Maybe he thinks it will be respectable role that he is interested in? Many actors that are in some of your favorite films were in some shitty movies with zero artistic cred. The Twilight films did not bring in prestige for him, just money. Think of those movies as stepping stones for him to become more known. I love how everyone writes this actor off. I do think the film will be stupid and filled with sensualism.

 

[GhostVoices]

Who wants to bet that some zealous Burzum fan will try to torch the studio?

 

[Episteme]

Don't they need to ask the permission of Varg in order to make this movie? Or do they just have to ask the idiot who wrote the book?

 

[Meh]

Who wants to bet that some zealous Burzum fan will try to torch the studio?

Good point.

 

[(((0)))]

Don't they need to ask the permission of Varg in order to make this movie? Or do they just have to ask the idiot who wrote the book?

I don't beleve so. Freedom of press, I would assume.