Mads Mikkelsen will star in the action-thriller Polar, set in the gritty underworld of political assassins. Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund is helming Jayson Rothwell’s adaption of the Dark Horse graphic novel Polar: Came With the Cold by Victor Santos. Mister Smith Entertainment is debuting the feature film to international buyers at the upcoming American Film Market, which opens Nov. 1 in Santa Monica, Calif.
Producers are Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Bolt Pictures’ Jeremy Bolt, Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson, and Keith Goldberg. Martin Moszkowicz is executive producing.
Mikkelsen will play the world’s top assassin Duncan Vizla, A.K.A the Black Kaiser who is retiring when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he soon finds himself being hunted by an army of younger, faster, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to have him silenced. Having no choice but to return to the shadowy life he thought he’d left behind, he must use his arsenal of deadly skills to outsmart his enemies and protect an innocent woman.
“Mads Mikkelsen was born to play the world’s best assassin,” Bolt said. “He is totally believable as the Black Kaiser in ‘Polar’ and Jonas’ unique, vibrant but grounded and darkly comic style will set ‘Polar’ apart as an unforgettable tale.”
Mikkelsen’s prominent roles include the lead in NBC’s “Hannibal”; the Bond villain Le Chiffre in “Casino Royale”; the antagonist Kaecilius opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in “Doctor Strange”; and Galen Erso in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Mikkelsen received the best actor award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for “The Hunt.”
