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Lost in Iceland: freezing rain, blinding sandstorms, dead sheep, erupting volcanoes and the making of Beowulf & Grendel.

Beowulf & Grendel, a feature-film adaptation of the epic 8th-century Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, is a medieval adventure that tells the blood--soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll Grendel, who is threatening the kingdom of Hrothgar, the well--respected King of the Danes. When Beowulf arrives to help Hrothgar, he encounters Selma, reputed by locals to be a witch, who is key to deciphering the puzzle of the troll's rage. Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson (Rare Birds, Such a Long Journey) and written by Andrew Rai Berzins (Rare Birds, Scorn), Gerard Butler (The Phantom, Timeline) stars as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgard (Dogville, Kang Arthur) as ...

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