Casting News

Mystery Train: Lisa Langseth & Alicia Vikander Reteam for “Euphoria”

Published on May 6, 2016

With nice looking paycheques from her roles in Tomb Raider and Jason Bourne, Screen Daily reports that Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander is setting up her own production company (Vikander Productions) and re-teaming with Lisa Langseth on Euphoria. Vikander will be sharing the screen with Eva Green in the psychological drama that will be set in German Alps and will begin production in August. Patrik Andersson and Frida Bargo (Hotell) have been shepherding the project since the beginning.

Gist: The story follows two sisters (Vikander and Green) in conflict as they travel through Europe towards a mysterious destination.

Worth Noting: For her feature film debut Pure (2009), Langseth was awarded the Guldbagge (Swedish Oscars) for Best Script and Alicia Vikander won the Guldbagge for Best Leading Actress.

Do We Care?: Building back to back cred with outings Pure and Hotell, clearly there is a creative chemistry paying off in this Langseth and Alicia Vikander creative union. After slice of life portraits and normal folk quirks, we’re curious in seeing where they go from here.

Related Topics:Alicia Vikander, Casting News: Foreign Films, Euphoria, Eva Green, Lisa Langseth

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).