We saw the first footage from Seventh Son over a year ago at the 2013 ComicCon. Since then it's had a somewhat leisurely journey to the screen thanks to the divorce proceedings between Warner Bros. and Legendary. But having now settled into its new Universal custody, here's a celebratory new trailer for the fantasy adventure. Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes and Alicia Vikander star, and the director is Sergei Bodrov.
The film is an adaptation of The Spook's Apprentice, the first of Joseph Delaney's best-selling kids series The Wardstone Chronicles. Barnes plays seventh-son-of-a-seventh-son Tom, Luke Skywalker to Bridges' Ben Kenobi, learning the ropes of witch-hunting and coming to terms with his supernatural abilities. Their first major adversary is Moore's Mother Malkin, although it's not the first time Gregory has encountered her: he buried her in a pit covered with magic-countering iron bars years before (that kind of half-arsed temporary solution never turns out well). Vikander's role is Malkin's daughter Alice, who may or may not be a chip off the old block.
"We live in a world now where legend and nightmare are real," intones Bridges. We can't see whether he says it with a straight face because, for trailer purposes at least, it's a voiceover. Expect some guff genre dialogue then, but also be prepared for some decent action around all the CG beasties: Bodrov previously directed Mongol: The Rise Of Genghis Khan, and knows his way around a swordfight.
The excellent cast also includes Kit Harington, Djimon Hounsou, Olivia Williams, Antje Traue and Jason Scott Lee. Seventh Son finally arrives in the UK on February 6 next year.