{"id":59098,"date":"2011-07-14T03:54:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T10:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=59098"},"modified":"2011-07-14T03:54:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T10:54:02","slug":"alexander-skarsgard-cast-in-viking-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2011\/07\/14\/alexander-skarsgard-cast-in-viking-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Skarsgard Cast In Viking Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for &#8216;True Blood&#8217; star Alexander Skarsgard.\u00a0 The popular actor, who is best known as the hunky vampire Eric Northman to fans, \u00a0is reportedly set to take the lead role, and make his debut as a producer, in a newly purchased flick by Warner Brothers.\u00a0 The movie, with a working title of &#8220;The Vanguard&#8221;, was sold by Atlas Entertainment and is being described as a Viking story in the making that could be the next Braveheart or Gladiator.\u00a0 At least that&#8217;s what 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