Karl Urban is said to be in negotiations for a major role in "Pathfinder", a Viking epic directed by Marcus Nispel (2003's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), and written by Laeta Kalogridis ("Alexander"), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The US remake of the 1987 Norwegian film which followed Norway's warlike clans around the year 1000 A.D, is set in North America around the same time, when Vikings were said to have discovered the continent, 500 years before Columbus.

Karl Urban will play a Viking boy who accidentally is left behind during a skirmish between the Vikings and Americans Indians, who raise him as their own child. When their village is wiped out in a Viking raid, the adopted Viking becomes his people's defender in battling the Norsemen.

Shooting for "Pathfinder" is scheduled to begin this fall The official release of the movie is slated for mid-late 2006 by 20th Century Fox.

Karl Urban: Filmography

Outlander (2006) (pre-production)
Doom (2005) (completed)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Ghost Ship (2002)
The Price of Milk (2000)
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons (2000)
The Privateers (2000) (TV)
Via Satellite (1998)
Heaven (1998)
Amazon High (1997) (TV)
"Riding High" (1995) TV Series
"Shortland Street" (1992) TV Series
Chunuk Bair (1992)
"Homeward Bound" (1992) TV Series

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