Hannibal actor Mads Mikkelsen takes on the role of the world’s top assassin in the Netflix Original movie Polar.
Based on the Dark Horse graphic novel “Polar: Came from the Cold” by Victor Santos, the world’s top assassin, Duncan Vizla, aka The Black Kaiser, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head to head with an army of younger, faster, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to have him silenced.
Directed by Jonas Akerlund, Polar is written by Jayson Rothwell and produced by Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, and Hartley Gorenstein.
Starring Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal), Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical), Katheryn Winnick (Vikings), Matt Lucas (Doctor Who), Ruby O. Fee (As We Were Dreaming), Fei Ren (The Romeo Section), Anthony Grant (Star Trek: Discovery), Josh Cruddas (How It Ends), and Robert Maillet (The Strain), Johnny Knoxville (Bad Grandpa).
Polar hits Netflix internationally on January 25th.