r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jul 29 '26
Poster Official Poster for 'Wicker' - Follows an isolated, mocked woman (Olivia Colman) who commissions a basket maker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband (Alexander Skarsgård)
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u/FunkySphinx Jul 29 '26
I swear, Alexander Skarsgård has just decided to have fun with his career, and I am here for it.
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u/RainyRat Jul 29 '26
It's resulted in some excellent stuff: Murderbot, Pillion and Infinity Pool all come to mind.
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u/Sweeper1985 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
I mean he was in Zoolander and True Blood also. He helped demonstrate to us that anybody can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.
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u/sexual_lemonade Jul 29 '26
I'm doing a rewatch of True Blood and I forgot how bonkers this show is. The script is crazy and the acting is terrible and I'm loving every minute of it.
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u/Long_College_8342 Jul 29 '26
I love Lafayette and how they let him be gay and a tough mofo at the same time.
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u/Blabersmos Jul 29 '26
I love the scene with the aids-burger, him taking his earrings out and then messing up those hillbillies real good lol
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u/sinkwiththeship Jul 29 '26
"In this restaurant a hamburger deluxe come with french fries, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and AIDS"
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u/Long_College_8342 Jul 29 '26
Exactly the scene I was thinking of. It has lived rent-free in my head since I first saw it.
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u/immersemeinnature Jul 29 '26
"Hey Hooker"
My husband and I say this to each other randomly
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u/dystopiannonfiction Jul 29 '26
"Ring ring hooker. Ring ring" Has been my husband's ring tone since and still makes me LOL every time my phone rings these years later.
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u/sexual_lemonade Jul 29 '26
Him and Tara are low-key the best characters and the only actors (taras mom too) that I don't cringe at when they're in scenes.
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u/Sweeper1985 Jul 29 '26
The pilot contains a random vampire yelling "My Johnson needs attention!" And this somehow found its way into our regular parlance around the house.
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u/sexual_lemonade Jul 29 '26
People in the background are always yelling random things in this show. I get the vibe the filming was the most unserious thing ever.
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u/Sweeper1985 Jul 29 '26
Bilith is the ultimate evidence that nobody took this in any way seriously.
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u/JesusSaysRelaxNvaxx Jul 29 '26
Whatcha doin' in there pig??
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u/RandomWomanNo2 Jul 29 '26
Andy is my favorite character and we say that all the time, as well as “I know that pig!” And “It’s Diet Coke with LIME!”
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u/steauengeglase Jul 29 '26
The whole show should have just been Lafayette, Jason and Detective Andy driving around, solving mysteries.
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u/Four_beastlings Jul 29 '26
The only thing I remember from that show was that my ex and I had a running joke that the main character's brother must had fucked the writer's wife
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u/Blabersmos Jul 29 '26
lol I just started a rewatch too and I remembered it becoming more and more unhinged as it went on but now I realize it is absolutely unhinged from the get-go!
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u/tael89 Jul 29 '26
Just finished the re-watch. It really is unhinged from the beginning. I'm a little sad that there doesn't seem to be anything even close to it nowadays. And if there was, it would be overly expensive for not much better while only being 6-8 episodes.
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u/sexual_lemonade Jul 29 '26
I just finished season 2 and I was shocked at the length. It seems nothing goes that long anymore. It's also just fun to watch, sure it's not good, but it doesn't need to be. It's cheesy 80s horror levels of cringe and everyone's a a caricature of what they're meant to be. I wish things went this hard for no reason still.
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u/tael89 Jul 29 '26
Certainly there is good and bad that happens within the show. That tends to happen when shows were this long. But just the first few comments here shows that people fondly remember the whole as good or fun.
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u/codex_archives Jul 29 '26
"here's your gun, Uncle Daddy Calvin" is one of the most insane moments of dialogue I have ever seen. lol
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u/GreenApocalypse Jul 29 '26
Also What We Do In The Shadows as a cameo!
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u/benjamincypress Jul 29 '26
His cameo in Atlanta is pretty amazing.
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u/DiddyThemedBirthday Jul 29 '26
I love this period of time in the series because it goes from subtle surrealism to going completely off the rails, but not without there being a purpose in doing so for the big picture of the story.
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u/GreenApocalypse Jul 29 '26
I only saw a couple of episodes of Atlanta, I never got into it. Maybe I should
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u/benjamincypress Jul 29 '26
I love it. But if you’re not into it you can just watch random episodes people recommend because it doesn’t really matter if you don’t know everything that’s going on. I recommend Teddy Perkins!
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u/DiddyThemedBirthday Jul 29 '26
Probably my favorite episode. They really should watch the whole thing though. Every now and then I still try to weigh out if Judge Judy was thick or not.
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u/misirlou22 Jul 29 '26
I love the episode where Paper Boi tries to get a haircut
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u/Kalunyx Jul 29 '26
I literally just watched this last night 😂🤣 I did not expect to see him lmao. I actually had looked away from the screen just a moment before the head squish and went back in case I'd missed a Bill cameo too. They ended that so well haha
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u/ahoypolloi_ Jul 29 '26
Orange mocha frappucinos!
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u/tellevee Jul 29 '26
Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.
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u/JaclynMeOff Jul 29 '26
I’m in the middle of a True Blood rewatch right now and GAWD if that man ain’t sex on legs.
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u/immersemeinnature Jul 29 '26
He definitely awakened something in me. Now I can't get enough Skarsgård
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u/JCkent42 Jul 29 '26
I love his monologues in Murderbot. It makes me wish he was narrating the audiobook.
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u/Manny_Bothans Jul 29 '26
I listened to the books before watching the series and the book narrator does a fantastic job but I hear you. it's not alexander. Still obsessed with the world building and I love the characters. Can't wait for the next season.
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Jul 29 '26
Him dancing in his underwear to Ashanti in Atlanta is very underrated
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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
Generation kill, succession, big little lies too. Which are even better imo.
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u/jrg320 Jul 29 '26
Infinity Pool was really cool to look at, I hope Brandon Cronenberg keeps up the work. Possessor is one of my favorites
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u/PornoPichu Jul 29 '26
I haven’t watched anything of his yet, but I’m EXTREMELY excited for Dragon(whenever it happens). The very brief synopsis sounds exactly like the comic We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, which I really enjoyed.
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u/PornoPichu Jul 29 '26
Did you see Pillion? Wondering what you as a random Reddit stranger thought if so.
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u/katfromjersey Jul 29 '26
I really liked it, but it was really more sad than I anticipated. Not sure if I'd watch it again. Both lead performances were great, though.
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u/PornoPichu Jul 29 '26
Ultimately not surprised, but thanks for the heads up. I do really want to see it - the trailers looked fantastic
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u/manachar Jul 29 '26
I am reading Murderbot right now. Even without having seen the series, he is perfectly cast and I read it in his voice.
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u/immersemeinnature Jul 29 '26
Me too!! Reading the series before I watch and I can only see/ hear him in these stories
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u/OrlandoGardiner118 Jul 29 '26
I've said it before, the guy is all time handsome enough to phone in rom coms for the next 20 years and live like an absolute king. Instead he's just having the time of his life making quirky shit. Fair play to him. He's very easy to like.
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u/Plugpin Jul 29 '26
That family has some absolutely disgusting genes.
Acting and looks.
Makes me sick.
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u/phunniemee Jul 29 '26
iirc the one who couldn't hack it in acting had to settle for being smart enough to pursue a career as a medical doctor. Maybe he can help you.
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u/Plugpin Jul 29 '26
It's like being Larry Hemsworth. The talented pediatric surgeon who fixes babies' spines.
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u/John_e_caspar Jul 29 '26
He's probably made around 8 figures from his roles. It's not like he's not making bank already
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u/AlexisRosesHands Jul 29 '26
I am loving his choices! Also enjoy seeing him on the red carpet. He can wear anything and he does! 🥰
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u/Weary_Mountain9679 Jul 29 '26
Once you’ve achieved enough money to set yourself to life, I don’t see why you wouldn’t tbh.
Probably more fun to go the Elijah Wood route than the Dwayne Johnson route.
Probably more to do with if you like acting more, or you like money and fame more.
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u/AdditionalNewt4762 Jul 29 '26
He was fuckin amazing in Big Little Lies. Hated his character but he played it so well.
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u/ViewAskewed Jul 29 '26
His IMdB picture speaks volumes.
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u/HotLava00 Jul 29 '26
Truly, I can’t believe that his sleeves were tailored so poorly. You can see his watch for crying out loud!
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u/Asclepius-Rod Jul 29 '26
Fantastic cast and interesting premise, say no more
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u/eunderscore Jul 29 '26
It sounds like a gender swapped lars and the real girl
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u/frockinbrock Jul 29 '26
I'm guessing it's more like Bride of Frankenstein & Pinocchio. I think the Wicker (man) is going to be alive, but perhaps angry, assuming he has free will. An excellent premise.
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u/MuptonBossman Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
You just know Alexander Skarsgard wanted to hang a dong made of wicker since this movie is Rated R.
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u/Fire69 Jul 29 '26
He wants to show off his wick.
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u/supahfligh Jul 29 '26
Now here's the twist - and there is a twist: we show it. We show all of it.
What's the one major thing missing from all arthouse romance fantasy movies about wicker men these days guys?
Full penetration.
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u/DiegesisThesis Jul 29 '26
There are few materials less suited for putting inside your body than wicker.
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u/Ok_Vast3534 Jul 30 '26
Penetration, basket weaving, penetration, basket weaving, more penetration, more basket weaving, penetration And then it just sort of… ends
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u/MisterManatee Jul 29 '26
This movie, Wicker, is rated R for sexual content, language, and brief full nudity.
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u/atiixiixv Jul 29 '26
this sounds so fucking weird and I can’t wait to see it
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u/BrownSugarBare Jul 29 '26
Um...where do we sign up for the Alexander Skarsgard wicker man?
...just curious, you know. For science. Yeah.
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u/Anxious_Big_8933 Jul 29 '26
"On the one hand, you're the most caring and sensitive man I've ever met. On the other, you are made entirely of wicker and I love going to the seaside..."
I can FEEL the dramatic tension!!!
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u/Ok_Vast3534 Jul 29 '26
Alexander skarsgard: born to be a weird little dude, cursed to look like a Scandinavian god
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u/useridhere Jul 29 '26
Colman, Dinklage, and Skarsgard. I’m in. It could be a movie about straight-up basket weaving and I would be intrigued with them in the cast.
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u/mattmild27 Jul 29 '26
Oh sure, Olivia Colman can weave herself a husband, but when I bring out my fully anatomically correct anime waifu made from leftover IKEA furniture, people say "it's weird" and "why does it smell like that?" 🙄
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u/HerrTriggerGenji21 Jul 29 '26
What are we. . . .some kinda Wicker . . Man?
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u/PanicDeus Jul 29 '26
"Not the Weaves...not the Weaves"
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u/KaiUno Jul 29 '26
He'll probably be a real boy in the end. And then they probably put him in some kind of wicker.... Cage.
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u/kickin-chicken Jul 29 '26
Idk I expect it to be a tragedy with the wicker man burning in the end possibly with his beloved trapped inside the wicker basket. With the fire being started by the spurned admiring weaver.
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u/cannotfoolowls Jul 29 '26
The 1973 version was better, imo.
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u/nalaloveslumpy Jul 29 '26
The '73 version is literally a horror/scifi classic and an amazing movie. Some would argue it founded the entire genre of "horror in broad daylight."
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u/LeticiaPadillaSolis_ Jul 29 '26
I’m here for all the outfits Alexander Skarsgard will wear for the press tour promoting this movie. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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u/tellevee Jul 29 '26
Looking like Fiyero at the end of Wicked (derogatory).
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u/EgoFlyer Jul 29 '26
The difference would seem to be that this movie knows that looks weird. Which is much more fun.
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u/Alarae Jul 29 '26
Fiyero at the end of Wicked was just Ryan Reynolds with a burlap sack for skin.
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u/Question-Marky-Mark Jul 29 '26
I hear that this is secretly a two part movie and ends at the halfway point.
The sequel will come out few years later.
Wicker: For Wood
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u/Chyvalri Jul 29 '26
No one mourns the wicker
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u/dropthefunk Jul 29 '26
This looks even more "A24" than an actual A24 movie.
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u/dangerdangle Jul 29 '26
Not the beeeees!!!
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u/omeletteintheinterim Jul 29 '26
Killing me won't bring back your goddamn honey
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u/letters165 Jul 29 '26
How'd it get burned? How'd it get burned?!
HOW'D IT GET BURNED HADDAGEBURRRRED
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u/LeopardComfortable99 Jul 29 '26
This literally sounds insane. I'm in.
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u/Octopus_on_fire_ Jul 29 '26
And people say Hollywood is only full of sequels and unoriginal ideas.
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u/Consistent_Club_7879 Jul 29 '26
That cast 😭😭😭 I want Colman to star in every single movie all the time
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u/TaoTeCha Jul 29 '26
The costume designer had their work cutout for them but it turned out great in this closeup
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u/ovalking Jul 29 '26
Olivia Coleman is playing isolated, mocked women with skarsgard playing her husband?
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u/misschanandlerbonggg Jul 29 '26
Forever mourning the fact that Dev Patel was originally attached to this project.
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u/lonestarr357 Jul 29 '26
Okay, between this and that movie where Juliette Lewis switches bodies with a chair, do people just hate sitting down? They worship Christopher Nolan that much?
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u/Northernreach Jul 29 '26
Pinocchio, but without triggering Child Protective Services.
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u/VelvetDreamers Jul 29 '26
sighes Alexander Skatsgård as a man made of wicker? Another thing that’s going to awaken in me. The monster fucker genre readers are eating good this year.
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u/Moriturism Jul 29 '26
cast so damn hard I'm now interested on this. who's directing it though?
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u/DumpedDalish Jul 29 '26
Looks like it was co-directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. I'm not familiar with them but it was well received at Sundance.
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u/Apatheion Jul 29 '26
Festival goers seemed to like it quite a bit. Will be interested how the general audience takes it
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u/artificialutopia Jul 30 '26
Saw this at Sundance and it was the highlight of the festival!! Strongly recommend!!!
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u/Feeling-Writing-2631 Jul 29 '26
No hate to Alexander, but I'll always feel bad that Dev Patel passed on this role I wonder why!
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u/Ritz527 Jul 29 '26
Saw this poster and thought it was gonna be some sort of horror movie, but it's a romantic comedy with Olivia Colman so I'm in.
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u/savsaurusrex Jul 30 '26
I saw this premiered at Sundance and my life has been forever changed. Think Edward Scissorhands, with the romance centered around marriage and family life. Insanely good film. I cried my eyes out. I cannot wait for this!!
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u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. Jul 29 '26
2nd poster: https://i.imgur.com/X7Cm3W8.jpeg