Viggo Mortensen is an Outcast Family Man in the First Trailer for Indie Dramedy Captain Fantastic
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If you were expecting a superhero movie, think again—Viggo Mortensen, a long way from Aragorn, is an embattled father of six in Matt Ross’ family dramedy Captain Fantastic. The indie film’s first trailer is here, and from the looks of it, Mortensen, who most would say has all but fallen off the Hollywood map of late, is in for a return to prominence.
Written and directed by Ross—who plays Hooli head Gavin Belson on HBO’s Silicon Valley—Captain Fantastic had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will screen at Cannes in May. Our own Josh Jackson called the film, one of Paste’s favorites from Sundance, “sweet, sad, funny and full of open-hearted joy.”