As Pusher director Nicholas Winding Refn's viking epic Valhalla Rising wends its way through the pre-production process details continue to trickle out. The most recent bit of news? Scottish post-rock act Mogwai have signed on to score the film so if you were worried Refn's departure from the urban settings of Pusher and Bleeder would mean a taming of his style, I think you can put those fears away. The synopsis for the Mads Mikkelsen-starring picture follows:

For years, One-Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the chieftain Barde. Aided by a boy, Are, he kills his captor and together they escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight from bounty hunters, One-Eye and Are board a Viking vessel for Norway, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that first disintegrates as they sight an unknown land. As the new land reveals its secrets and the Vikings meet a ghastly fate, One-Eye discovers his true self.